You have not seen anything yet and that is why you should be ready to collect as much as you can during this period. Manipulations are possible everywhere hence it is very much happening with bitcoin and other crypto markets too. Due to decentralized markets, it is happening in extreme levels too.

It is normal to see different form of negative news during this period which the whales simply act on most of the time to shake off weak hands and they keep doing just that until they are so much pleased with any value they find good enough to rinse and repeat the bull trend after the bear trend once again. So, is there manipulation from whales, sharks, institutions and whatever ? Obviously there is!

Yeah, and as long as it is not regulated, the chance of it being easily manipulated is there. It is normal to get to see things like this once in a while in a very new market that is not just unregulated but decentralized. Over time, when regulation starts kicking in, I am sure things would change gradually and all these form of manipulation we are seeing now will definitely reduce but at this moment, we just have to live with it. In this complete decentralized environment, we cannot expect a perfect solution for every problem in short time frame itself. We must give enough time for everything so that solutions will be followed by many of this community then it will become a general practice. Market manipulation will not be an exception from that, hence we can expect some great solution for that in coming days.

Yes, the issue of trust is even the last thing anyone who is considering this space should be thinking about. Everyone will have a reason as to why they are being a part of this space but those who make better decisions usually equip themselves with great knowledge first to be able to make the best decisions even when considering investing into anything.

As time goes on, the whole issue with not knowing what the future holds for the crypto world would subside but that time, a lot would have missed the train. We should have the habit of trusting a real concept rather than believing into "mere jokes". In the past, many people who have invested into improper coins have learned their lessons and we should not do the same type of mistakes.

Hope and trust will not actually do it, but knowledge and strategy is all you need to be able to make good call when it comes to the cryptocurrency and especially in bitcoin market. There is no point saying anyone will be successful if they buy bitcoins and expecting prices to reach some peak levels, as that sounds absurd.

Nevertheless, anyone who is an investor, rather than selling the market as a result of losing hope, should instead be buying into the market at the dips for the future gains. The market though just turned into upward trend, and if there is a signal to go long for years for an investor, I do not see a problem with that. Bitcoin will definitely reach $25k levels but the question whether that will be possible within this year or in 2019.

Yes, this is more like going back again to as far back as where we were last October/November. There is absolutely no doubt that market could go lower than it is right now, but taking a chance like this at least still gives anyone a better long holding opportunity than someone who bought at the peak and for those who bought at the peak, rather than just holding, they should be attempting to buy more as it goes lower.

It is that believe that matters, knowing that btc stands a huge chance in the long run with mass adoption and usage. I am now expecting a small pull back in short term and then we may have prices to touch $10k levels again.

Calm your horses there young fella. There was topics about how bitcoin is going to $2k or $3k levels just couple weeks ago. Now you think it will be $60k in couple months ? As per how bitcoin is bouncing back, It will be anything possible here hence I am not going to say it will not be completely possible. But things should happen in progressive manner not in jumping way.

I mean I am not saying it won't be, but it sure as hell seems like its really hard for bitcoin to go up that straight without coming down hard. I think we should focus on what we have right now instead of focusing on what it can be. Get to the next limit before you get to $60k. Lets be like $10k first.

That is always a very nice strategy and that is how capital management can actually make a lot of people to get a good price. Trading or investing is not just about trying to get the best piece of the market, but it is about trying to manage the risk and as long as you know how to manage your capital effectively when it comes to buying and selling, it is definitely going to be a win eventually.

Trading skills is important to do well in this market and those who have it; I term them as having a pot of gold. Last few weeks are really a very good time for gathering cheaper bitcoins which may turn doubled in quicker time itself. I am expecting bitcoin prices to test $10,000 in the first week of August.

The thing is that people are looking for what they can do in the short term and how they can take advantage of the fluctuations to earn more, and I really would not blame anyone for the decisions they end up making anyway since we all have a way of always doing things and as long as they realize the implications of risks involved.

You are right, because long term comes with lower risk as long as you believe in what you are holding, but for the short term, you can actually end up making more if you know how to do your thing for someone who is knowledgeable.

Well, day trading is a lot to take in at once since you will need a huge knowledge to even be able to get anything tangible from it without ending up losing so much. This is a very volatile space and no one should even be considering day trading if there is no knowledge of how to do so.

I would say long term trading is even a better opportunity for those who can follow trend and trade based on that. One thing I have known is that trading gives you greater opportunity to make more profit than holding, but holding is better if you are just going long term anyway.

As emails can be obtained easily, I have no idea why no one would do it. The proper version is username and password however I do enjoy email so that if I ever forget my password (who actually writes down their passwords, we use chrome to memorize it) than I can use my email to recover my account. Though I understand people not opting on that. However having just url like just-dice can cause issues when you reset your pc with something like ccleaner. Moneypot was huge back in the day, however with time they got irrelevant for bad management.

