Well always stick to the basics, so according to that you should definitely diversify but personally i will suggest you to diversify if you have decent or big capital, if you have only small money to invest then it is suitable to only invest in one or two like btc and eth.

If that thesis is correct that means btc and eth will be bullish by the end of the year as people will dump their token and alt holdings, especially the fake or low quality projects that were designed to scam will cashout by dumping for btc or eth and also their investors but obviously for overall market this will not be healthy.

I was also reading the other day that Sony has silencely released its innovative, contactless  hard wallet and now this, it is truly wonderful to see the mainstream giant companies are coming up with blockchain related products and solutions, in other words world is now accepting the reality and worth of cryptos so everyone is jumping on board which is great for adoption.

Personally i was expecting a reversal in eth value by now but due to delay in the expected upgrade i think the bear trend can extend but i must say that eth is very undervalued at the moment and it should have been around $400 to $450 to have a decent value.

No doubt Binance has an impressive story to tell, it is really nice to see a platform making it to the top in no time, i think it is mainly due to innovation, quality service and out of the box thinking, especially i like how they are localizing and easing the deposits by offering deposit in local fiat currency.

Writing and speaking is very easy, you can bring the moon to your home by talking but practically things are different and difficult, for example in your second point you stated that in bear market you can invest in dividend paying coins that will earn you passive income, in reality most of such projects are not paying anything due to bears and even their value has gone down around ten fold, just have a look at taas, astro, ctx, ambit, ddf and many others have failed to pay any profit share may be some exemptions are there but the fact remains that these projects are not able to pay profit either.

Looks like this partnership among these two giants is limited to the stablecoin called usdc at the moment, i hope they will do more especially for the mass adoption of the cryptocurrencies, i will admit here that coinbase is one of my favorite crypto platform but it needs to provide more features to the common man so that cryptos can be bought and sold conveniently.

Well it is a tricky strategy, i mean low caps can both be very profitable but at the same time very risky as well, we should always keep in mind that not all low cap coins are good, most of them are low quality projects that are destined to collapse, so pick your low cap coin wisely after thorough research.

I think they have already become the easiest and most innovative method to raise funds and most probably soon new businesses will also take a turn towards blockchain and cryptocurrencies, the most important thing is that older shares, stocks and equities can also tokenize themselve now and i think we will see this trend in coming years.

I do not think that most of the icos are failing rather i would say that funds raising has become difficult and that is because of bears in the overall market, investors are not making any profit from previous investments so simply they are not investing in new projects at the moment.

This is simply the lowest volatility in the crypto market i have ever seen especially in btc and eth, the overall volume also seems to be stuck in a narrow range but personally i think it is good sign and it shows that sellers have gone from the market and now market is in consolidation phase we can expect reversal and bull run soon but no one knows when exactly.

I do not recommend investing in masternodes at the moment because you have to invest a lot to get back small value due to extreme bears in the market, i think its like locking down all your money in a static asset.

Personally i do not like predicting because price depends on many factors both fundamental and technical, in my view eth does have more probability to go up from here after one last dip, so im positive over longterm.

Even if you follow some kind of trading signals even then you should know that no one can be 100% profitable, i mean some trades will end up in profit and some in loss but the overall result should be positive, if a signal provider is right more than 60% of the time i think it can yield a nice gross profit.

Community more or less represents the supporters of the project that does not necessarily mean that they are the investors of the project they can be traders and believers in the project who think that the project is great and has a long way to go.

As world is moving towards virtual reality and augmented reality after the massive innovations and technological upgrades but personally i somehow do not like vr/ar platforms but keeping in mind the trend i think decentraland will definitely excel.

To be honest bitcoin etf approval does not seem to be a simple thing because of the clash between traditional financial system and crypto, etf approval will mean that btc has been accepted as legal financial asset, no doubt it will be huge news for btc and crypro community but i think it will take time, maybe in 2019 or beyond.

Yeah it would be a disaster but we have seen such long sideways trend earlier too, like the btc was dumped from 1200 to 200 and then kept traded in the range of 200 to 250 for like 2 years from 2014 to 2016 before finally making its parabolic move and 2017 proved to be really reallybig for btc, i think the longer this sideways or accumulation phase will be the bigger will be the next bull run.

Personally i do not recommend other tokenization platforms, erc20 tokens are the best at the moment, they have the most decentralized exchanges online and also more compliant, if still you want to use other platforms then there is not much difference in smart contract procedure, but it will be really hard to market and list your token on any exchange.

Participating in bounty campaigns is a bit risky at the moment due to slow ico season, i will suggest you to promote the best quality projects after your analysis and also use your gut feeling about the project before participating.