Always and always will. Even though I have a lot of hope anyway and did not even bother myself much on the situation of the market, but there is still always this sad annoying feeling when you just see red everywhere. I am not sure if I am the one, but it seriously sucks and the worst part is that as long as it is a market, it is inevitable. However, it is still always a good time to just hold more of the coins anyway and have a good profit on them when the green starts.

Right, and to even add to that, for someone who bought at the top, this should even be a good time to buy more at the dip for more profit in the long run because whether we like it or not, once the uptrend starts, bitcoin will go back testing the previous support turned resistance and probably break it as we hit the final one which is the present ATH before testing the new ones. The period in between all this is enough to recuperate and head on for the next run.

All the above, no one can really predict what the future holds, but if all ends up going fine and good, I really do not see how the interest can be that huge that he would not be able to pay up. Well, I am not a fan of using borrowed money to invest, most especially when there is a huge volatility risk, but would rather just use free money. So in that case, the decision is definitely in his hands.

We sure cannot predict the future but we can definitely read the charts. The good thing about dips like this is that they end up taking time to breathe in fresh air, take some time to correct and then give room for an upcoming growth.

Unfortunately, not everyone usually see that which is the reason some people panic a lot and then end up making the worst mistake of their life by getting scared out.  We are going strong and that is how I am going to start perceiving it from here onward.

Ride on bro! Now I see someone talking … However, that is going to be a huge one, and by then I am trying to picture what the market cap of bitcoin would be like if that ever happens at all anyway. I guess you must be one of the John McAfee's fans who are more than extremely bullish on bitcoin.

Just like your signature, 'bitcoin like a box of chocolate ?' that is one thing I always keep in mind, but at the end, I am still very optimistic anyway and also believe that I will never know what I am going to get, until I get it.

At least, let's blow past the downtrend line first before we start aiming for the previous ATH. One thing for sure is that I sense good news kicking in from all the media pretty soon, and this will start generating another rally for bitcoin, so we just have to stay glued and see where this leads us all. But at the end of it all, I am sure we are in for a good ride in this year, most especially after the news from the states.

The price may still look a little bit down now, but I am sure it won’t be long before we will see the trend change fully. This is a moment we have all waited for, so I do not see any reason why we should be bothered but rather see it as an opportunity to bag up for the journey which we are about to start, because trust me, I see a huge journey ahead of us and a very sweet one.

If you do not even have enough cash to put in, mining is not worth it and it is more of a very long term investment, which is even an investment that if not analyzed well can end up getting the investor frustrated and giving up.

$1000 is a small amount to get anything out of mining and unless the OP is just looking to mining some altcoins that are low and hoping that he can get the profit later on in future why he keeps running at loss and not getting anything for now, then he can go ahead, otherwise, he should just invest that cash into bitcoin and any other coins or tokens with prospect.

And that is for real, because come to think of it, why will any established company be trying to raise funds in the first place when it is already established and have a lot going for it. Moreover, most of these guys really do not have anything to offer and so called investors end up falling into their crazy pranks.

This is not a regulated environment and anything goes, it is just unfortunate that most investors do not end up doing proper digging before going ahead, and like the OP said, scams attract regulators, unfortunately, and we are close to being regulated already.

It is not just about having coins in your wallet. The best is to ensure that one is having good coins with prospect that has bottomed out enough and showing good bullish signs. You can have some shit coins in your wallet and unless you are lucky, you may just end up bag-holding some of them.

However, looking at the way things are turning out, we may be expecting the altcoins to start doing good anytime soon if bitcoin obviously shows sign of improvement.

Corruption has always been and it will exist with or without bitcoin. Bitcoin is just a tool for payment and there is nothing so different about it that when you are using normal currency as payment method, except that it is decentralized. Most people always get it all wrong, thinking this would have an effect either positively or negatively on an already corrupted system, but no, it won't.

Holding is purely for investors and the thing is that a lot of people mix these two up. Someone can be both and decide to make trading decisions and buy back when the time is right, while someone without some good knowledge about the market can just decide to hold as long as they believe in such project. So, like you said, I really do not see anything bad in holding as it depends totally on the person involved.

I would rather say the main problem is that people pick the wrong alts and not the one that is going to grow, with potentials but rather with one that is not even ready to pick up at all and just some whales who may be looking for gullible ones to dump on and make profit while they panic here and there selling for loss until the market gets totally drained.

We have different set of people in the market, the real believers, the greedy ones who sometimes are like FOMOs and then the institution and whales who control the market. The real believers do not shake and they already understand how the market works, the FOMOs do not know anything and they are only looking for free money, once the FOMOs are there, the whales see an opportunity to play with their minds and then they rip them off.

