The market looks boring 2019

[cybersofts]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

[Lucius]

You forgot deliberately or accidentally Tim Draper, into which category he belongs ? I think in the category of extra smart people which are not in panic, because they know BTC should be viewed as something long-term. Although I know that it is much easier for him to wait, than us ordinary mortals who do not have billions $.

I guess you invest in bad time, now you want strategy how to profit in bear year? If that is the case then my advice is not to sell now, and to buy more if you can afford it. Remember that in the past ten years BTC had great price increases, but every time there is big correction after that (80% or more).

Bakkt or ETF mainly serve for some speculation, and while the first-mentioned has a chance to start working in the near future, ETF BTC is pretty uncertain as for the time of approval, months or years, who knows...

I remember boring market when BTC is between 200-240$, many have survived that time.

Second advice : learn, adapt, improve

[hisslyness]

Need to stop thinking BTC is an investment, but rather start using it for what it was meant to be, a "Peer-to-Peer Currency".

Mass adoption will help drive the price higher.

[Ararbermas]

Year 2019 is just starting mate .so perhaps this is not the right time to complain 'cause it's very early . Must wait for more results be patient because market still not yet ready,  lets see on mid term maybe there's a tends which like what happened before when the market stabilize year 2017.

[Question123]

Market is not boring now this year 2019 it will be suprising soon. Why? Because the value of the bitcoin will increase again so that you will see your money grow. And remember 2019 is not the end because we are still in the first quarter and we still have 10 months more don't thinking advance. Maybe this it is not right time to rise but we need to wait.

[sunsilk]

If you can't take it anymore feel free to look for some other investment opportunity such as stocks, bonds, lending, etc. I'm sorry if you feel that the market is boring, you just felt that phasing in the crypto market especially to bitcoin was quick.

As we see it move daily with almost nothing but losses everyday, it really gives that feeling of discouragement. Is it okay if you're going to share what's that goal you created last 2018?

[qualitywork]

Year 2019 is just starting mate .so perhaps this is not the right time to complain 'cause it's very early . Must wait for more results be patient because market still not yet ready,  lets see on mid term maybe there's a tends which like what happened before when the market stabilize year 2017.

Yes you are right, we are in 1st quarter which means this is the time to buy coins and hodl until the market turns green. It's always good to plan for long-term investment for a better future.

[arpon11]

It has been like this every January and February.  I we can began to see the direction of the market any moment from ending of next month.  However this provide us with the opportunity of either to invest or not. I see the current market conditions as another opportunity to buy most of those coins listed and I believe that if that is done and we can hold for long-term then we would be able to makes some money.  Remember that investors are not going to put in money in January or February but when they are very sure that they investments is going to yield immediate profits.

[StarofBTC]

The market is looking so boring this year

This is how a typical sideways markets are used to be. No surprises.

You cannot expect after the severe down-fall, markets to bounce back quickly. Between falling-down and rising-up market conditions there is another phase of market is there. That must be known as sustaining phase. We are currently into that phase, hopefully.

If we are not breaking $3200 anymore and we will be trying to break the resistance around $4200 levels once again then we can conclude that we are into sustaining phase and it is also known as power gaining mode. In this mode, market will gain more power (in terms of more trading volume) to break up all upcoming resistance levels. Until breaking up major resistance levels, this kind of boring market will be inevitable.

[bitcointlkacc]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals 2018. I don't want to fail this year too.

What is your advice, guys?

In my opinion, it is better that the market is boring than if we would still see the red charts. It's better that everything stabilizes and then investors may return.

[Indamuck]

Boring isn't a bad thing, this just may be the calm before the storm.  Things should really start picking up and this temporary dip won't last long so use this opportunity to buy in cheap.

I don't think the ETF matters either, bitcoin already hit 20k without an ETF or institutional money.

[bitbunnny]

Maybe at the moment is looking boring but that doesn't mean it will stay so through the year. Don't forget that market has the ability to change very quickly.
And if you haven't reached your goals from 2018, don't give up, don't get disappointed and discouraged. Take this as a lesson for the future and move on. The true success is if you learn how to adjust and improve. Have a little patience and don't expect everything to happen over night.

[tomahawk9]

It's part of the cycle, after a massive decline in the price, the boring (accumulation) phase starts where we'll probably be stuck for a while with no major prices movements just sideways until something big happens. But I wouldn't consider this current phase boring, I'd rather see a long period of stagnation than a rapid increase in value that will probably get hyped to insane levels making us enter another crypto bubble.

[deisik]

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals 2018. I don't want to fail this year too.

What is your advice, guys?

I guess you should first explain how the market is looking boring to you

Somehow I can't fathom how you can be in panic and at the same time feel bored. Typically, people in panic are far from being in a state of boredom. So I don't think you are really "all panic" as you say since when you will in fact be, you won't be able to think clearly and coherently, only to weep and whine (as well as make plenty of stupid mistakes)

Regardless, there was not enough panic in the market so far as when there is, the tide will turn. As they say, it is the darkest hour before the dawn. But we are still going downhill

[TravelMug]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

Seems to have been posting in the Press Section a lot and I do hope that you read the replies on the thread that you have started their. Obviously, those people predictions are to be taken with a grain of salt. And I'm sure you know that there's no experts here.

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals 2018. I don't want to fail this year too.

What is your advice, guys?

If you feel everything is a joke, then it's better you take some time off and focus your attention to other things in life. Just wait till everything settles down before investing again, so that you can mitigate your risk in this boring market.

[eaLiTy]

The market is looking so boring this year
And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals 2018. I don't want to fail this year too.
What is your advice, guys?

If you look at the past history on how the price of bitcoin moved you will understand why we are still finding it hard to see a promising rally, with every big rallies in the past we would see a few years of bear trend and i would last two to three years and the rally would start after that and the fourth year we would see the market soar high and break new barrier and that is what i am expecting this time too, this is the best time to invest if you are ever planning to invest in bitcoin and wait for a couple of years rather than looking at the short term market.

[exstasie]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is political.

Why is Bakkt a joke? Physical settlement can have real implications for the spot market, unlike cash settlement.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

Lee and Novogratz were already a joke last year. Arthur Hayes came out of his recent predictions looking pretty good and more importantly he is making bank off Bitmex's fees. Dimon will be laughing until the next bubble starts. Then he'll get butthurt again.

What is your advice, guys?

If you're a hodler, find other things to occupy your mind. If we're lucky, 2019 will be a boring sideways year. If you're a trader, be careful getting overly bullish or bearish. I think 2019 will have a volatile and choppy but overall sideways character.

[1Referee]

Boring isn't a bad thing, this just may be the calm before the storm.  Things should really start picking up and this temporary dip won't last long so use this opportunity to buy in cheap.

People saying the market is boring don't belong here. Go play in the stock or Gold market and see how boring things are over there. On top of that, even if the volatility comes back, most people who are complaining are playing with pocket change, so it's not even that rewarding for them if the market is volatile. Doubling $500 (if they manage to do it in the first place) isn't a jackpot.

I don't think the ETF matters either, bitcoin already hit 20k without an ETF or institutional money.

An ETF matters if it is approved, and backed by Bitcoin itself, but it isn't approved, and very likely won't be in the coming years. Institutions were on board already, probably have been during the 2013 bull run as well.

[hatshepsut93]

On the market prediction side: [/b]
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

Let this be a lesson to you and newbies that listening to so-called "experts" from mainstream/crypto news is never a good idea. Get some trading literature, learn the basics, learn about market cycles, etc.
If you are getting advice for free and from public platforms, chances are you are the product.

Remember: buy low, sell high.

[BitHodler]

$6000 was what people referred to as boring as well, and now we have the same being said about the current price. Maybe that a dip below $3000 will show people what boring looks like....

I'm sure if we hit sub $3000 levels, we'll see them dump and maybe that will help us to get rid of these get rich quick noobs. People somehow are really begging for a shakeout, and it wouldn't be bad at this stage.

If you aren't here to use Bitcoin or to learn about it, you'll end up being bored even at $50,000 in the far future. Probably a sign that most people sit at home all day doing nothing.

[Oceat]

Need to stop thinking BTC is an investment, but rather start using it for what it was meant to be, a "Peer-to-Peer Currency".

Mass adoption will help drive the price higher.

Even if it will change the course of the prices but it will be easy to control by the whales and we might still in the dip after that. Right now, people are getting impatient every day about of when would the market going to starts pumping because 12 months was too much for them already.

[Dreamchaser21]

Need to stop thinking BTC is an investment, but rather start using it for what it was meant to be, a "Peer-to-Peer Currency".

Mass adoption will help drive the price higher.

Even if it will change the course of the prices but it will be easy to control by the whales and we might still in the dip after that. Right now, people are getting impatient every day about of when would the market going to starts pumping because 12 months was too much for them already.

Because of previous dump, whales are becoming more powerful and for sure they will continue to manipulate. People are panicking because they easily listen to the fud news and they don’t even make any research before they panic. This is not boring yet, we just started the year you can still achieve your goal if you play patiently.

[b3j0]

as I said before if the price of bitcoin in 2019 will tend to be stable and there won't be any surprises, of course this is very boring. it seems like to restore investor confidence is very difficult 

[bitcoin31]

Maybe their prediction is not happen but if we have prediction or goal we need to increase that bitcoin value. There is no boring year for the bitcoin because everytime they have excitent that you need to feel even the value decrease because you can buy more bitcoin with  much price is lower. Remember this year is only first month and we have 11 months to go and let we see what happen.

[magneto]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals 2018. I don't want to fail this year too.

What is your advice, guys?

It is indeed boring, but I've expected this to happen. You're absolutely right on the analysts being absolute jokes though.

Unlike people who predicted bitcoin to completely reverse in terms of market sentiment as well as the overall price trajectory in 2019, I thought and still hold the belief that it is highly unlikely any recovery of major scale would happen this year, especially during the first half of the year. This is because I do not see any major events occuring this year that would drive prices up, and previous bear markets have lasted longer than the time it took from the ATH in 2017 to right now.

Sideways movement is expected this year. Even though people are hyping up ETFs still (have died down in recent days though), it is highly unlikely that an approval is in sight any time soon. And despite institutional interest, because the market sentiment is so bearish, it barely matters as investors are all emotional.

If you're a long term investor, or using bitcoin simply as a hedge against inflation, fiat, or diversifying your portfolio with an independent currency, then you shouldn't be worried whatsoever. I'd say you only need to worry if you are trading on leverage, or can only hold your position for a short period of time.

[fabiorem]

I will keep holding it. There is no point in selling. I consider the money as lost.

Luckly Im not a "believer" and didnt put all my money into there.

[b3j0]

I will keep holding it. There is no point in selling. I consider the money as lost.

Luckly Im not a "believer" and didnt put all my money into there.

it is a very brilliant idea, if you sell now you will be very sorry later after seeing the price of bitcoin rise very high. I don't know when that will happen, but it will definitely happen.

[Upgrade00]

I will keep holding it. There is no point in selling. I consider the money as lost.

Luckly Im not a "believer" and didnt put all my money into there.

It's wise to invest only amounts you can afford to lose, but considering it lost after investing shows an apathy towarads the investment.
It makes it easier, to handle losses of you are less attached emotionally. And also makes it easier make major decisions.

This is a good time to learn more about digital technology and explore the industry. This opens more opportunities to earn.

[deisik]

It is indeed boring, but I've expected this to happen. You're absolutely right on the analysts being absolute jokes though

How can it be boring? Learn about shorts and life will be full again. Regarding no major events, that actually remains to be seen. A lot of people in the first half of 2017 couldn't even imagine that by the end of the year Bitcoin will be worth almost 20k. Just like there are black swans, there are also white swans, and the latter are by far more common

Also, you somehow overlooked the spread of Lightning Network. If it is released into the mainnet officially, you can expect a lot of noise and hype with prices skyrocketing and for a good reason. That is going to be your major event that will drive prices up, and it is kinda set in stone (even though its exact date is not)

Other than that, I hands down agree with you on the analysts part

[enhu]

Need to stop thinking BTC is an investment, but rather start using it for what it was meant to be, a "Peer-to-Peer Currency".

Mass adoption will help drive the price higher.

That SEC and ETF was meant for mass adoption but turned all these to a mess. Each county has its own laws to deal cryptocurrencies. All these are the result to achieve adoption, I think we  are heading that way. Price had dip low for now but we get to use BTC as currency still.

