I traded NXT the first day Poloniex opened up. And yeah, i have to agree i don't trust Polo anymore, especially after they shut down their troll box, and tried becoming an exclusive* exchange for "higher" end coins, but heavily have favored STR and Ripple through the years.

Poloniex, at one time, was the best exchange out there. I loved their site, and everything about it. They are in a state where they've completely shut their doors to any new currency (for the better and the worse) and are riding on the reputation and established platform they have, with 4-5 cryptos where they make half of there income from.

Both Polo and Bittrex won't last much longer, the FEDS are up their asses extorting traders information. I woulden't touch either those exchanges, solely because they are based in the U.S.

As for all these scammy ICO's, yeah it has always been like this, but now instead of mining coins to represent every imaginable thing you can think of, you have an ICO for it. You have a flock of dumb cunts who throw their btc and eth into them, without a second thought what they actually bought. Meanwhile, the guys who are promoting this shit (like honestly 10 groups run 90% of all ICO's ever made), have thousands of accounts fluffing their threads and creating an illusion of buy-ins.

These forums have become a cesspool of malnourished sheep and wolves ready to eat their every BTC up.

The flood gates have been opened and it's all going to collapse on itself sooner than later