By the end of 2017 bitcoin looked much healthier than now (price reached 20k) now we are 50% down. There is no more hype like before, and fud is more common. Lot of negative news around btc, different hacks on exchanges so we will be happy with 15K at the end of 2018. To me this looks like a year of bear......downtrend is going to continue.

Holding anything can be risky but alt coins are more than that. All alt coins depend on btc (when btc goes up their value rises) but when btc goes down the value of alts sink heavily. So often there are alts which carry interesting new ideas but often lack the key feature of bitcoin. it is well known as network effect.

pretty much undervalued coin but not surprise since the team is not investing enough funds in marketing. however project has a huge potential. According to their roadmap we are going to see an app through the ethereum blockchain to test its basic functionality.......so more patience fellas.

reasons are obvious and simple: 1. no influx of fresh money (slow or delayed registrations of new users on some exchanges 2. we need more regulations 3. exchanges need to be more transparent and pay more concerns for own users.

there is no positive future for ripple, lot of hype in 2017 to attract masses but not it is struggling badly. Technology behind xrp is different and it represents centralized coin, 6 mighty banks decide upon the future of the coin. I can only hope to see it 3-5$ value but is will be xrp ath.

Oh no i heard this story once again. sounds to me like nonsense because I can't believe that terrorists have banks and atm machines in Raqqa or some other cities. So if somebody sends them coins in what way they are going to convert it for cash. no logic. anyway those guys are not very smart and I can't imagine them using wallets and exchanges somewhere in the dessert while bullets are flying by.

we cannot expect bull run for those reasons: 1.no secure btc exchanges (where you can keep funds safely), on exchanges it is extremely risky. 2. if we consider btc a human then tether is his blood (big problem) since there is no provision for printed tether  3. monkeys who control everything and mainly influx of new/fresh money  (to reach 100K we need lot cash inserted in crypto markets).  4. alts and ico (wild markets must be shut down because people lose their dollars in quick fashion) this is done by manipulators who think only of their pockets. they damage crypto systems heavily.

I am far from being optimistic for BTC. price dipped today 7%,  once again 11,800$ appeared as a bogyman. worst case that it dips below 10,500$ and really looks like we are far from uptrend. if it goes below 10,5K then we will witness another bear and we can forget 11 and 12K in near future.

By some logic if you pay tax then you can hope for healthy environment. We all dream of creation of safe and stable environment in which people can live. in practice taxation is not fair enough, still some parts receive less taxation from the wealthy hoods. Disparities are visible everywhere and they are evidence of poor governments. to sum up people tend to believe in more safe environment by paying taxes.

I don't have any fear for btc because cryptos are our future (if btc fail then some other advanced coins will show up). Biggest problem are fudsters like professor Kenet Rogof (Hardward professor who claims that btc will drop to 100$ in the next ten years). He is only finding the bond of btc with money laundry and avoiding tax (overall illegal transactions). Universities need more intelligent people for sure.

Spectre will take off in the coming months. first we need more patience and wait for new wallet version. when you compare spectre both technically and financially to other major privacy coins you can see some positives. to me it looks more sophisticated to other privacy coins.

Personally I don't expect some near future pump for elix. the coin was pumped hard last year and looks now dumped. Just one of many cheap coins with low market cap and supply. when you read more about it then it looks undervalued. let's hope for quick rise.

Dogecoin is an interesting coin but it could reach 0.1 $ max at the end of 2019.. Main problems are: confusing development roadmap which leads further to insecure future of the whole project. Some other coins look more prosperous right now.

disagree with you on this prediction. somehow all geeks expect steady growth of all coins throughout the summer then in October boom again. looking on many different factors Ethereum is setting up for an upward move to $900.

there is no big doubt in such a question, if you prefer long term trading/holding then chose the desktop wallet or even better hard wallet. But if you tend to participate/earn in daily tradings then you need all your crypto on some well established exchange. Also some exchanges have support for numerous coins (comes handy always).

One of my favorite alt coins, simply does everything Bitcoin is supposed to do. Just to state that Monero performs faster, cheaper, with way more anonymity and without all the crazy drama. Guess it can hit 500$ this year, maybe even 600 but lot to depend on btc movement...

why are people so jealous on those "btc millionaires"!!! those guys just did better/smarter when it really mattered. They took certain risks when nobody believed in cryptocurrencies (including bitcoin). don't forget it is not just their risk but huge amount of money they invested. In my eyes they deserved own success....... most of us missed that early opportunity.

should be a good for bitcoin since more and more companies are accepting btc and other currencies as a payment methods. Btc has ability to undo banks at some point as well. pros: limited number of coins (different to centralized systems like banks......they can print more money anytime).

Holding bitcoins in safe place is not greedy but rather an investment in possibly brighter future. Being greedy means that folks want to invest cca 1000$ and then to become millionaires which is not reasonable thinking. worst part is there are more and more people like that.

gulden is making a steady progress. clean rise is visible not affected in recent days by major pumps and dips of other markets. Once Gulden is adopted as a payment method, this coin's price will skyrocket. It can reach 20-30$ value in the 2018.