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He can make up for it quickly with an easy 5x gain from an upcoming ICO, instead of bag holding till end of 2017 for ...
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hahahaha yea sure...
Dear god i had to keep NEM for year to sell some higher Same was with Blackcoin,NAV,Dash and others to get sweet return.
If you think that you get on coin and get 5x

you are gambler not investor, you should try dice, or HYIP
you will have same results. Good luck ^^
PS: From my experience is worth to long hold good stuff ^^ 10x-30x can happen,
i am happy that i have avoided many scams ^^ becouse of that.
I cant agree more with you man, holding and waiting is the investors key.
coins is NOT gambling and have patience (and some faith) is a virtue.