[thecodebear]

It is indeed boring, but I've expected this to happen. You're absolutely right on the analysts being absolute jokes though

How can it be boring? Learn about shorts and life will be full again. Regarding no major events, that actually remains to be seen. A lot of people in the first half of 2017 couldn't even imagine that by the end of the year Bitcoin will be worth almost 20k. Just like there are black swans, there are also white swans, and the latter are by far more common

Also, you somehow overlooked the spread of Lightning Network. If it is released into the mainnet officially, you can expect a lot of noise and hype with prices skyrocketing and for a good reason. That is going to be your major event that will drive prices up, and it is kinda set in stone (even though its exact date is not)

Other than that, I hands down agree with you on the analysts part

I agree not sure why the OP thinks 2019 will be boring. Bottoming out phase is perfect time to accumulate, by late in the year we'll likely be in the very early stages of the next bull market. BAKKT and other Wall St institutions will have created a market for big money players. Likely though it will still be relatively small this year and take a while to grow and for lots of institutions to start buying into Bitcoin, still though that is exciting if you want the price to rise.

LN has been growing for the past year and I bet by end of this year we'll see major improvements and be getting it close to being friendly for the average person. Though I don't know what you mean by on the mainnet officially. It's been on the mainnet for a year. There isn't going to be some specific date when they say "hey ok its ready to use", it'll just keep getting updated and be more stable and usable as time goes on. There is never going to be an officially release date when they say its ready to  use by anyone.

Bitcoin ETF very well could happen this year. Though if it does I think it'll be probably like in the Fall, don't think it'll be approved next month.

I bet this year will be exciting for bitcoin in terms of upward price movement later in the year and continued progress in the technology as well as the ecosystem being built around it.

[fabiorem]

Learn about shorts and life will be full again.

Shorting is gambling. You'll never know when there will be a reversal.

[deisik]

Learn about shorts and life will be full again.

Shorting is gambling. You'll never know when there will be a reversal

It's a remedy for those who complain about feeling bored

On the other hand, it had been the only strategy since the beginning of 2018 that would have given you consistent profits if followed properly. Which proves that the best strategy to trade is not to buy the fucking dips and catch falling knives but steadily and consistently follow the trend. Indeed, trend is your friend, at least until it turns around and stabs you in the back. But then stop-losses are your second-best friends forever

[Ronyx]

In 2018 it was indeed a difficult year and it was a year of failure to make a profit, but failure did not have to be used as a reference to predict the same failure in 2019. This is still in early 2019 and is too fast to declare failure in 2019, I still believe in 2019 there will be hope and crypto opportunities will rise.

[harizen]

What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals 2018. I don't want to fail this year too.

What is your advice, guys?

Those who think they failed last year are the ones "who expected" too much about the outcome of the price.

Surely most of you expect that another ATH or some bullish activity will hit at the last quarter of 2018. How come some people just buy that positive prediction without thinking of the term "chances" and "possibility". And now that their expectations didn't reached, they are now in confused what to do. I myself is positive but Im not worried at all to the 2018 outcome. There are lots of years to come.

What people must do is, despite of the failure (as they say) , targets didn't reached, price expectation fails etc. just continue the usual accumulation because after all, it has lots of advantages at any means. And when time comes that strong "bullish activity" now enter the scene, you will feel the effort you did in terms of accumulation.

[beerlover]

I will gladly take boring over scary .

2018 looked really scary, not at first maybe but even in the first months of 2018 we have seen bitcoin going down, it wasn't expected to go as low as 3200 which eventually we reached and was really horrible but it showed sights of bad market even at the early stage.

Right now, 2019 is just 14 days old and after 2 weeks we can't really say bitcoin is boring or market is boring since its just 2 weeks old but even with the first 2 weeks of 2019 compared the 2 weeks of 2018 we look like we are moving up and down between the same numbers and even if we do not go above 5-6 thousand dollars like some people suggests I would rather stay between 3.4-4.2 thousand dollars for a whole year rather than going down 80% from the peak. That way even tough we won't be making too much money we won't at least lose all of our money.

[Ridwan Fauzi]

You see the bitcoin price movements only in 2017, please see the price movements of the Bitcoin in the previous year. And maybe this forum is already accustomed to discussions like this, market boring, bitcoin will die and etc. I only see every person who has a high rank such as a Legendary Member or Hero Member they do not mind the decline in the price of bitcoin, they will always suggest to everyone to keep holding and never sell in a state of loss. I think that suggestion can be considered, most of them have experienced this kind of thing repeatedly.

[deisik]

LN has been growing for the past year and I bet by end of this year we'll see major improvements and be getting it close to being friendly for the average person. Though I don't know what you mean by on the mainnet officially. It's been on the mainnet for a year. There isn't going to be some specific date when they say "hey ok its ready to use", it'll just keep getting updated and be more stable and usable as time goes on. There is never going to be an officially release date when they say its ready to  use by anyone

As far as I know, using LN is not recommended at this moment

It is still considered in the beta phase, so people are using it on their own account and taking the risks of losing their money due to bugs in its current implementation. Obviously, we should expect a boost in its use when it is officially declared production-ready, though I'm not sure as to when this day will come and whether it will come at all taking into account that Bitcoin itself is still considered to be in an experimental phase

[thecodebear]

LN has been growing for the past year and I bet by end of this year we'll see major improvements and be getting it close to being friendly for the average person. Though I don't know what you mean by on the mainnet officially. It's been on the mainnet for a year. There isn't going to be some specific date when they say "hey ok its ready to use", it'll just keep getting updated and be more stable and usable as time goes on. There is never going to be an officially release date when they say its ready to  use by anyone

As far as I know, using LN is not recommended at this moment

It is still considered in the beta phase, so people are using it on their own account and taking the risks of losing their money due to bugs in its current implementation. Obviously, we should expect a boost in its use when it is officially declared production-ready, though I'm not sure as to when this day will come and whether it will come at all taking into account that Bitcoin itself is still considered to be in an experimental phase

Yeah, but my point is there will never be a day when they announce it is officially ready to use. They've even said this, I remember LN developers saying this early last year, there will be no declaration of being production-ready.

It will continuously be in development, gaining features and become safer and easier to use. Once it has enough features and safe and friendly enough wallets so that it can be used by the average person with essentially no technical knowledge of bitcoin and LN then it could be considered ready for mass use, but that won't be a certain day in the future with some official production-ready announcement, it'll just gradually happen and more and more people will jump on board. It's on the mainnet, it can be used by anyone, and over time it will get easier to use. There's no release version in which it will move from beta to production-ready.

But anyway, I get your point that when its safe and easy enough for the average person that'll be huge and hopefully once merchants find it easy to use they will start adding it as a payment method. LN will only take off once major merchants adopt it.

[Xardasim]

The market is looking so boring this year
And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals 2018. I don't want to fail this year too.

What is your advice, guys?

'' Your deposit should be as much as you can risk ''. In my opinion you are gonna be more successful when you try to trade with this way. Otherwise, your psychology will lead to loss and regret. You can give yourself the right decision right now, there is no one to know your situation better than you. Maybe it is better to withdraw some of amount.

[deisik]

But anyway, I get your point that when its safe and easy enough for the average person that'll be huge and hopefully once merchants find it easy to use they will start adding it as a payment method. LN will only take off once major merchants adopt it

Thanks for not having me explain to you all this

Though I can't agree about merchants as it is not about merchants at all. The consensus here and elsewhere seems to be that the adoption actually depends on merchants and their intention to accept cryptopayments. This, in my view, is a typical example of the so-called cart-and-horse problem, which boils down to confusing cause and effect. In this case specifically, adoption doesn't depend on merchants as it mostly, if not to say entirely, depends on consumers and their desire to spend their precious coins

Really, what merchant in his right mind would refuse to accept Bitcoin if there were such demand, i.e. people willing to pay in crypto? Indeed, there are some folks in the cryptospace ready to shell out and spend their coins without much ado, but if we cut the crap, most are here exclusively for fiat gains. They are using crypto as a vehicle for speculation, not as a means of payment. The bottom line is that LN on its own won't help merchants much because it is not them who should be helped in the first place

[thecodebear]

But anyway, I get your point that when its safe and easy enough for the average person that'll be huge and hopefully once merchants find it easy to use they will start adding it as a payment method. LN will only take off once major merchants adopt it

Thanks for not having me explain to you all this

Though I can't agree about merchants as it is not about merchants at all. The consensus here and elsewhere seems to be that the adoption actually depends on merchants and their intention to accept cryptopayments. This, in my view, is a typical example of the so-called cart-and-horse problem, which boils down to confusing cause and effect. In this case specifically, adoption doesn't depend on merchants as it mostly, if not to say entirely, depends on consumers and their desire to spend their precious coins

Really, what merchant in his right mind would refuse to accept Bitcoin if there were such demand, i.e. people willing to pay in crypto? Indeed, there are some folks in the cryptospace ready to shell out and spend their coins without much ado, but if we cut the crap, most are here exclusively for fiat gains. They are using crypto as a vehicle for speculation, not as a means of payment. The bottom line is that LN on its own won't help merchants much because it is not them who should be helped in the first place

I disagree. LN will help merchants which is the main reason they will adopt it.

First off, only hard core bitcoiners are going to put coins on the LN if they can't spend those coins. There is zero reason to use the LN if you're just speculating and holding your coins. The reason to use LN is to spend your money, if merchant adoption isn't there 99% of Bitcoin owners won't bother putting coins on LN because there would be no reason to. LN will obviously continue to grow among people who are really into Bitcoin, and as more people get really into Bitcoin they will add to the LN, but your average person isn't going to get on there until they can use their profits to directly buy stuff on Amazon or whatever from the LN. Take me, for instance, I'm very much looking forward to the proliferation of LN use and the future of Bitcoin and I've bought and sold bitcoin since late-2013, but I won't bother trying out the LN until I can actually use it - which means there are some merchants I shop at who have LN payments set up. So I certainly wouldn't expect somebody who has some bitcoin but barely knows anything about it to put their bitcoin on LN until they see a LN/BTC button on Amazon and realize they can directly spend all the profit they've made.

LN will grow somewhat without big merchants, but mass adoption of it among the bitcoin community won't happen until many merchants come in. Because LN is not as good as Venmo for paying friends, and not as safe as normal Bitcoin wallets for storing Bitcoin, its major use case is spending money online in lieu of credit cards (as well as stuff like micropayments).

LN absolutely helps merchants because they get more money since they don't have to pay credit card fees. That makes a real difference to merchants. There is no one side of the transaction that LN should help and the other side it won't help. LN will help consumers spend their bitcoin without high fees and with instant processing, and it helps merchants achieve higher profits due to lack of fees, plus they don't have to wait for the money to move through the traditional financial system but instead they have access to the money immediately as long as they want to spend it on the LN, or however long some bitcoin to fiat conversion thing like bitpay or whatever takes to give them money (which i suppose would probably still take as long as legacy payments since it goes through the financial system).

Basically I think LN adoption will remain low but steadily growing until Amazon or a bunch of other significant merchants setup LN payments, at which point it can finally spread to everyone. You have to give people a reason to use LN, it just existing isn't reason enough.

[PuertoLibre]

Need to stop thinking BTC is an investment, but rather start using it for what it was meant to be, a "Peer-to-Peer Currency".

Mass adoption will help drive the price higher.

Almost more than half of market participants are here for gain profit,so no need to wear a mask. Bitcoin is not suitable for being "Peer-to-Peer Currency" and there are dozens of alternative cryptocurrencies which can fit more effectively for this "position". Only 3 percent of Americans have idea about cryptocurrencies if I am not mistaken. Imagine this numbers are increased more than 50%

[figmentofmyass]

Though I can't agree about merchants as it is not about merchants at all. The consensus here and elsewhere seems to be that the adoption actually depends on merchants and their intention to accept cryptopayments. This, in my view, is a typical example of the so-called cart-and-horse problem, which boils down to confusing cause and effect. In this case specifically, adoption doesn't depend on merchants as it mostly, if not to say entirely, depends on consumers and their desire to spend their precious coins

Basically I think LN adoption will remain low but steadily growing until Amazon or a bunch of other significant merchants setup LN payments, at which point it can finally spread to everyone. You have to give people a reason to use LN, it just existing isn't reason enough.

i think he's right about the cart-and-horse problem. merchants can already get irreversibility of payments and low payment processing costs by using bitcoin. the reason merchant adoption has lagged so much is because there is a lack of demand from consumers to spend bitcoin. i don't think amazon accepting bitcoin or LN would fundamentally change that. the real problem is that bitcoiners don't want to spend their coins. they want to hold them......