At the end, market recovers and they start giving shitty talks that they lost a lot. Anyone who wants to buy can buy and whoever wants to sell is free, no need begging anyone as that is crap.

Right. As long as you are not selling at the top, and you have gone down on a certain percentage of your holding, then there is no point selling. Just hold and over time you will see them bounce back and you can decide to sell if you wish. However, all these balls down to if you are a trader, you monitor the charts; know when to sell and when to enter a position.

A lot of people out of panic always end up losing a lot trying to sell with the feel that the market is dropping and they end up doing it at the wrong time, but with holding, you can never go wrong.

If you win, I always prefer putting it that you see it as gambling money anyway. I have seen people, who win once, then they come back expecting the same thing to happen and that which they won, they gradually keep losing it bit by bit until they lose it all and start dipping hands in their savings.

When that moment comes, you won't even know unless you just control that impulse and speak to yourself immediately. The final thing is that forget about saving when it comes to gambling, best is to just allocate certain money for it and never go past that as you have a huge chance of losing it anyway.

You really do have a point there bro. We all have different opinions about things and life in general. Most times, what I may like is not what someone else may like, so at the end of the day, we just have to find something that suits us.

I have heard before about a lot of people who really do not like playing games, but when we really want to think of it, gambling too is somewhat related except for the fact that a lot can be won in the process, which I feel is the impulse that drives people into gambling anyway. So, I really feel the OP's point, the idea of saying gambling is fun, most especially online gambling, is just a cover up to console ourselves.

There’s nothing special in your saying that I can stay for the whole of my life without gambling because I am not engaged with it. It’s obvious that one thing you have never shown interest in will never affect your life even if it becomes extinct because you don’t care and you would not have to face facts of that thing. I would have been appreciating you if you would have been saying that I would stand even I am attached with it.

Honestly, I always like bitcoin within this kind of range, no shit, no drained energies from FOMOs, transactions are always fast as some people are already tapped out, and then I have a long chance of loading up more. However, I am not very sure we will be seeing any huge pump at this point in time. The market will consolidate sideways for a while before the start the uptrend.

Pretty long time is more like you are very certain of it. No one can tell exactly when an uptrend will ever start, but I am sure we will have some peace in the market, a lot of chance for long holders to stash up before we eventually start seeing an uptrend in the market. All this can take place for days and even weeks, so it is usually good to just wait for it.

I wonder why some people always think that life is always going to be rosy and once the downside of life comes up, they end up shivering and shaking, rather than looking for the good part of the challenge and taking it for the future.

I always believe there is always some benefit or something to learn from moments like this and for the long run of it, is always a step to a greater moment.

Unfortunately, those who are always pessimistic about life will never see the bright side of things. They only end up seeing a half empty cup, rather than a half filled cup. Bitcoin is not different from this right now. As a long term holder, I believe the gap from the last ATH and the present one is long enough and the market is reaching a bottom to know this is a good time for me to keep loading up and anyone who would not like to see it that way will have themselves to blame later on.

Yes, the alts will bounce back pretty soon when the bearish trend with bitcoin is done, so as far as I am concerned, the best thing to do now is to hold.

Eventually, their increase anyway will be an increase in one's BTC holding, so selling for loss now, is more like selling BTC for loss into fiat. What I would just say is for the OP to make sure he is holding some potential coins capable of good growth than just some random shit coins.

FUD is just part of it, which is the tactics the whales normally use to get a good hand in the market. China governments on the other hand are just some lousy government that feels since they have the power, they can just always poke nose into everything that happens in their country while trying to frustrate their citizens. I do not see China as a problem, their noise at the end of it all will dwindle.

I do always believe, the red sign means, 'BUY US' 'BUY US'… There comes a time in the crypto life when all the market will give those who missed a previous chance another chance to stash up. Just see it as a moment of refueling before the takeoff to the moon. Look for good projects, buy more. This is just a general market correction, so you won't regret it at the end.

Lol. Please! Do you know how much some children will be cursing their dad or mum even after death now, knowing maybe they had some huge number of bitcoin stashed somewhere and not even knowing how to access it while they are just struggling to make a living when they could be living a better life ? A lot has been lost with people now, and sure it may be good for the holders, but honestly, it is not fair to the loved ones.

I once say a meme of a wife crying and saying something like 'he has a lot of money in crypto world, but I do not even know how to access them ? What if he dies ?' I want to believe this is something a lot of people in the crypto world are already having at the back of their mind already and also making moves to make sure that what they have worked all these while for will not end up being useless once they get out of this world.