So, wait.  Did I just crush these picks?


Yup.

Love yall

So I was pretty spot on for 4 of 5.  ;-)

Thanks! 

COSS for MANy reasons.  It diversifies your portfolio - there is already a large and growing market need - BINANCE and KUCOIN are doing very well - Team is growing - Listens to investors - UBER low MARKET CAP. 

I expect COSS to be between 250-400M market cap by end of summer.  That would put the coins value at around $3.00- $6.50 (currently at $0.25) ,  One f my biggest concerns was that they were trying to do too much, but it seems like they have been very good at listening to the community and working solely on the exchange UI and new engine (going to be released in Jan).

This and XSPEC are 2 I think are VERY undervalued. 

Hello Family!

Sorry Ive been away for quite some time, but thank you for all the kind messages!

For those of you that signed up for my email - i have not forgotten about you, just been super swamped with work (starting another Cyrto hedge fund) and the holidays.

So onwards.

So I get asked all the time for the NEXT big coin.  Here are my thoughts:

STATE OF THE MARKET

Crazy  few days right?  Well its nothing new.  We all know the market price is tied to Bitcoin (its the entry point to buy other cryptos so it naturally goes up and down in some fashion with the market. 

That said - its been XMAS fun for the past few days of "wholesale buying" as I call it. 

So why the big dips?

A few reason.  The market saw a HUGE rise in overall influx of money due to institutional investors trading Futures.  We knew that the market NEEDED to correct at some point to flush out the weak hands.  So take 1. normal correction + 2. end of year profit taking + 3.  FUD about Korea exchanges = 35% loss in markets. 

So what.  This BUBBLE isnt one.  The 600B we think is huge, is pretty nice - but keep in mind the "dot com" bubble hit $7Trillion before it pooped.  So look at your portfolio and ask yourself if you could take come profit before it goes up 12x? 


BACK TO EARTH
i called Bitcoin back in Sept to hit 10K in Jan.  "I hope so" was the average response, but no one really agreed.  Or at least on paper.  So this retracement has been very healthy.  Lots of this new money doesn't understand the underlying tech or how much potential this REALLY has.  The intrinsic value s much higher than the profit vulchers really grasp. 

I do believe we have seen the lows.  BTC has a STRONG support line at 12k and breaking that meant we could see 8K,  but since we stablixed at 12.5K-sh.  I believe we will see healthy growth for the next 40-50 days.  My Q1 BTC target is 22-24k. 

Thats GREAT - BUT WHAT ARE THE BEST COINS TO WATCH FOR 2018?

I predicted (and its happening much faster than I thought) that Bitcoin would loose market cap from 58-60% down to about 20-25%, as investors and regular people learn more about this market, its naturally to diversify.  Personally Ive cashed out 1/2 my BTC into other Alts.

I am only going to BRIEFLY give you a heads up on what coins I like and think have MASSIVE potential for gains in 2018.  Keep in mind, you MUST DO your own research.  These are coins I am invested in myself - some our company has included into hedges. 

Quickly ill assume you know that for a coin with a 10B market cap to do 10x  - it must grow to a 100B market cap.  Thats tough, even with the money I see pouring into the crypto market next year.  (I believe we will have a 3Trillion market cap end of 2018).  So these coins are RISKY, BUT if you do your homework - AND I MEAN DO IT.  I and my team have read whitepapers, spoken on the phone to several of the developers, did a full SWOT analysis.  The whole 9 yards.  I am not going to go into the litany of research or post it here for 2 reasons.  1 - its for our investors to review that pay $$$ , honestly we gotta make a living.  Secondly, I do this to help everyone out and help doesn't mean doing your job for you.  Be my partner -  find good info, post it, help each other out.


Without further ado

(in no order some mid and small cap picks)

1. COSS
- MASSIVE MASSIVE potential.  Very low market cap.  new UI coming soon, great communication, working beta, profit sharing weekly.  I really think this coin is going to be a millionaire maker due to the current valuation vs Binance or KuCoin.  THis market is hot and growing. 

2.  ARK
- The largest market cap coin here, but has been a slow and steady riser.  Great roadmap.  Good staking.  Real world problem solver. 

3. SUB
- They can fundamentally change the internet and hosting.  They developers are wonderful hard woking guys.  VERY PROMISING for 2018.