[bintangkejoraku]

well, the market is very boring this year, big whales are still playing with prices. I don't understand what they want, but they frustrate many investors. I don't want to say this, but it's really boring.

[deisik]

Really, what merchant in his right mind would refuse to accept Bitcoin if there were such demand, i.e. people willing to pay in crypto? Indeed, there are some folks in the cryptospace ready to shell out and spend their coins without much ado, but if we cut the crap, most are here exclusively for fiat gains. They are using crypto as a vehicle for speculation, not as a means of payment. The bottom line is that LN on its own won't help merchants much because it is not them who should be helped in the first place

I disagree. LN will help merchants which is the main reason they will adopt it.

First off, only hard core bitcoiners are going to put coins on the LN if they can't spend those coins. There is zero reason to use the LN if you're just speculating and holding your coins

You see, your logic is flawed at the very beginning (just in case, you can't be speculating and holding your coins)

There's more than zero reason to use LN even if you are simply holding the coins provided using LN is safe, secure and straightforward. How come? Holders are likely the ones who are in fact strongly interested in organic growth of Bitcoin as speculators are mostly interested in volatility. The latter don't particularly care if Bitcoin goes up or down provided its price action is strong enough to give them the level of price change they are looking for

Holders, on the other hand, will most certainly be using their coins as a payment vehicle in LN specifically because they are not going to spend them. First on, this is what gives Bitcoin value as a means of exchange, i.e. exactly what they are looking for (organic growth). And second off, however small, it is still passive earning any way look at it. Well, maybe not so passive, but you get the point. Maybe, there are other reasons as well

[amitgupta1728]

You are right that market is looking boring as the invested amount is decreasing day by day, But.... no one knows the future. No one has predicted the price of 20K$ in starting of 2017. Price touched so quickly beyond everybody's prediction / expectation.

Wait for the good time. I am also waiting to become interesting from this actual boring time.

[tukagero]

I lost more than 50%  of what ive invested since last year, and it keeps on losing this year. I dont know how far i can hold this, im pissed off and ready to sell my holdings anytime in this boring market.

[deisik]

Though I can't agree about merchants as it is not about merchants at all. The consensus here and elsewhere seems to be that the adoption actually depends on merchants and their intention to accept cryptopayments. This, in my view, is a typical example of the so-called cart-and-horse problem, which boils down to confusing cause and effect. In this case specifically, adoption doesn't depend on merchants as it mostly, if not to say entirely, depends on consumers and their desire to spend their precious coins

Basically I think LN adoption will remain low but steadily growing until Amazon or a bunch of other significant merchants setup LN payments, at which point it can finally spread to everyone. You have to give people a reason to use LN, it just existing isn't reason enough.

i think he's right about the cart-and-horse problem. merchants can already get irreversibility of payments and low payment processing costs by using bitcoin. the reason merchant adoption has lagged so much is because there is a lack of demand from consumers to spend bitcoin. i don't think amazon accepting bitcoin or LN would fundamentally change that. the real problem is that bitcoiners don't want to spend their coins. they want to hold them

To sum it up, merchants are not a limiting factor here

Indeed, if they flat-out refuse to accept Bitcoin, there won't be mass adoption of this cryptocurrency as a means of payment. But people only see what is right before their eyes, but they fail to see the real culprit in this matter. If people wanted to pay with Bitcoin en masse, I can't find even a single reason (apart from legal ones, of course) why merchants wouldn't want to accept Bitcoin, especially when all the infrastructure needed is already there. It simply doesn't make sense. And in such circumstances we have no other choice but to conclude there is no demand from consumers

[Barcode_]

I lost more than 50%  of what ive invested since last year, and it keeps on losing this year. I dont know how far i can hold this, im pissed off and ready to sell my holdings anytime in this boring market.

My bitcoin and altcoins investment have also dropped a lot in its values too, but since I have already hold on to my crypto-currencies investment for more than one year now, I do not think it would be logical for me to sell all of it away in this bearish market, I would just wait patiently for this whole bear market to end.

[DeathAngel]

I’m glad the market is boring with low volatility, it gives us lots of time to accumulate. Use this period to load up as many bitcoin’s as you can.

Once in a lifetime opportunity.

[Oilacris]

We are just starting of this year and you already given up some conclusions that we are already a boring year.The difference now on where fundamentals or news doesn't really gave much affect on market prices.
Theres BAKKT and ETF but it seems the market doesn't really react at all.I actually laugh into those persons being mentioned. They are really a joke. Did we forget something?

[Roni116]

I think to get results it is not easy, it takes patience and also the struggle to maintain confidence in crypto, and if we can do it, a big result will be obtained. The crypto market will not be forever bad, but will be able to recover and provide good results.

[Akoldi_ibk]

Already in 2019 and the market looks boring. Just get a life outside crypto-verse and light it up with real life enjoyment/engagement. Forget about taking profit, buying the dip, losing of investment or shorting. Just have a reflection on other things. Know that you will be welcome back when the market party starts.

[omonuyak]

Every January the market has been behaving like this and we are not to invest based on how market move at this moment but on what the future hold for us.  Those that buy early 2017 are in money at December the same year and I seriously think the same thing is going to happen this year.

[deisik]

I’m glad the market is boring with low volatility, it gives us lots of time to accumulate. Use this period to load up as many bitcoin’s as you can.

Once in a lifetime opportunity

We can only hope for that

On a less optimistic note, though, we should not forget that the market was also kind of boring just a couple months ago when Bitcoin had been trading in the 6000-7000 range long enough. I didn't follow the forum very closely back then (though I closely followed the price), so I don't know what people had been complaining about at the time

But I'm strongly inclined to think that they were also feeling bored. And I also inevitably come to think that these two groups of people, i.e. bored then and bored now, are not quite the same, with the bottom line being that this feeling may in fact be not a bad idea after all if it comes to stay

[exstasie]

Learn about shorts and life will be full again.

Shorting is gambling. You'll never know when there will be a reversal.

Sure, but why does that matter? That's when you stop shorting.

You'll always lose some trades (like longs near the top and shorts near the bottom). But as long as you follow the mantra "the trend is your friend" and properly manage your risk, I wouldn't call it gambling.

[cryptojac17]

I lost more than 50%  of what ive invested since last year, and it keeps on losing this year. I dont know how far i can hold this, im pissed off and ready to sell my holdings anytime in this boring market.

I understand how you feel mate, and relating to your sentiment right now I can also figure it out. My holding also was having slow increase and in fact the market was really having bad movements right now. However I am still positive that we will experience good market soon, but for now it's an impossible thing to happen yet. We need to have more patience to maximum tolerance in order to achieve our goals, because dumping our asset is showing our weakness without facing struggles.

[thecodebear]

Really, what merchant in his right mind would refuse to accept Bitcoin if there were such demand, i.e. people willing to pay in crypto? Indeed, there are some folks in the cryptospace ready to shell out and spend their coins without much ado, but if we cut the crap, most are here exclusively for fiat gains. They are using crypto as a vehicle for speculation, not as a means of payment. The bottom line is that LN on its own won't help merchants much because it is not them who should be helped in the first place

I disagree. LN will help merchants which is the main reason they will adopt it.

First off, only hard core bitcoiners are going to put coins on the LN if they can't spend those coins. There is zero reason to use the LN if you're just speculating and holding your coins

You see, your logic is flawed at the very beginning (just in case, you can't be speculating and holding your coins)

There's more than zero reason to use LN even if you are simply holding the coins provided using LN is safe, secure and straightforward. How come? Holders are likely the ones who are in fact strongly interested in organic growth of Bitcoin as speculators are mostly interested in volatility. The latter don't particularly care if Bitcoin goes up or down provided its price action is strong enough to give them the level of price change they are looking for

Holders, on the other hand, will most certainly be using their coins as a payment vehicle in LN specifically because they are not going to spend them. First on, this is what gives Bitcoin value as a means of exchange, i.e. exactly what they are looking for (organic growth). And second off, however small, it is still passive earning any way look at it. Well, maybe not so passive, but you get the point. Maybe, there are other reasons as well

Sorry your argument doesn't fly.

Holders will be using coins as a payment vehicle...can't get any more contradictory than that, and then in the same sentence you contradict yourself again by saying they AREN'T going to spend them. I have no idea what you were trying to say there but it doesn't make any sense.

And no, there is no reason to use the LN if you aren't spending coins. Zero reason. No one in their right mind would put their coins on the LN for the long term instead of cold storage. That flies in the face of every caution in cryptocurrency.

Also you absolutely can be speculating and holding. I hold most of my coins long term and trade with some money, and thereby I completely disproved your first statement about my logic being flawed.

[thecodebear]

Though I can't agree about merchants as it is not about merchants at all. The consensus here and elsewhere seems to be that the adoption actually depends on merchants and their intention to accept cryptopayments. This, in my view, is a typical example of the so-called cart-and-horse problem, which boils down to confusing cause and effect. In this case specifically, adoption doesn't depend on merchants as it mostly, if not to say entirely, depends on consumers and their desire to spend their precious coins

Basically I think LN adoption will remain low but steadily growing until Amazon or a bunch of other significant merchants setup LN payments, at which point it can finally spread to everyone. You have to give people a reason to use LN, it just existing isn't reason enough.

i think he's right about the cart-and-horse problem. merchants can already get irreversibility of payments and low payment processing costs by using bitcoin. the reason merchant adoption has lagged so much is because there is a lack of demand from consumers to spend bitcoin. i don't think amazon accepting bitcoin or LN would fundamentally change that. the real problem is that bitcoiners don't want to spend their coins. they want to hold them

To sum it up, merchants are not a limiting factor here

Indeed, if they flat-out refuse to accept Bitcoin, there won't be mass adoption of this cryptocurrency as a means of payment. But people only see what is right before their eyes, but they fail to see the real culprit in this matter. If people wanted to pay with Bitcoin en masse, I can't find even a single reason (apart from legal ones, of course) why merchants wouldn't want to accept Bitcoin, especially when all the infrastructure needed is already there. It simply doesn't make sense. And in such circumstances we have no other choice but to conclude there is no demand from consumers

To sum up better, merchants absolutely are a limiting factor because there is no reason for the vast majority of bitcoin owners to put their coins on the LN unless they are regularly spending bitcoin at merchants. As I said, LN will grow steadily from people just testing it out but you won't see a significant number of bitcoin owners (millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions in the future) putting their money on the LN unless there is an actual reason to (i certainly wouldn't!). And the reason to use it is when they can actually buy something with it. LN probably doesn't even need to be that big to convince merchants to adopt it, what is important is that Bitcoin gets big. It's not a hard sell to tell someone who owns bitcoin and wants to spend it to get on the LN because Amazon or whoever now accepts bitcoin payments through LN. But what is a hard sell is telling merchants that they should put in the work and the hassle to adopt a new payment solution when there's only maybe 20 million people in the whole world who even have it.

Obviously both the merchants and consumers matter in this scenario. But bitcoin owners can be brought into the LN to easily spend bitcoin (assuming the price is high so they feel they get a good value from spending their coins) when they hear they can actually use their coins. If you try to tell someone to throw their coins out of a secure place and onto the LN in order to...do nothing, thats not a strong argument. So like I said, LN won't grab significant growth of bitcoin owners until there is a serious use case for it, that use case is spending bitcoin at merchants.

[Indrawan77]

2018 is not a friendly year for crypto and from the market situation 2019 still not going to be friendly a lot of people think that 2019 will be worse than 2018, there will be a lot of sideway but don't expect there will be a huge rising, infact we need to be aware of the falling, everything now has become political or place to make profit, only few left that appreciate the crypto technology and feature

[deisik]

Learn about shorts and life will be full again.

Shorting is gambling. You'll never know when there will be a reversal.

Sure, but why does that matter? That's when you stop shorting.

You'll always lose some trades (like longs near the top and shorts near the bottom). But as long as you follow the mantra "the trend is your friend" and properly manage your risk, I wouldn't call it gambling.

