From my experiences gamblers tend to be the most fun people to hang out with.  They are ready to let loose and aren't acting like some party pooper.  Your attitude can bring on positive outcomes in gambling as crazy as it sounds, I believe in things like law of attraction.

Even some of the best looking ICOs turned out to be scams.  All this stuff can be very convincing and deceiving.  The true intelligent scammers have gotten away with so much money in the past year, it is ridiculous.  With your technique though you can at least weed out the low effort scammers that take team pics from google images.

I wouldn't even put xrp or EOs on your list.  They are both centralized and it really defeats the whole purpose of a blockchain.

Litecoin doesn't look too good because the dev dumped all his coins, what the hell does that tell you.  Even the dev is trying to get  out you know your screwed.

Btc and eth are the major players, eth even has a shot of overtaking bitcoin's marketcap.

You can always just bet on games without placing any money at first.  Take your time to look at the spreads, do research, formulate opinions.  Eventually you should get pretty good and after enough practice pets you start placing real money.  I believe this is sure fire way to start out well and not just jump in head first.

If your going all in on an altcoin now is probably the time to do it.  Many of the stronger altcoins are down massive amounts (some down 90%).  This is a golden chance to buy.  This is what makes investors rich, they buy when everyone else is panic selling while they are slowly accumulating more for the future.

I believe it is just manipulation by whales so they can drive the price down.  This happens in all the markets but it has a stronger effect in bitcoin.  Of course it will return back to its' all time high, thats the nature of bitcoin.  It dips but comes back stronger than ever.

The NBA is still going to be dominated by Golden State for years to come, I'll admit its a bit disappointing how they are the favorite every year.  Oh well, at least there are a lot of good young teams like the timberwolves that may challenge them in the future.  It's always fun to bet on the point spreads anyway.

I've heard John McAfee mentioning certain car dealerships that will take bitcoin.  I'm sure if you just ask the dealerships a lot of them will take bitcoin even if it's not stated on a sign or anything.  A lot of people are willing to take bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on craigslist now as well.

The top exchanges are still pulling in MASSIVE profits during this downtrend.  IT does get extremely annoying having to sign up for 20+ different exchanges because the certain coin or token you have is only listed on a small exchange.  

It's been said over and over but I'll repeat it: Your crypto is never safe on an exchange, we are seeing hacks happen constantly now, even the biggest, most secure exchanges are not safe.

So many people have gotten burned on Scam ICO's in the past year and they are spreading a lot of negativity about the entire crypto space.  It is stupidly easy for these "companies" to create a scam ICO. All they need is a fake website, copied whitepaper, some big empty promises, and an army of shills.

I've seen a few good ICOs that were successful even with no working product but those are one in a thousand.

A losing streak is just temporary and your luck will eventually turn around.  It' can be a bit heart wrenching at first but after years of experience you get used to it and start to gain a level head.  People don't get rich from quitting, they keep trying.

I obviously agree on Ethereum and Litecoin as solid altcoin picks.  Ripple though? I'm very dismissive of it since it's not truly a cryptocurrency and its associated with the big banks.  Verge has shown a lot of dev problems as well so I would be skeptical of that project.  EOS has raised a lot of capital but they seem to be overhyped and overpriced at the moment.

zzzzz...... this is nothing new.  Go back and look at past charts,  This crash still hasn't reached original MT GOX levels yet.  The price right now is concerning for many miners I know.  They are at a point where they are barely breaking even.

These regulations are really starting to hurt America.  These kind of actions is why we are seeing many crypto exchanges and businesses move to countries with more relaxed laws. I feel at this point the continued success of coinbase will be very important for crypto to gain complete mainstream adoption.

There isn't much I would buy if I ever won big.  I'm not into fancy cars or anything of that nature.  One thing that I would  buy if I become ultra wealthy is my own island because of privacy and freedom to do whatever you want.  For me it's not really about the material possessions but the having the freedom and time to do anything you want.

The businesses that accept fiat and crypto will receive a lot more customers.  There is a lot of people that have new found wealth and they are looking to spend it.  I don't see many drawbacks if any from accepting crypto.
Crypto has been around for awhile so it's surprising how few businesses actually accept crypto payments.

Good advice but I think you should warn new users about the dangers of "airdrops".  The majority of airdrops are completely fake and they are just a tool to get your personal information.  They may sell the information or attempt to hack you.  Always use a seperate email with no personal information on it.  Also I wouldn't do KYC but that is my decision.  If you feel the project is legit then by all means don't be afraid to do a KYC.

I was shocked how large Bitconnect ended up becoming.  It only took my a few minutes of research to realize this was a ponzi scam.  It was an obvious scam to me, but I guess the allure of easy money attracted many new investors.  Even the wealthy ones get suckered into ponzi scams.  This incident reminds me of the Bernie Madoff scandal., sometimes people just don't want to hear the truth when there is a chance for big profits.

At this point it looks like a uphill battle just to get back to $20k at the end of the year.  I've read predictions that state bitcoin will be anywhere between $3k-$50k.  a lot of differing opinions......
My own guess is that bitcoin will be around the $15k at the end of the year.  I don't think the massive price increases will come until the next halving event.

Most enthusiasts don't consider ripple to even be a cryptocurrency.  It's centralized and is known as the "banker's coin".  Even though there is a lot of hate against ripple, it's already established as one of the most recognizable "cryptous" out there.  So I assume it's still a safe investment since everything else tends to follow the movement of btc.