I am pretty sure there are ways to claim free bitcoin, if you go back a few pages, you will see a thread made by Darkstar which gives you around 0.008 per bitcoin you have by just signing a message. Right now if your not that interested in trading, I would recommend holding your bitcoin, since after August the first, it may be taking a trip to the moon. If you want to try invest in other altcoins, I would recommend depositing some bitcoin into polenix or yobit and the buying into some alt coins. You can make a fair bit of that, but the safest thing to do would be holding it.