Second this approach 100%

Holders will be using coins as a payment vehicle...can't get any more contradictory than that, and then in the same sentence you contradict yourself again by saying they AREN'T going to spend them. I have no idea what you were trying to say there but it doesn't make any sense

It looks like you don't read what I write

What I meant to say is that they will be using their coins in payment channels for others to use these coins as a payment vehicle (or value transfer vehicle if you please), i.e. not them spending these coins but letting others do that (technically, it won't be their coins exactly, but please don't start the nitpicking war). Sorry, it this caused you so much confusion and pain. And this is not about caution as it has more to do with rational behavior of economic actors, the point I explained in my post and which you dismissed so easily

To repeat, holders are the ones most interested in Bitcoin's success as a means of payment, and you kind of should expect them to actually contribute to this growth provided it can be done in a safe, secure and straightforward way (which I also made clear)

[creeps]

2018 is not a friendly year for crypto and from the market situation 2019 still not going to be friendly a lot of people think that 2019 will be worse than 2018, there will be a lot of sideway but don't expect there will be a huge rising, infact we need to be aware of the falling, everything now has become political or place to make profit, only few left that appreciate the crypto technology and feature

Yeah, and this kind of trend doesn’t make this market boring because its actually an exciting year because of the pumps and dumps in the market. Its only the first month of 2019, more trends are still unpredictable, just stay focus and don’t get limited just because the market is falling, always take this as an opportunity and stay safe.

[Prettymie]

The market is boring to the people who wants to get rich instantly without understanding with the market situation. They only after with their personal interest to gain huge profits by doing nothing. Let the market recover first before we can see a rolling bull controlling the market. It's the first month of this year and we came from a bearish year of 2018 and it's obvious that we are still in recovery. Hold-on and be patient.

[sudeshkumar]

Need to understand boredom only then we will be able to earn profit ,Market can not trade higher forever it needs correction for another bull run which is in progress this time bearish cycle will prolong no doubt about it.

[deisik]

To sum it up, merchants are not a limiting factor here

Indeed, if they flat-out refuse to accept Bitcoin, there won't be mass adoption of this cryptocurrency as a means of payment. But people only see what is right before their eyes, but they fail to see the real culprit in this matter. If people wanted to pay with Bitcoin en masse, I can't find even a single reason (apart from legal ones, of course) why merchants wouldn't want to accept Bitcoin, especially when all the infrastructure needed is already there. It simply doesn't make sense. And in such circumstances we have no other choice but to conclude there is no demand from consumers

To sum up better, merchants absolutely are a limiting factor because there is no reason for the vast majority of bitcoin owners to put their coins on the LN unless they are regularly spending bitcoin at merchants. As I said, LN will grow steadily from people just testing it out but you won't see a significant number of bitcoin owners (millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions in the future) putting their money on the LN unless there is an actual reason to (i certainly wouldn't!). And the reason to use it is when they can actually buy something with it. LN probably doesn't even need to be that big to convince merchants to adopt it, what is important is that Bitcoin gets big. It's not a hard sell to tell someone who owns bitcoin and wants to spend it to get on the LN because Amazon or whoever now accepts bitcoin payments through LN. But what is a hard sell is telling merchants that they should put in the work and the hassle to adopt a new payment solution when there's only maybe 20 million people in the whole world who even have it

No, it doesn't sound like a plausible argument at all

Despite all this empty verbiage you produced, which, honestly, doesn't even look like a real argument in defense of your claim (that merchants adoption is indeed a limiting factor). And LN has nothing to do with that either. Bitcoin has been sticking around for ten years already without any LN, and we can't say it's been a huge success in this department (as a means of payment)

In other words, while LN is undoubtedly a big step in the right direction, it won't be able to radically change things and somehow make Bitcoin users want to spend their coins. Those who do can do that without any LN by using payment cards or otherwise. But we don't see a lot of action here, either

[lelylely]

You're right, at the beginning of this year the market still feels boring, but I don't think it will be boring all year long. I think there is hope in 2019 to recover, and to make a profit, I will still hold on.

[Rooster101]

Boredom is a part of the challenge and how to get rid of it, it will be up to you. Some traders don't feel bored after all because they know where to get the excitement in the cryptocurrency trading. For long term investment, you can't avoid it because you need to wait more time for the price to climb up again and invthis case, patience is needed. We don't know what is in store for us this 2019 but there is always a hope for another bullish market.

[deisik]

Boredom is a part of the challenge and how to get rid of it, it will be up to you. Some traders don't feel bored after all because they know where to get the excitement in the cryptocurrency trading. For long term investment, you can't avoid it because you need to wait more time for the price to climb up again and invthis case, patience is needed. We don't know what is in store for us this 2019 but there is always a hope for another bullish market.

Actually, it is a good time to reshuffle your portfolio

I understand why people feel bored, there is not much to do as no big price action has been seen for almost a week already (read, Bitcoin users are trading addicts). But there's at least two two reasons why you should not be bored at all. First, when the price stands still for some time (which is too long for the market), you can reliably expect the next movement to be huge as it happened in the past and is bound to happen in the future

Second, as I said, you can use these trading holidays to reshuffle your investment portfolio, i.e. sell coins that performed poorly during the crash and thus unlikely to show good performance on the rise, and buy coins which proved to be resilient to market hardships. And when you start doing that, expect the whole market start moving too. So you can, in a sense, lure market into action

[Caladonian]

Boredom is a part of the challenge and how to get rid of it, it will be up to you. Some traders don't feel bored after all because they know where to get the excitement in the cryptocurrency trading. For long term investment, you can't avoid it because you need to wait more time for the price to climb up again and invthis case, patience is needed. We don't know what is in store for us this 2019 but there is always a hope for another bullish market.

You can always find entertainment even with the bearish trend, as you will need to adopt and adjust with market and you have to chase things up in order to favor your trades, there's traders and investors who already changing pace as they new that they need to move forward, though the thoughts and hope that the bullish market will come and make a big difference we still need to adopt each market trend that will appear and enjoy every strategies that will be able to build while waiting for the big profits to come.

[EdenHazard]

You're right, at the beginning of this year the market still feels boring, but I don't think it will be boring all year long. I think there is hope in 2019 to recover, and to make a profit, I will still hold on.

Maybe you should see the movement of gold prices and even other investment places, the price movements where other investments are different from bitcoin I might call it very boring. But at least the price of bitcoin is still used as a place of investment, have you ever thought when an investment place that came out far from the usual price? maybe some of them will leave the investment and replace it with a new, safer one. However, I really like the loyalty of bitcoin investors, they still survive despite the many trials that hit. I have no expectations for a bull run, it will only make me give up.

[ophyrim]

Just need for some weeks to end the accumulation zone (maybe after a capitulation). İf we have not bottomed yet, the bottom is near. The market will not decrease forever. We have already seen 83% drop from all-time high.

[Distinctin]

Just need for some weeks to end the accumulation zone (maybe after a capitulation). İf we have not bottomed yet, the bottom is near. The market will not decrease forever. We have already seen 83% drop from all-time high.

We are really hard for the recovery and we don't know how long we should be like these. But we should not to be disappointed at all, the market isn't down deeply and still we could generate profits by then, only we should work hard.
We don't just to stay in trading or gambling, but to try others ways and see what is highly beneficial for us.

[aris av]

Well, if you fail with your plan in 2018, I don't think you need to be frustrated and step outside. Stay afloat because the possibility of 2019 will be an opportunity for you to succeed with crypto.

[buwaytress]

2018 is not a friendly year for crypto and from the market situation 2019 still not going to be friendly a lot of people think that 2019 will be worse than 2018, there will be a lot of sideway but don't expect there will be a huge rising, infact we need to be aware of the falling, everything now has become political or place to make profit, only few left that appreciate the crypto technology and feature

Unfriendly? What could be friendlier than an entire regional market bloc (EU) actually sitting down and making regulations for crypto-friendly embraces like in the 5th EU AML directive?

What could be friendlier than countries allowing 5 Bitcoin ATMs to be installed daily? What's friendlier than US SEC and CFTC actually considering Bitcoin ETFs and futures, and STOs coming into play?

Boring price movements don't necessarily mean an unfriendly enviro!

[glowing10]

2018 is not a friendly year for crypto and from the market situation 2019 still not going to be friendly a lot of people think that 2019 will be worse than 2018, there will be a lot of sideway but don't expect there will be a huge rising, infact we need to be aware of the falling, everything now has become political or place to make profit, only few left that appreciate the crypto technology and feature

2019 should be way better than 2018. Though it is crypto and expected that market will not be same every year and also volatility what is is known for so same happened in 2018. It is risky and some one who does not have patience will end up in a loss itself in crypto. But if you continue to hold and buy when prices are low than coming years including 2019 will be better.

[deisik]

Just need for some weeks to end the accumulation zone (maybe after a capitulation). İf we have not bottomed yet, the bottom is near. The market will not decrease forever. We have already seen 83% drop from all-time high.

As far as I myself want the said to be true, we may not have seen the true bottom yet

We should remember that today's prices are not very stable overall as it is still speculation in and out. What I mean to say is that high prices have been around only for a little over a year, so if the speculative part of them has not been washed out yet, there is a good chance we are going to see a lot of new lows. The prices had been moving in the 6k-7k range for a few months, and as it turned out, it was far from being the bottom as we all now know

[Slow death]

The market is looking so boring this year

You're right, days ago, I thought: One day Bitcoin came to $ 20,000 and shook the world, it was the birth of an anonymous coin that could rival gold. today bitcoin is skating in the abyss and there is no hope of one day to return the glory of the $ 20,000 and return to the spotlight

Bakkt launch is a joke.

in my opinion they seem to have hardworking, but regulators are being a major obstacle

Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

I agree. I have already given up hope that someday it will be approved

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke

these are the joke of the year 2018

John McAfee is a psycho

we will see when he loses his bet what he will do

Jamie Dimon is laughing

True

[exstasie]

Unfriendly? What could be friendlier than an entire regional market bloc (EU) actually sitting down and making regulations for crypto-friendly embraces like in the 5th EU AML directive?

What could be friendlier than countries allowing 5 Bitcoin ATMs to be installed daily? What's friendlier than US SEC and CFTC actually considering Bitcoin ETFs and futures, and STOs coming into play?

I guess the SEC and CFTC are legally required to consider these applications. I get the feeling the SEC isn't giving ETF applications any serious consideration. Also, I remember after Cboe and CME self-certified Bitcoin futures markets without formal approval, the CFTC started considering new rules to prevent self-certification of crypto markets in the future.

This stuff is falling in the regulator's lap; not much they can do about it. I agree though, regulators could act more draconian if they wanted to. It hasn't been all bad.

[yesyes18]

Truth is that we're all waiting for something to happen before we take firm stands. The market has been so skeptical since the bear season started and the lsst time we all thought we were at the bottom and that a redemption was on the way, we dropped very hard. That's what is keeping many people off the market. So in my opinion, I'd say let's wait for some more time.

[maydna]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

I don't think the market is boring this year because from the last December, the market still moving and some of the coins can increase although it's for tested the market itself. I don't panic because I still trying to trade and I see there are many opportunities for me and for every people who can search the coins to buy and sell. This month I want to analyse deeply on every coin at the bittrex and binance because there is a big list of the coins that I can use to make a profit.

[DonFacundo]

market looks boring this year? I don't think so we are just in the first quarter let's just wait, the market will pump anytime without good news coming.

[wuvdoll]

It has been just 19 days of 2019, we should wait a bit before we decide what the 2019 will look like. However if you ask me boring is much better than the chaotic things we had in previous years. One year we started the year with 700 dollars or so and ended with 20 thousand dollar high, which to you may sound amazing, from 700 dollars to 20 thousand dollars looks great on paper however bitcoin and blockchain wasn't prepared for such a big attack and hype so the price was unsustainable and the price went down.

Another year on 2018 we had a year where we went down from 20 thousand dollar levels to 3200 dollars at lowest which means we have dropped a lot and on paper it looks horrible but in reality from start of 2017 to end of 2018 we have moved from 700 to 3200. If you tell anyone that their money will make about x5 profits in 2 years everyone would jump into it.

So, instead of having the middle of 20 thousand and back, how about a boring from 700 to 3200 type of x5 in bitcoin in 2 years ? From today to bitcoin halving, we should aim at being 10-15 thousand dollars without having too much ups and downs, just small ups all the way to there.

[deisik]

It has been just 19 days of 2019, we should wait a bit before we decide what the 2019 will look like. However if you ask me boring is much better than the chaotic things we had in previous years. One year we started the year with 700 dollars or so and ended with 20 thousand dollar high, which to you may sound amazing, from 700 dollars to 20 thousand dollars looks great on paper however bitcoin and blockchain wasn't prepared for such a big attack and hype so the price was unsustainable and the price went down

In fact, the chaotic things you mentioned were a lot less scary than this "boring" market. Anyone familiar with Bitcoin in particular and trading in general knows that prices don't change slowly and gradually, either way. It is almost always an abrupt rise or fall, totally unexpected most of the time. From this perspective, the longer the market remains boring, the scarier it becomes as it should be clear as day that the next breakout will be cataclysmic, mind-boggling and earth-shattering, with fortunes lost and made

In other words, beware of still waters, silent dogs and boring markets

[BeGoods]

market looks boring this year? I don't think so we are just in the first quarter let's just wait, the market will pump anytime without good news coming.