4. XSPEC
- This is a SLEEPER.  Get of fthe sidelines and into it now.  2018 is going to be the year of Privacy Coins (late 2018 and 2019 will be the year of the tech coins IMO) and this one checks all the boxes EXCEPT marketing [however I have heard that they are partnering up with a firm in Feb .  If you like Monero, Verge and Pivx - this is a one you need to check out.  Heres a quick image some gent created that gives a nice breakdown. 

http://i.4cdn.org/biz/1514668964911.png?__cf_waf_tk__=109154002wMffTSIXXXAYMRbokZCkUawg3y0z

5. REQ
- A decentralized payment network.  Lots of info out there on this project.  Go read.

6. POWER Ledger
- I was a bit surprised that the Thailand partnership didnt drive the price up as much as I thought it would.  None the less - this is a great project that has already been a company (see MVP) with 30M in revenue for years.  They are well established, have a good case use for the coin and its a "feel good" project.  Peer to peer solar energy. 

7. Genesis Vision
- VERY low market cap, lots uf upside, VERY VERY low token count.  This is an open sourced trust management platform.  There is a big need for this and, I think this token will see a bigger push towards the end of 2018 "if" they can do everything they set out.  Q1 2018 will be big if they get the platform launched as they are on the path too. 

Honorable Mentions
Walton, Cindicator, Elixir, Aventus, Publica

This is my last post for a while guys - so busy!!!!

Hope Ive reinforced some choices for you or helped drop some on your radar.

Happy Holidays!

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Not sure what you mean by drop limit.  But if you are referring to where the bottom may be for this price correction?

Some people think we could test 5500 - Personally I do not see us going lower than 6320 then back up. Too much FUD right now, but once this sorts itself out, and it will, we will see a ton of new money into BTC in Dec.

Save this thread.

My crystal ball says $8000 Bitcoin in Dec.

A few minutes after I posted this Charlie Shrem essentially said the same thing in a concise tweet.  


Don’t you have to have started to actually shut down ? How can BitcoinClassic have any relevancy if it never was anything ? Stupid article

Guys -

I'm gonna make this quick because , for once, Im about to do some big day trading.  Look at the charts.  20,30,40% lower today than yesterday because all these goofs are thinking Bitcoin is dead (its not, just the crap chain Bitcoin Classic) and BCH will now be rebranded at BTC.

Sorry - not happening. 

Do your homework.

Gotta fly - theres a sale on WALTON, OMG, VERT, etc and I need to fill my bag.

PLEASE KEEP SELLING YOUR ALTS!

Well look at you - one of the people that logged onto their computer today to do some homework and find out what exactly is going on, before they sold all their BTC for BCH.  

Let me just clear the air.

BITCOIN, is not dead.  

It will never "die".

So calm down.

I spoke to 11 people today that called me asking if BITCOIN CLASSIC WAS SHUTTING DOWN???

Yep it is.  But who F$5king cares? BITCOIN CORE aka LEGACY - is NOT BITCOIN CLASSIC. 

This is a BIG THING to keep in mind.  Most of these idiots have no clue what is what and they hears a small, shit chain that was never really in the mix with any substantial hash power , ike Bitcoin Classic is shutting down - coupled with articles that do nothing more than spread FUD while they have thier own agenda to promote on CoinTelegraph, make it appear that Bitcoin itself is shutting down.

THIS IS WHY EVERYONE IS PUTTING TONS OF MONEY INTO BITCOIN CASH. 

IT IS MASSIVELY OVERBOUGHT.


First off, stop panicking about Bitcoin dropping.  I said it would and everyone that has been in this game for a minute - knows exactly what is going on.  Its a price correction.  Thats all.  

Bitcoin surged to insane highs last week ahead of the proposed fork, due, in part to the news of the CME futures, and in part based on the "free money" aspect we all hoped for.

Now that Segwit has been called off some of the developers that were pushing for the 2x are backing the shit out of Bitcoin Cash as , essentially "plan B."

Bitcoin Cash will NOT be rebranded at Bitcoin.  I can all but promise that.  What I do believe is happening is that there is a TON of FUD spreading that , you may see BITCOIn drop to 5000 or 4000 and BCH hit well over $1000 and who knows - maybe it overtakes Bitcoin!

Sorry, but it aint happening.  

Bitcoin is a store of value.  I know little mutumbo needs to pay his uncle in zimbabwe so he spends bitcoin, but his $4.00 purchase isnt moving the price action or volume.  