No strategy, no seed changing, no side changing can help you with it when you have 17 losses in a row. You can have a seed that would let you win and when you change it than it can become a loss, you will never know which seed will help you win. For something as bad luck as 17 losses in a row at %50, there is no way out of it.

I still remember the frustration when I got 17 losses in a row playing 50% on dice. It is pure luck, for something like that there is absolutely nothing you can do.

I had multiple successful runs . On the long run I have probably lost more than I earned but its a bit streaky. Normally I either win for a long time before I lose it all or I play long enough to actually lose constantly. That's what you get on gambling, streaky results, however if you hit that one big hand and leave you can change the outcome, otherwise if you keep doing what you do for a long time than the results will always be the same, house wins.

Success in gambling is not a stable one. It will cycle along with defeat. Only thing we may look for, must be maximizing the winning moments compared to losses. Still, it is not easier for all of us. Must be the easiest one : adopting gambling for the purposes of entertainment by not expecting for the bank roll we do spend with it.

It was back in 2012 or 2013 when I first started. The price went up to something like 250 dollars or something from 30 dollars which made the news in my country. When I saw that I decided to at least check it. Back than you could mine with your laptop which didn't provided with a lot but I actually made around 0.2 bitcoins mining with my laptop ( I do not remember how long it took) and I remember selling my gaming accounts for couple bitcoins as well. It was the best times of bitcoin because people used bitcoin like it was a currency itself and not something we can buy and sell to make profit like stock market.

You must be living in a developed country only where bitcoin ATMs and bitcoin payments are frequent including Japan. Whereas rest of countries are still making crypto people to struggle to save and spend. India must be once recent example for this.

Yeah, and getting to see more of them as time goes by will even make things to get even more interesting in the long run. This would bring about real life usage which would create huge demand as we keep getting to see people get more comfortable at using it, and then I believe as time goes on, it would make things to get a whole lot better for everyone as we keep making transactions with ease from anywhere in the world.

Well, knowing that this is a market that is full of good coins and tokens as well as shit ones, taking the pain to do research on the coin one wants to invest is very necessary and it is best for anyone who is actually trying to get the best of the market as a whole. In some sense, investing into bitcoin seems more reasonable as the trend is reversed and we may expect a new all time high prices in coming months.

As long as you trust the market you are holding, you know when to buy at dips, sell at peaks or based on when trend is changing, then it would be easy making decisions when it comes to investing in altcoins. The problem is that a lot of investors just make blind decisions and that is where they always get to have issues.

Well, that is a thing I am also following but not a strategy I just want to completely rely on when it comes to the cryptocurrency space. How we can be sure that market will find up trend from here for the rest of the months of this year. No one can predict that. Hence, there is always a risk hence playing small and widely may help anyone.

I mean that you may think you are buying low, but there could actually be further low in the market you are not seeing which is one reason why one should be careful not to end up catching the best price but waiting for the market to develop rather than gambling and also knowing exactly what to look out for before getting into a market.

Well they are not gonna replace fiat currencies like dollar or euroes if we continue to use bitcoin and other crypto currencies like an investment to make more fiat in return. We need to start using crypto as if it is money itself, which they are mostly are. However humanity drawn into easiest option most of the time, if they can make their lives easier in one way they will select that more than not.

We need to make sure bitcoin is adopted at more places and use it most of the time. when that happens, along with bitcoins there could be few other coins also will stay and serve us in our daily needs but definitely not all the coins we have right now. Choosing the right one is the big challenge in front of all of us as of now.

But I am afraid of the market right now. I wasn't afraid when it was 5.8k dollar levels because I knew that the price could go down only so much, at worst it could have been a bit lower but not that much lower.

Yet, now it can go down even further or even if it does not that means more people will be going in considering price is going up and when it does more people will get in and when it eventually goes down a bit more people will be afraid that bitcoin is dying. We saw that back when it was $20k, I am afraid that will happen again.

I think main reason has been that bigger whales are getting into bitcoin and crypto currency recently.
The regular Joe getting into bitcoin can affect so much however when a huge fund gets in that means millions of people or at least millions of dollars get in all together at once.

A fund with close to billion dollars to play with compared to hundreds of regular Joes trying to get in has different affects. Specially when those funds collectively can lobby positively on bitcoin for the governments. From the past, I believe no once could figure out the exact reason for both bitcoin up and down. Simply, no government legalized bitcoin also no market giants adopted bitcoins, sill we had strong bull run. Must be a good sign for all crypto adopters.

I would rather say the summary of everything that the OP mentioned would be never to trade without any knowledge. The fact that someone is trading emotionally, or not buying at the right point as well as selling based on strategy, or not making use of stop losses in some cases, all balls down to the aspect of not being knowledgeable enough to trade because with that and some experiences, it would be so easy to know what to do in every single market without attaching any form of emotions. I have come across many such "never do" things, but unfortunately I do remember none of them while my trading hours. I guess I am not the only trader experiencing that.