We are still at the beginning of the year and januariy isn't over yet. why do we interpret that this year will be a boring year?
we don't know what will happen yet. we don't know what will come this year? maybe regulation, who know? it may make bitcoin price pump, isnt it?

[STT]

Boring is good because it might lead to accumulation which can move price upwards.    Bitcoin is always accused of being excessively volatile so boring to me seems like the start of something good.   I think people got bored in 2015 for example and without realising it we were putting in a bottom.    It always happens when people are not looking or especially excited, when everyone is jumping off their chairs whipped up about just the normal network business proceeding then I start to get a little wary tbh

[deisik]

Boring is good because it might lead to accumulation which can move price upwards.    Bitcoin is always accused of being excessively volatile so boring to me seems like the start of something good.   I think people got bored in 2015 for example and without realising it we were putting in a bottom.    It always happens when people are not looking or especially excited, when everyone is jumping off their chairs whipped up about just the normal network business proceeding then I start to get a little wary tbh

I'd been there (and here) in 2015

And the market was far from boring back then. In the first months of that year the price had crashed below 200 dollars, then rose to almost 300 and plummeted again to 200 in August. Since September Bitcoin started to rise and reached 400 dollars by the end of the year. The market was never boring back in the day as the price had been changing every other day in the range of 5-10%. Now compare this to what we see now

Apart from that, it is not necessarily an accumulation phase before the surge. It may in fact be a dissipation phase before the purge. Remember how it happened in November last year? We were also in a sideways market for a few months in the 6-7k range, and I guess the market was looking boring to many as well, with people thinking Bitcoin had been gaining momentum before rising to new local highs. It never came to be

[gabmen]

market looks boring this year? I don't think so we are just in the first quarter let's just wait, the market will pump anytime without good news coming.

We are still at the beginning of the year and januariy isn't over yet. why do we interpret that this year will be a boring year?
we don't know what will happen yet. we don't know what will come this year? maybe regulation, who know? it may make bitcoin price pump, isnt it?

Lol. I'd rather have a boring 2019 that see another wild year that's mostly moving downwards 😛 2018 isn't boring. It's anxiety inducing lol. As slow steady movement even just to 8k at the end of the year is enough for me.

[Wilhelm]

It's boring seeing the same reactions to the same markets year after year...   

[normanz]

The main thing you want is profit, so it's natural to think the market is boring because of poor market conditions. I feel the same thing, but I believe the market will recover.

[iv4n]

It's boring seeing the same reactions to the same markets year after year...   

Merits for this big hit, you nailed it! Every year we are seeing same reactions, even thou prices are high, many people from here didn`t see crypto before 2017! Even now with this range of fluctuations I can`t understand how can someone say that crypto market is boring? What is more exciting than this? Maybe gambling, but you can gamble with crypto too, right?
FUDsters will always create fud, we simply need to stop paying attention on them!

[South Park]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

It seems you are only focused on bitcoin and while that makes sense since it is the best coin in the market there are many other coins in the market, so if you are not finding anything interesting that is because you are not looking hard enough, expand your horizon and try to look at what it is happening in other coins and you will find enough action to get you entertained, and hopefully profitable, for a long time.

[Klausi]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

It seems you are only focused on bitcoin and while that makes sense since it is the best coin in the market there are many other coins in the market, so if you are not finding anything interesting that is because you are not looking hard enough, expand your horizon and try to look at what it is happening in other coins and you will find enough action to get you entertained, and hopefully profitable, for a long time.

Yes that's reality, more people only focus on one coin and they're not even thinking of picking of those alts that has also great potentials. It made think of Warren Buffet's quote of "don't pull all eggs on one basket" That words means so much so if we will apply that with cryptocurrency, I guess some holders will realize how they've been doing such. Maybe we should find other ways to become profit earner using other ways such us passive income from other crypto coins.

[Sealis]

Look at how bitcoin started. Was that boring? It took bitcoin 7 years to rise up to the top. The market is just reigning it in for now, but sooner or later it should rise up again. Just gotta wait for it

[shoreno]

Look at how bitcoin started. Was that boring? It took bitcoin 7 years to rise up to the top. The market is just reigning it in for now, but sooner or later it should rise up again. Just gotta wait for it

Yes it was boring at first because the price started too low and that remains for a verry long time but eventually it got fun after we see its potential  but right now we are now on the boring stage again because the value got stuck and seems stagnant for a while .  

it seems you are only focused on bitcoin and while that makes sense since it is the best coin in the market there are many other coins in the market, so if you are not finding anything interesting that is because you are not looking hard enough, expand your horizon and try to look at what it is happening in other coins and you will find enough action to get you entertained, and hopefully profitable, for a long time.

when bitcoin is down , other coins follow so theres no point of switching to other since they were also down .  btc also got the highest price and that means this is the only one that is profitable , so why look for other options ?

[deisik]

it seems you are only focused on bitcoin and while that makes sense since it is the best coin in the market there are many other coins in the market, so if you are not finding anything interesting that is because you are not looking hard enough, expand your horizon and try to look at what it is happening in other coins and you will find enough action to get you entertained, and hopefully profitable, for a long time.

when bitcoin is down , other coins follow so theres no point of switching to other since they were also down .  btc also got the highest price and that means this is the only one that is profitable , so why look for other options ?

This point can be easily understood

That is, it is no use (as well as profit, for that matter) looking for other options at this time (and probably at the coming times too). That's okay and that's what most people kind of understand. But it also means that you should use this bear market to disinvest your capital from losing coins (i.e. all coins other than Bitcoin) and use the low prices to invest in Bitcoin. Indeed, it may be worth to keep some part of your trading balance in altcoins purely for speculative purposes, but the majority of your cryptocurrency capital should be invested in Bitcoin. And that's the part people seem to misunderstand

[yugo23]

Indeed if boring means stable for you.

Halving being in 2020 there is no reson to see anything spectacular this year.
Probably a slow and long rise of BTC price for the next months. After we find the real bottom.
I'd say about 3k$.

But it's not boring, it's great! You don't need to see price changes of 30% every week, that's not very good for a market... It attracts speculators and traders but it doesn't fit well with real users.

Keep speculators at bay and bring the users.

[sunanbonang]

so far the market has not shown signs of recovery, and waiting for the market to recover is indeed very boring. it's better not to look at the market for a long time or you will be disappointed.

[deisik]

Indeed if boring means stable for you

The term "stable" is an absolute misnomer here

Since no speculative market can be considered stable by definition, quasi-stable at most. It is so because only real value can truly support prices at a certain level. But in the lack of such (which is the case with cryptocurrencies), no price should be considered stable as it can crash or surge instantly due to purely speculative (read, arbitrary) reasons (e.g. some whale dumping his massive stash of coins)

But it's not boring, it's great! You don't need to see price changes of 30% every week, that's not very good for a market... It attracts speculators and traders but it doesn't fit well with real users

Don't be fooled by this seeming calm as it is the calm before the storm, always

[enhu]

You can't say its a boring year for crypto, the year has just started. If the price right now is somehow getting stable, you can assume there is something that will happen in the coming weeks. I never saw something that could happen to some atlcoin today but certainly there are big development.

Don't be fooled by this seeming calm as it is the calm before the storm, always

Do you mean the price could just dip once again to $2k?

[joshv06]

so far the market has not shown signs of recovery, and waiting for the market to recover is indeed very boring. it's better not to look at the market for a long time or you will be disappointed.

we cannot predict the year look boring because we are just in the first quarter of this year and market will pump up slowly in the upcoming quarters i believe but we are in harder time and we have to be patient and start looking out for other options as well to get profit.

[kentrolla]

Boring 2019? We have just started and there is a long way to go. The first quarter results doesn't demonstrate the ability of market it's just a matter of time. We are still in the bearish market which is expected in the first quarter as last year's predictions were just hype not a reality. If you want to see a massive pump then hodl and wait for your day.

[shield132]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

Really boring begining of 2019 year, price is stuck in 3.5K and it only falls which is very bad. As I see everyone wants high pricr, mining is unprofitable, traders didn't see any significant profit so why does it all still happen? If we all want high price, also new year is related to something new in life (still for many people), new begining, why are we still in stuck? Seems can't get answer on this. Once I thought it all was related to mining but it has been continuing so long that now I have no idea.

[deisik]

Don't be fooled by this seeming calm as it is the calm before the storm, always

Do you mean the price could just dip once again to $2k?

As I say, beware of still waters, silent dogs, and boring markets

If anything, the current "boring" market is in fact quite scary. The same shit happened in September through October (and early November) last year, when the price had been stagnating in a similar pattern in the 6-7k range. And within two weeks (or so) it crashed 2 times. Folks say that it was because of the hash wars but personally, I think they were only a trigger, if at all. So let's all hope and pray that the price won't crash lower

[Tagus45]

To get the results that are expected to be certainly not as easy as turning the palm of the hand, in difficult times for crypto like today, we need to survive, the market is boring but I think going forward will recover and provide real profits.

[2chase]

It is impossible to give any advice with confidence after the last year has become completely disastrous for most investors, now it is simply dangerous to give advice to anyone - because if what you advised does not happen, then the entire burden of responsibility for this can fall on you from side of the one to whom you gave such advice.

[figmentofmyass]

Indeed if boring means stable for you.

Halving being in 2020 there is no reson to see anything spectacular this year.
Probably a slow and long rise of BTC price for the next months. After we find the real bottom.
I'd say about 3k$.

But it's not boring, it's great! You don't need to see price changes of 30% every week, that's not very good for a market... It attracts speculators and traders but it doesn't fit well with real users.

Keep speculators at bay and bring the users.

it sounds cliché, but it's true. in a long term distribution cycle like this, the speculators are a huge drag on price. they're not buying coins to hoard or transact with (removing supply). they're buying coins to sell higher. so in a big downtrend, they represent supply and resistance---either selling into bounces to cut losses, or selling into crashes out of capitulation.

we need these weak hands to sell out to stronger hands, particularly real users who aren't intent on dumping coins back on the market. that takes time: in 2015 it took something like 9 months after the final capitulation selloff occurred before the bull market was re-established. indeed, it's probably gonna be a boring 2019.

[deisik]

Indeed if boring means stable for you.

Halving being in 2020 there is no reson to see anything spectacular this year.
Probably a slow and long rise of BTC price for the next months. After we find the real bottom.
I'd say about 3k$.

But it's not boring, it's great! You don't need to see price changes of 30% every week, that's not very good for a market... It attracts speculators and traders but it doesn't fit well with real users.

Keep speculators at bay and bring the users.

it sounds cliché, but it's true. in a long term distribution cycle like this, the speculators are a huge drag on price. they're not buying coins to hoard or transact with (removing supply). they're buying coins to sell higher. so in a big downtrend, they represent supply and resistance---either selling into bounces to cut losses, or selling into crashes out of capitulation

Removing supply without actual adoption mostly leads to volatility

That is, it doesn't lead to price growth as many erroneously think or assume. Interestingly, it works for both ends of the price stick, i.e. when the price is low and when the price is high due to supply squeezes (look here and here if you feel interested). You may ask that, technically speaking, real adoption also leads to a diminishing supply available for speculation which in turn should also cause an increase in volatility. But this your home assignment to answer why it doesn't

[jonaire99]

If you are one of the long term holders that's been waiting for another bullrun then more boring months to come. Bullrun may also happen when the whole crypto community least expected it so while it is yet happening, it is good to buy coin this early. Try also trading, it is more risky but an exciting one. But you must have to learn proper ways of trading firsf before you srart to trade.

[ethereumhunter]

Sometimes, I feel tired of looking at the market because the market is not trying to break the higher price or there is no pump happens in the market. Yes, the market looks boring and makes some of us confused about what they want to do next because if they make a wrong decision, they can get a trap at the high price if they trade. But still, I think we need to make another thing and don't look at the market too often, so we don't think that the market is boring.

[St4yInTh3D4rk]

If you are one of the long term holders that's been waiting for another bullrun then more boring months to come. Bullrun may also happen when the whole crypto community least expected it so while it is yet happening, it is good to buy coin this early. Try also trading, it is more risky but an exciting one. But you must have to learn proper ways of trading firsf before you srart to trade.

