Good Thread,

You could add which coins surged dramatically in value and reasons why; ie mooncoin, auroracoin, blackcoin, darkcoin, cannabiscoin etc etc


Also mention the rise of crypto assets..


Biggest scamcoin of the year might be:
Zipcoin (ZIPC)          Markets          BtcTalk
Launched: Aug 3rd 2014
T.Supply:
Health: Red
Notes: Scamcoin, appears to be a hacker virus wallet which steals coins from users computers.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=721306.0


I did an Altcoin Investing report which might be of use to you:
http://altcoinspeculation.com/altcoin-investing-report-august-2014-a-free-75-page-guide/