Don't try trading when the market is stable the chance of losing money is more than making it so just buy it and keep it in a safe wallet with the hope of bull run will begin sooner.It is the time the whale will take off the prices in my opinion so people who are much smarter will already be ready to face it,what about you.

[Dodoymabs]

I somehow in favor of those quotes about long-term investment because we already know the story behind about this. Many of those lucky hodler who are surprise about their sleeping asset which it resulted a greater success. Cryptocurrencies experience different kind of difficulties which in fact it gives big impact about its value. So, we should always be positive in it and continue to support.

[goaldigger]

Boring? But why did i find it more exciting this year? The urge to get profit from this unpredictable market excites me. Besides, 2019 is just starting and its to early to declare that idea. We are already done battling for the market last 2018, now ia the time to conquer it. Im looking forward to 2019 and its not boring.

[bitgolden]

I think this week has been more than just boring, it is also a bit depressing as well. We got our CBOE basically rejected (withdrawn) and market didn't even respond to that, I understand the need to go higher in price but when the price declines to go up AND down it looks really frightening to me.

Last time something like this happened and the market didn't react that kinda showed us how much the regular public has control over the price and how much the whales did. Since the market is not controlled and changing because of the daily stuff the only thing that could change the price right now is a huge movement, there needs to be a huge buy or huge sell to change the way we are stabilized right now and considering it is more common for whales to sell a lot of coins instead of buy, it looks like it could be dangerous.

[Rapidgator]

Sometimes, I feel tired of looking at the market because the market is not trying to break the higher price or there is no pump happens in the market. Yes, the market looks boring and makes some of us confused about what they want to do next because if they make a wrong decision, they can get a trap at the high price if they trade. But still, I think we need to make another thing and don't look at the market too often, so we don't think that the market is boring.

I think it is a good sign that more and more people are bored about the market situation right now, maybe we're really near bottom or already bottomed out, let's wait, be patient and see.

[munify]

Yes, I also feel bored with the weakening of the price of cryptocurrency, but if I choose to sell then I will suffer losses, and therefore I will be patient in enduring to wait for recovery.

[exstasie]

I think this week has been more than just boring, it is also a bit depressing as well. We got our CBOE basically rejected (withdrawn) and market didn't even respond to that, I understand the need to go higher in price but when the price declines to go up AND down it looks really frightening to me.

It's a good thing. Consider the alternative: during strong bear markets, bad news causes selloffs. The lack of market reaction to the VanEck news suggests we might be in the long, quiet low volume period that precedes bull markets. Something like February - August 2015. If no one is selling on bad news, it starts to look like seller exhaustion.

[deisik]

I think this week has been more than just boring, it is also a bit depressing as well. We got our CBOE basically rejected (withdrawn) and market didn't even respond to that, I understand the need to go higher in price but when the price declines to go up AND down it looks really frightening to me.

It's a good thing. Consider the alternative: during strong bear markets, bad news causes selloffs. The lack of market reaction to the VanEck news suggests we might be in the long, quiet low volume period that precedes bull markets. Something like February - August 2015. If no one is selling on bad news, it starts to look like seller exhaustion

Obviously, no one is going to sell at such prices (this is called supply squeeze)

Well, unless some whale is forced to liquidate his stash for whatever reason. And then we can easily see Bitcoin crash to new local lows as it is not clear either how much support is underneath at the moment. But that's not my point. Even if there are no more sellers at this price, you will be surprised how many will pop up at prices closer to the 5k mark. It will take a huge surge in demand to cut through that resistance. And while we are at it, things don't look similar to the first half of 2015. But I seem to repeat myself

[mirakal]

Yes, I also feel bored with the weakening of the price of cryptocurrency, but if I choose to sell then I will suffer losses, and therefore I will be patient in enduring to wait for recovery.

It's boring when you are not making money, that's normal dude.
You need to be patient because that is required in order for you to save yourself  from selling at a lower price.
I would not be bored if I have enough spare money to buy, I will never think twice of buying more as the opportunity is already in front of me.

Sometimes we ask that the price will be dump when there is a bull run so we could buy, now here it is, why are we not buying it?

[ngusmin]

I don't think you should be bored with decline, and use it as an opportunity to have more, because that would be an opportunity for greater profits, be patient because the market has the opportunity to rise.

[Kimi80]

We don`t know what your goals was, maybe you should set them to be more realistic for this year. You saw what can happen and that is valuable lessen. If you want to stay in crypto investment maybe you should observe, track the situation constantly and wait for the right time to react. And yes, it is the very beginning of the year, maybe there will be much more excitements in this one, the pleasant ones. We have just started.

[thedarksun]

The situation is very difficult because we are after many months of price drops. In my opinion, the fact that the market is boring is much better than the next panic sell. Unfortunately, it looks like the rises will not come too soon, so you just have to get used to it and accept that for a long time you will be bored.

[candra raditya]

I think the market is not only boring but also frightening if we compare it to 2017, now it's boring but with time moving forward I think there is still a possibility to grow, and even though it takes a long time I will try to be patient.

[jhongzjhong]

The situation is very difficult because we are after many months of price drops. In my opinion, the fact that the market is boring is much better than the next panic sell. Unfortunately, it looks like the rises will not come too soon, so you just have to get used to it and accept that for a long time you will be bored.

I hate that thinking away ahead or guessing what will happen to the market soon, but to tell you frankly I am that kind of investor to go with the flow in the market price movement and waiting the right time when my profit comes. Boring? I didn't feel that because I didn't visit the market price maybe twice a month but not daily. Actually, it is early to predict the market since we are now in the first quarter of the year.

[posporo]

Let's say year 2019 is the very worst crypto year today, incoming years could be possibly much worst more depends on what happens next but still I would like to suggest to keep holding your cryptos for dearest life because there's still a chance for it to increased.

[btc_angela]

I don't know maybe we can apply " Occam's razor" here.

Perhaps the simplest solution is that don't invest if you think that the market is boring. The OP mentioned lots of reasons in the beginning and it has some truth in it. So for me the best and logical solution is not to invest and wait till everything has settled down, or least some resemblance of a recovery.

[BLAST2MARS]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

My personal advice is to stay away from those clowns who always make price predictions. Those dumbass really don't know what the prices are and just selling the news. The key to reverse this dilemma is none other than the word "working effeciently" on those cryptos.

[deisik]

I don't know maybe we can apply " Occam's razor" here.

Perhaps the simplest solution is that don't invest if you think that the market is boring. The OP mentioned lots of reasons in the beginning and it has some truth in it. So for me the best and logical solution is not to invest and wait till everything has settled down, or least some resemblance of a recovery

Well, isn't the market being boring equal to "everything has settled down"?

People here mostly complain about prices being stuck in a tight range (which they consider as boring), and if you ask me, it is the exact environment which we can call as settled down. When prices start jumping like hell (as this is what people are waiting for), this environment will become troubled, i.e. unsettled. The catch is that we don't know in which direction the prices will start to move, so investing in such circumstances is like playing Russian roulette. Do you want to play a round or two?

[gabmen]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

My personal advice is to stay away from those clowns who always make price predictions. Those dumbass really don't know what the prices are and just selling the news. The key to reverse this dilemma is none other than the word "working effeciently" on those cryptos.

Well for myself, i don't think panic has set in. 2018 has beaten holders black and blue that some.of us have gotten used to the bear market, me included. I mean bring it on, it can only get better from here even if we drop a little more. Mcafee is a psycho gave me a little chuckle though 😁

[mostcrack]

this is still the beginning of the year, maybe you are too early to say bored, because there are still many more months in 2019, which might be surprising.
use this opportunity as an investment, because the market will not forever go down and surely one day it will rise, sooner or later.

[shesheboy]

this is still the beginning of the year, maybe you are too early to say bored, because there are still many more months in 2019, which might be surprising.
use this opportunity as an investment, because the market will not forever go down and surely one day it will rise, sooner or later.

indeed . the quarter 1 has not yet ended and is normal to not see any major events because this is still too early  .  basically the quarter 3 or quarter 4 of every year has got the mainstream happenings  .  the guy above me is right  .  we must not feel bored of waiting but instead we must act snappy and use this oppurtunity to buy and hoard more coins so that when the quarter 3 and 4 comes  , all you gotta do is sell  . while most users are still panic buying in order for them to catch up .

[Polar91]

I don't think so. There are a lot of upcoming event in this year that could cause flactuation in the market which is exciting for crypto traders and investors. We can see this year that there are also a lot of banks that are now using Blockchain for transactions. This means that more people will use cryptocurrency thus will result to great market movement.

[pooya87]

there is nothing boring about the market actually. we are in another stable phase which means boring for you if you were day trading bitcoin since there isn't that much profit to make anymore but not boring for those who are accumulating, mainly whales.
as for traders that are in the whole market not just bitcoin, we are seeing a lot of altcoin pumps in the past month with huge amounts of profit which means they are not sitting around bored out of their minds, instead they are pumping shitcoins to make profit before bitcoin starts launching to the moon.

[fourpiece]

The market this 2019 is not boring compared to last year but rather the market this year will be full of excitement and surprises. The market is looking healthier and stable.

[Yaunfitda]

The market this 2019 is not boring compared to last year but rather the market this year will be full of excitement and surprises. The market is looking healthier and stable.

We really need to be optimistic this year. So I wouldn't say that it's boring, maybe there are people who doesn't want to see the market condition, but we can't do anything.

Actually what we can do is continue to buy at this point, or perhaps practice our trading skill so that when the market recovers again, we have a lot of coins in our wallet and definitely we make a lot of returns in the future.

[traderethereum]

The market this 2019 is not boring compared to last year but rather the market this year will be full of excitement and surprises. The market is looking healthier and stable.

We really need to be optimistic this year. So I wouldn't say that it's boring, maybe there are people who doesn't want to see the market condition, but we can't do anything.

Actually what we can do is continue to buy at this point, or perhaps practice our trading skill so that when the market recovers again, we have a lot of coins in our wallet and definitely we make a lot of returns in the future.

That is right, the market still moving to a good way, I see that the market can increase higher in the short or long-term, but we need to steady and wait for it's happening. We have much time to see the market moves to the highest price and don't worry about that, the only thing that we can do is enjoy the ride, and we can sit back and relax. Don't think too serious with so many news in out there because it will make you become panic.

[slocker]

This year will be stable in look of price for all cryptos. It will be good to see some spikes like one that was few weeks ago and made change in bitcoin price. Only way is to look and hope for some small change in price so that it can be made at least some profit in this year in bitcoin. Always stay to invest in ICO with high risk and huge profit.

[mirakal]

This year will be stable in look of price for all cryptos. It will be good to see some spikes like one that was few weeks ago and made change in bitcoin price. Only way is to look and hope for some small change in price so that it can be made at least some profit in this year in bitcoin. Always stay to invest in ICO with high risk and huge profit.

So far it does not look boring already.

The market seems to stabilize and price is going uptrend although we have not seen a major pump.
It will all start with a small one and as long as we are seeing this trend, it will excite us all the time.

[jabrix]

I don't think so. There are a lot of upcoming event in this year that could cause flactuation in the market which is exciting for crypto traders and investors. We can see this year that there are also a lot of banks that are now using Blockchain for transactions. This means that more people will use cryptocurrency thus will result to great market movement.

The market is always engaged in making transactions for 24 hours throughout the world, an indicator that bitcoin trading is within reasonable limits, meaning there are still buyers and sellers.
If the market is stagnant, of course the price of bitcoin gets worse again, so the bitcoin owner is always wary and worried that his investment will suffer losses. Whereas the opposite is true, the market is responsive to the issue of positive global issues that have a direct impact on bitcoin prices, and prices will move up.
Positive issues include recognition from the world financial market about the benefits of bitcoin or the use of bitcoin for recovery in a country that is experiencing a financial crisis.

[Koadharber]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

Not all are panic because some people did not invest in bitcoin they are only doing bounty,but those investors who bought bitcoin in 2017 is definitely panic right now and they are always still hoping of bitcoin price will increase,and the only thing we need to do now is to wait and increase our patience and don't expect too much  about bitcoin because we cannot predict it's price due to its volatility.

[Gaff]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

Not all are panic because some people did not invest in bitcoin they are only doing bounty,but those investors who bought bitcoin in 2017 is definitely panic right now and they are always still hoping of bitcoin price will increase,and the only thing we need to do now is to wait and increase our patience and don't expect too much  about bitcoin because we cannot predict it's price due to its volatility.

That's not certain at all mate, we should have to consider also how bearish market hindered new investments to come. Bounty hunters helped the community of cryptocurrency become more effective, but unfortunately we've been affected because of those factors. We can't force upcoming investors to risk their funds that quick, it must have the best time that better market commence so that outstanding pumps will again shake bigger holders desire to buy and hold bitcoin.

[maxreish]

Keep on holding, mate. You are not the only one stucked from that situation. If this is they called the long term investments waiting our bitcoin to recover and to finally gain profit, then be it. Let us be optimistic this year. The market will not going to be stagnant.

[pinoyden]

Keep on holding, mate. You are not the only one stucked from that situation. If this is they called the long term investments waiting our bitcoin to recover and to finally gain profit, then be it. Let us be optimistic this year. The market will not going to be stagnant.

that's the spirit  .  i like it when i see a user like you that has a verry positive mindset despite the market condition that we are facing right now  .  your right , the op isnt alone  because all of us are involved it this roller coaster ride  .  sometime the market is boring sometimes not  . there is no point of being lazy just because the market is boring , why cant we just use this as an advantage to actively buy and invest on the good coins ?  

[Kiweikoo]

This year will be stable in look of price for all cryptos. It will be good to see some spikes like one that was few weeks ago and made change in bitcoin price. Only way is to look and hope for some small change in price so that it can be made at least some profit in this year in bitcoin. Always stay to invest in ICO with high risk and huge profit.

So far it does not look boring already.

The market seems to stabilize and price is going uptrend although we have not seen a major pump.
It will all start with a small one and as long as we are seeing this trend, it will excite us all the time.

The major pump will not happen until next year 2020, what we will experience this year will be lots of fluctuations which a lot of us can still benefit from if we are into short term trading but for some of our coins dedicated and termed long term investment.

I think we have to keep our hopes down now against 2020 but all I am sure is that the market is already in all time low and will not go deeper than this, we will be experiencing little increase till next year, precisely late next year when the bull run will set bitcoin to all time high of 20000 usd again.

[Clark05]

This year for me is not boring because this year is the time that the market will start again to shine if we notice they have a little improvement to the value of the bitcoin and we still looking for the bitcoin price to increase again. You know the real boring in the bitcoin is the year 2018 because mostly the value of the bitcoin is decreasing and big dumped happened and many people lose their money.

[dark08]

This year for me is not boring because this year is the time that the market will start again to shine if we notice they have a little improvement to the value of the bitcoin and we still looking for the bitcoin price to increase again. You know the real boring in the bitcoin is the year 2018 because mostly the value of the bitcoin is decreasing and big dumped happened and many people lose their money.

It's depend on how you manage the situation even if the price of bitcoin is in the range of $3800 to $3900 you can make a profit in other altcoin thats why the situation of market this yrar is not look borings its depend on your style. Mostly people are holding their fund and will back when bull run return.

[imstillthebest]

This year for me is not boring because this year is the time that the market will start again to shine if we notice they have a little improvement to the value of the bitcoin and we still looking for the bitcoin price to increase again. You know the real boring in the bitcoin is the year 2018 because mostly the value of the bitcoin is decreasing and big dumped happened and many people lose their money.

It's depend on how you manage the situation even if the price of bitcoin is in the range of $3800 to $3900 you can make a profit in other altcoin thats why the situation of market this yrar is not look borings its depend on your style. Mostly people are holding their fund and will back when bull run return.

the mood of people is not the same so yeah . it depends on how you manage the situation , if you feel that you can earn a profit even if the prices is not so good , then you cant get bored with that but if you think that you can only earn at high's then you could feel boring  .   in my case  ,  im on the neutral side . i dont feel happy nor i dont feel sad .  what i feel is being contented because i think that my earning are already suffcient .

[Naida_BR]

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

We are not all in panic.
I sit back and relax my crypto journey while trying to accumulate more coins that I had before. No one told me that I am gonna be rich for sure and that there are not any risks in this kind of investments.
I knew that from the beginning so I am calm and wait to see if this ecosystem is going to evolve and offer some great applications to our society.

[slocker]

Why all when price is stable say this year will be boring. Sorry but nothing could be better rather then buy at the moment and wait for next jump in price, and it will be. Most important is not to panic and not to fall in traps with some spikes in price from time to time.

[ajqjjj]

Why all when price is stable say this year will be boring. Sorry but nothing could be better rather then buy at the moment and wait for next jump in price, and it will be. Most important is not to panic and not to fall in traps with some spikes in price from time to time.

Recent market was not performing well so some investors are stay away in trading platform. It is quite boring for current market but Binance growing rapidly in this year so we will concentrate in altcoin it will make good jump in every day and we must carefully participate in trading platform.

[semobo]

If you compare the price of bitcoin at 31st December and now the growth was almost over 10% which is very good in first 10 weeks of this year.If it keeps continue for the remaining year we will see good growth like upto 30% or more.

[icecube45]

Yes indeed at this time the market looks very boring. Until today the market has not shown a price increase and tends to be stable. What we can do now is buy. The price drops so far that if we buy now, when the price rises it will certainly get a profit. Try it in the long run, I'm sure this will make a profit. This does require patience because to ride will take time.

[omonuyak]

If you compare the price of bitcoin at 31st December and now the growth was almost over 10% which is very good in first 10 weeks of this year.If it keeps continue for the remaining year we will see good growth like upto 30% or more.

I do agree with you because bitcoin should increase in price towards the end of the year.  The market may be performing badly now but that do not mean 2019 is very boring but we are still at the early stages of this year.  Investors will come into this market but it might be at the end of the year.

[semobo]

If you compare the price of bitcoin at 31st December and now the growth was almost over 10% which is very good in first 10 weeks of this year.If it keeps continue for the remaining year we will see good growth like upto 30% or more.

I do agree with you because bitcoin should increase in price towards the end of the year.  The market may be performing badly now but that do not mean 2019 is very boring but we are still at the early stages of this year.  Investors will come into this market but it might be at the end of the year.

Even if it continues at this boring rate we could reach high prices.But it is not going to be throughout this ywar we might see a huge bump or dump by the months passes.

[FanEagle]

I just hope we can finally break 4200 so we can get out of this horrible market conditions. Not that price is going down or anything but it is horrible because there is absolutely nothing to get hyped about. Bitcoin has been a coin that has always excited people and that exciting nature of bitcoin managed to bring a lot of people from many countries together for the same goal of having equality in finance and same chances as rich people without getting any central entity ruining the economy and shifting the balance of power towards rich people.

Without that hype and excitement unfortunately bitcoin will have slow times like these for way longer, however if we could go above 4300 or even 4500 than we can see a new hype and new bull run that will bring back many of the old users who are not using bitcoin anymore.

[BUK2016]

Am sure you are saying the market is boring this may be because you must have invested money more than what you can hold or do away with for a long time period. Bitcoin investment should be seeing as more of a long term investment except if much more to invest only then short term investment in Bitcoin will bring more profit for you dude.

[joy99]

All these men you mentioned have made their predictions but none came true which tells us all that the crypto market is unpredictable even if you are a bull yourself.
After making their predictions and none came to pass, they now seem to be silent but mind you, these guys are always smart and they know how to make money even in this time that we think everything is about collapsing.

[omonuyak]

All these men you mentioned have made their predictions but none came true which tells us all that the crypto market is unpredictable even if you are a bull yourself.
After making their predictions and none came to pass, they now seem to be silent but mind you, these guys are always smart and they know how to make money even in this time that we think everything is about collapsing.

That is truth!  The guys are very smart and the play games on all of us.  The cryptocurrency market is been manipulated by some of this speculators in other to get more profits from they investments.

[sijonru]

If you compare the price of bitcoin at 31st December and now the growth was almost over 10% which is very good in first 10 weeks of this year.If it keeps continue for the remaining year we will see good growth like upto 30% or more.

Since January 2019 the market feels lonely, many crypto predictions are stagnant and information is always circulating for sale so the losses don't increase anymore. Lots of negative news.
But starting in March prices began to improve even the tendency to rise. Of course this is a breath of fresh air for crypto owners who are always optimistic that a resurrection will occur.

[samlaode]

The market until now is no longer boring, we are seeing another image. Investors are gradually regaining confidence in the market, it will be difficult to predict the development of prices in the coming time.

[Cherylstar86]

If you compare the price of bitcoin at 31st December and now the growth was almost over 10% which is very good in first 10 weeks of this year.If it keeps continue for the remaining year we will see good growth like upto 30% or more.

Since January 2019 the market feels lonely, many crypto predictions are stagnant and information is always circulating for sale so the losses don't increase anymore. Lots of negative news.
But starting in March prices began to improve even the tendency to rise. Of course this is a breath of fresh air for crypto owners who are always optimistic that a resurrection will occur.

A good sign indeed, with the essential of being optimistic and reliances of the people around the crypto, we can predict how long will it take. Beacuse last year many people expect that bull run will appear by the early month of 2019, but it was frustrated. And now, is a good sign for us to keep holding and be patience for every outcome ,and be determine of what we are speculating.

[Adriano2010]

Is a good sign this grow but maybe is not enough, people will want more grow and this who buy at over 10,000$ bitcoin want to get profit and maybe will not happen soon that bitcoin reach over 10,000$.

[$anounimus$]

Is a good sign this grow but maybe is not enough, people will want more grow and this who buy at over 10,000$ bitcoin want to get profit and maybe will not happen soon that bitcoin reach over 10,000$.

indeed the price of bitcoin is experiencing very fast growth because it may also be the influence of the very high demand while the very limited total supply will make the price of bitcoin become expensive.

[BeGoods]

Is a good sign this grow but maybe is not enough, people will want more grow and this who buy at over 10,000$ bitcoin want to get profit and maybe will not happen soon that bitcoin reach over 10,000$.

If the investor wants a higher price, then stop do selling, change with keep buying. if this continues, the price of $10k is only a matter
of time. the market has returned bullish, its mean is not boring anymore

[shoreno]

The market until now is no longer boring, we are seeing another image. Investors are gradually regaining confidence in the market, it will be difficult to predict the development of prices in the coming time.

yes its not boring anymore . op is only saying that the market looks boring because he posted this thread on the month of january this year   . back on that month the price of cryptos are still sleeping but that change alot after we hit the mid of february up to this date  .   this pump that we see today can indeed attract alot of investor to re invest again on crypto   but your right , the market will still be unpedictable  . we will never know what whales are thinking , lets hope they wont disrupt our happiness .

[blockman]

Is a good sign this grow but maybe is not enough, people will want more grow and this who buy at over 10,000$ bitcoin want to get profit and maybe will not happen soon that bitcoin reach over 10,000$.

Higher expectation for everybody, expect that.

We have been introduced to $10k, $15k and $20k so expect that everyone would love to see more gains.

Oh, wait look, there's a big cut that happened just now.

[Viscore]

Is a good sign this grow but maybe is not enough, people will want more grow and this who buy at over 10,000$ bitcoin want to get profit and maybe will not happen soon that bitcoin reach over 10,000$.

Higher expectation for everybody, expect that.

We have been introduced to $10k, $15k and $20k so expect that everyone would love to see more gains.

Oh, wait look, there's a big cut that happened just now.

No longer impossible to reach that price, BTC can increase $1,000 in just less than a week, that's the fact and in terms of percentage that's huge.
Now, if we will be stable at $5,000 and there is another rally, a 20% increase would result to $6,000 price and that time people will again rejoice and FOMO.

[deisik]

Is a good sign this grow but maybe is not enough, people will want more grow and this who buy at over 10,000$ bitcoin want to get profit and maybe will not happen soon that bitcoin reach over 10,000$.

Higher expectation for everybody, expect that.

We have been introduced to $10k, $15k and $20k so expect that everyone would love to see more gains.

Oh, wait look, there's a big cut that happened just now.

No longer impossible to reach that price, BTC can increase $1,000 in just less than a week, that's the fact and in terms of percentage that's huge.
Now, if we will be stable at $5,000 and there is another rally, a 20% increase would result to $6,000 price and that time people will again rejoice and FOMO

It works in both directions

In fact, in the opposite direction it works even faster almost always. It may take long weeks to gain small increases and just a couple of hours to lose them all in one sweep. So if the price rose 1k in a week, it can easily fall that fast, and we have seen that on numerous occasions in the past (read, don't forget the mirror). In simple terms, the fear of missing out may quickly turn into panic

[fullhdpixel]

Is a good sign this grow but maybe is not enough, people will want more grow and this who buy at over 10,000$ bitcoin want to get profit and maybe will not happen soon that bitcoin reach over 10,000$.

You are right, not many investors will see these little increase in price of BTC has being bull because of the period they entered the market, they must have bought when BTC price was high but they should be happy now that we are gradually and speedily ascending in price.

Before the year runs out, Bitcoin should be trying to test that amount, at least based on the current price now, we are almost half of the year target and we still have more months for Bitcoin to be able to achieve any predicted price, all still depends on the number of transaction to occur in near future and many project that will be adopting BTC this year.

[blockman]

Is a good sign this grow but maybe is not enough, people will want more grow and this who buy at over 10,000$ bitcoin want to get profit and maybe will not happen soon that bitcoin reach over 10,000$.

Higher expectation for everybody, expect that.

We have been introduced to $10k, $15k and $20k so expect that everyone would love to see more gains.

Oh, wait look, there's a big cut that happened just now.

No longer impossible to reach that price, BTC can increase $1,000 in just less than a week, that's the fact and in terms of percentage that's huge.
Now, if we will be stable at $5,000 and there is another rally, a 20% increase would result to $6,000 price and that time people will again rejoice and FOMO.

We did even saw a $1,000 increase within a day so a week is just peanuts for it.

TA's says that $4,500 will be the strong support.

[gabmen]

Is a good sign this grow but maybe is not enough, people will want more grow and this who buy at over 10,000$ bitcoin want to get profit and maybe will not happen soon that bitcoin reach over 10,000$.

Higher expectation for everybody, expect that.

We have been introduced to $10k, $15k and $20k so expect that everyone would love to see more gains.

Oh, wait look, there's a big cut that happened just now.

No longer impossible to reach that price, BTC can increase $1,000 in just less than a week, that's the fact and in terms of percentage that's huge.
Now, if we will be stable at $5,000 and there is another rally, a 20% increase would result to $6,000 price and that time people will again rejoice and FOMO.

We did even saw a $1,000 increase within a day so a week is just peanuts for it.

TA's says that $4,500 will be the strong support.

And it' just the start of the second quarter lol. Things can go wilder as we go on. But i'd take a boring year than a year mostly in a downward trend. It's not that i'm concerned about the value for short term, it just lessens other people's stress lol.

[Johnzky]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

Seems like you don’t need some answer because the way you talk it seems that you already lose the trust in cryptocurrency so why not just leave before you become a total failure,take it as an advice find a profiteering outside crypto because this is for tough and dedicated people and not for a loser

[Duzter]

The market is looking so boring this year

Bakkt launch is a joke.
Bitcoin ETF is becoming political.

On the market prediction side:
Tom Lee is a joke
Arthur Hayes is a joke
Mike Novogratz is a joke
Changpeng Zhao is calm
John McAfee is a psycho
Jamie Dimon is laughing

And we are all panic, no more pretending now
What we all gonna do now? I failed all my goals in 2018 and I don't want to fail this year again.

What is your advice, guys?

Seems like you don’t need some answer because the way you talk it seems that you already lose the trust in cryptocurrency so why not just leave before you become a total failure,take it as an advice find a profiteering outside crypto because this is for tough and dedicated people and not for a loser

Well, people with negative mind cannot succeed through cryptocurrency in specific. As the quote finding the one which he's passionate about is the right way, rather than experiencing failure throughout. Always the market is quite interesting unlike the price variation happening with time. Everywhere risk is there, and with cryptocurrencies the risk is big and to the risk taken one gets rewarded. People won't understand this, but they expect the return in short which is the cause for major loss from users.

[mirakal]

The recent pump that bring the BTC price to $5,000 just eliminated the boredom for investors.
It gives us some light and our expectation is alive now, we could expect a higher price because we know BTC is capable of this big pump again.

[Apes]

it seems like a boring period has passed. looking at this week's graph gives confidence in the fresh breeze. a few months ago people seemed tired of seeing unattractive market situation. make people bored and lazy to invest. this week all changed BTC pumps more than 22% and people are expecting more and so am I. this situation will clearly make a lot of investment appear on cryptocurrencies..

[Shinpako09]

Now the market starting to get exciting as the price showing increase after a long wait. Pretty sure many has been cheer up and others are speculating bull run is about to start. Well, bull run or not atleast we get to see the price moving upward again and kills the boredom of most bitcoiner.

[Pattart]

Is a good sign this grow but maybe is not enough, people will want more grow and this who buy at over 10,000$ bitcoin want to get profit and maybe will not happen soon that bitcoin reach over 10,000$.

Of course all investors want prices continue to rise, but that will not happen if panic selling occurs, many traders will try to lowering prices by selling a lot of their assets, I hope many investors survive so prices don't fall back, keep calm and keep buying, then prices can continue to rise

[cydrix]

Indeed it is that boring but the market seems to flow in a different way than these past months I think this time it will manage to put up a good price this year Especially Bitcoin, over these past few days it seems to start rising lately I think this will be the start of that time we are longing to have.

[ryap12]

Indeed it is that boring but the market seems to flow in a different way than these past months I think this time it will manage to put up a good price this year Especially Bitcoin, over these past few days it seems to start rising lately I think this will be the start of that time we are longing to have.

Anyone heard bitcoin is going to $7k mark? I even red an article it's going to end at $100k USD this year. Well, anything is possible for bitcoin but that requires a lot of money. I wonder what will be the next trigger to pump it's price. I see many happy faces from forum to forum seeing the market in green. No more bloody red and hopefully the the speculations are true. "Hopefully!"

[royalfestus]

Bitcoin is so important in this market now that its price is what everyone is looking at. the search for bitcoin /cryptocurrency has increased on search engine as it was in 2017. The market trend is compared to 2015 and found similar, which cause for excitement but we might not see ATH until 2021. the start of the thread was actually boring but stepping into the water of gradual rally.

[cunicula]

Market just happen to get in mood now, the bitcoin is up 40 percent of previous month. I fear that it will not cross below 4000 usd now, so the people who were starving to get cheap bitcoims at price of 2k usd will have to eventually buy at 5000 usd, who knows next stop now will be 10,000 usd..🤭

[peter0425]

Market just happen to get in mood now, the bitcoin is up 40 percent of previous month. I fear that it will not cross below 4000 usd now, so the people who were starving to get cheap bitcoims at price of 2k usd will have to eventually buy at 5000 usd, who knows next stop now will be 10,000 usd..🤭

Yes, the market is in the mood and very alive thanks to that entity who pour three digits of millions of dollars in the market right after the April Fools day. And now it seems that the market is really has a lot of catching up to do and I do hope that we can end up in the 5 digits again.

[royalfestus]

The statistics that showed reduction of bitcoin hodler compared to last number of hodlers in previous year, IMO show how the strategy of manipulation had squeeze out bitcoin from small bag hodler to bigbag hodler. As the markets gets better we might see more acquisition from new traders and investors which might grow/increase into the year.

[r1a2y3m4]

John McAfee is a psycho

Don't forget that John McAfee will eat his dick if bitcoin will not hit 500,000 usd within 3 years. He predicted this I think July 2017? It's so funny that I can't even forget that thing nor will forget that in the future. Well, once we touched July again, he only have 1 year for that bet.

The market right now is getting pretty much interesting. We had a good pump at the start of April.

[adaseb]

Generally when the markets are boring is usually the time to buy. I was around in late 2014 and middle of 2015 and it was crazy boring. I think Bitcoin during those days had maybe $5 range moves.

Everybody was giving up and calling it quits. People were shutting down their rigs and moving on. And then in August 2015 is when the yearly pivot broke and it got everyones attention again.

Maybe 2019 is a repeat of that year, only time will tell.

[Clark05]

Market now have real excitement because anytime again the price become high.  The real excitement will here this year 2019 why?
Because msrket can many people who are expecting the market of the crypto will become high or to recover it.
But if start panic market again will be boring and you will not earn money anymore because bitcoin down again.

[jhonjhon]

The market is green and not boring, much trade so that there are many changes to each coin. We see that the market is improving and hopefully this will continue so that many opportunities will be used wisely.

It might be boring if we don't do anything around. I don't know how OP understand crypto world and feels boring with him, in fact I are greatly enjoying the moment I came in this crypto world. It seems to be satisfying to me, and seeing huge chances to improve my funds invested in crypto. Its a little bit patience and then my dreams will come true.

[passwordnow]

Everyone came out of their caves now and stop saying that 2019 is a boring year.

Market now have real excitement because anytime again the price become high.

Yes, everyone has now the guts to say this because of the surge that we have experienced few days ago. And now, we have a higher support and it's getting more exciting because the price of bitcoin climbed up. Few would probably say that this is still boring because they want to see $20k so fast but it won't happen easily.

[mrdeposit]

Market now have real excitement because anytime again the price become high.

Yes, it was an innovation that we all expected after the last decrease. Most people even predicted it would fall to $1000. And this caused most people to lose time and money by waiting.

[mirakal]

Market now have real excitement because anytime again the price become high.

Yes, it was an innovation that we all expected after the last decrease. Most people even predicted it would fall to $1000. And this caused most people to lose time and money by waiting.

They are wrong and they should start to be bullish now.
Falling $1,000 is impossible, that's 20 times lower from it's ATH which I think not acceptable for investors.
Glad this spike suddenly change the market, let's accept it and welcome ourselves with the new bull market.

[LimLims]

To be very frank and honest, we really cannot predict anything that will happen in the future.
For example you can see that the price of Bitcoin was down at the beginning of the shitty year. But now you can see that the price is higher once again.
And yes who knows it may increase more and more high and may cross the 20k usd mark that it once reached in the past.
Moreover you cannot say anything about the market, whether it's boring or interesting as no one knows what can happen in the near future.

[Duzter]

To be very frank and honest, we really cannot predict anything that will happen in the future.
For example you can see that the price of Bitcoin was down at the beginning of the shitty year. But now you can see that the price is higher once again.
And yes who knows it may increase more and more high and may cross the 20k usd mark that it once reached in the past.
Moreover you cannot say anything about the market, whether it's boring or interesting as no one knows what can happen in the near future.

Well, the market at present looks truly promising. Whether it is boring or interesting, I'm not into it. From a common user perspective it has provided with the best growth in comparison to 2018. The starting days of the year looked a bit hard to accept as the market went low to $3000. The small level increase that has been happening around keeps people much more happier. Expect the same level of growth continue throughout the year.

[akela04]

Yes, now on the market positively, Ethereum is positively growing with Bitcoin together. But there is a big risk that the price may fly down again.

[Viscore]

Yes, now on the market positively, Ethereum is positively growing with Bitcoin together. But there is a big risk that the price may fly down again.

This isn't new, we are not eliminating the possibility that the price will go down again and in fact I guess we are ready for that.
We just have to enjoy the recent big rally now, and then we can talk later if it will dump.
Everyone has their own speculation, but not of them can guarantee what will really happen in the future.

[BlueStackz]

Now the market starting to get exciting as the price showing increase after a long wait. Pretty sure many has been cheer up and others are speculating bull run is about to start. Well, bull run or not atleast we get to see the price moving upward again and kills the boredom of most bitcoiner.

I am glad that you belong to the group of people that see the light in the present market we are, unlike those who have failed to at least appreciate the market and the effort of those who has contributed to its gradual growth in price. They have just been spoiled with the bull run of last year that we longer want to face reality again.

The market is good enough now and already setting us gradually on the part of the major bull run, there is a time for everything, there will be a time for every increase we desire to see in bitcoin and all it requires is long patience, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years and more. Patience is the key.

[1BTC EQUALS 1CAR]

I completely disagree because things are now starting to rev up in the month of April and it's very early to say that the market is boring for the year 2019 when you only judge and post it in the January. You haven't seen what the first half is in store yet. And now bitcoin like what it always does is to prove you guys that it's not dead and now revive and doing its thing again.

[2chase]

For all those who have lost hope and for all who have big doubts about what he needs to do now with his coins, I have one piece of advice. Do not do anything. Take a rest. Remember that time is working for you now and you don’t need to rush or fuss.

[omonuyak]

Market now have real excitement because anytime again the price become high.

Yes, it was an innovation that we all expected after the last decrease. Most people even predicted it would fall to $1000. And this caused most people to lose time and money by waiting.

We do not make momentary loses if they is no financial commitments to the market but most of us lose in opportunity to buy at cheap price before the last bull run.  However,  we still have the opportunity to invest in future as the market is about to make another push