The whales, like banks, big investors and hedge funds are the ones that really set the price for Bitcoin.  

Big money isnt buying 50M of Bitcoin because they are paying people in Bitcoin. THEY ARE DOING IT AS A STORE OF VALUE.


BUT WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN?!  

I do believe BCH has its place in the market and will take some value from BTC.  I personally have 15% of my BTC in BCH.  Thats it, and thats all its ever gonna get.  

Frankly I think you are an idiot if you sold all your BTC for BCH.  It shows you dont understand the market, trends, charts or investing.  It only shows that you think you are a genius because you can jump on a bandwagon.  

The developers Ive spoken too and some of the NYA agreement signers are all on the same page with me on this one.  We all feel that Bitcoin will do what it always does.  Shake off the loose leaves with a price correction (this is a very good thing in the big picture) and continue its upward trend.  

Short term I think Bitcoin Cash will rise as high as 1/4th the value of Bitcoin.  But as soon as Bitcoin hits $10k and it is going to hit $10k - we are going to see BTC dump to under 1/10th of the value.

When we step back out of this small world we nerd live in and look at the BIG picture we can more clearly see that Bitcoin has undergone this up-n-down sequence many many times and we always find a way to get scared.  

Oh no - its China, should I sell???  Oh wait, Jaime Dimon said its a scam, should I sell?? Crap ICOS are going to be regulated, should I sell?

No.  YOU SHOULD DIVERSIFY.

Put 10-15% of your BTC into BCH and stop checking your damn Blockfolio  like a crack addict looking for his next score.  

Its going to be ok.

TTT

Hey guys -  Im honored that you appreciate the advice/thoughts, but if you are going to repost this somewhere, howz about giving the OP credit.




https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7a9j9z/calm_the_f_k_down_people_lets_help_the_noobs_out/?st=j9m6ykpv&sh=5e202a14

Hey my fellow cryptowarrriors -

The upcoming Nov fork has caused a bit of turmoil the market.  BTC's price is surging, atls were dropping, people were seconding guessing Bitcoin Cash, some were even picking up Bitcoin Gold - but EVERYONE wants to know....

What the heck should I be doing to make the most money?  Should I be in X or Y?  What will this mean for Bitcoin?  Should I get out now and run back to stocks?


I will go over some facts - outline whats going on and then give my thoughts behind whats happening in the market and whats likely to happen.
 
With less than a dozen days left before the SegWit2X fork, I thought I'd start gathering some facts before I start forming personal opinions and speculative conclusions. I refer to the SegWit1X chain as 1X and the SegWit2X chain as 2X for simplicity, and I have looked for very simple facts and safe assumptions. Here are the dots that I gathered: 
 
• Fork at Block 494,784. Approximate date = 16th of November. 
 
• The New York Agreement: The NYA involved parties representing about 83% of the then hashing power who all agreed to both hardforks - one for SegWit and another for an increased block size of 2MB (2X) within 6 months of the former. Further details in reference 1. 
 
• It is safe to assume that miners will only mine the most profitable chain (possibly several chains in differing proportions). 

• If whales pump a single chain it will gain more value. If this happens, miners will be more inclined to mine that particular chain only. This will result in the other chain(s)potentially losing overall mining attractiveness. 
 
• 1X will continue to have a 1MB block and SegWit; 

• 2X will have a 2MB block and SegWit; 

• Bitcoin Cash (Just for info right now) currently has an 8 MB block with NO SegWit; 
 
• Current Price Status (Futures) on BitFinex: 2X/BTC = 0.17; 1X/BTC = 0.83 
 
• Current Mining Status: 2X = Around 85% of blocks are signalling for 2X.   
 
• Lower mining power chain: Likely to be 1X. Fees likely to be extremely high as not many miners. Difficulty adjustment could take a few weeks, if not months. Until then it will be very difficult to transfer funds.
 
• Double-spending: Miners (from 2X) will have an ability and incentive to double-spend on the minority chain (lower mining power chain). If you have huge mining power, you can allocate some of it to just double-spend on the minority chain. Some people will possibly lose confidence in the minority chain as a result. 
 
• Replay-Protection: Neither 1X nor 2X currently have replay protection. 
 
Now what does all this mean

Very little.

Let me explain.....

Do a little experiment with me please.  Think of the 1st word that comes to mind when I ask the following:

1.  Name a tissue.
2.  Name a soda.
3.  What is the best brand of shoe?


-----

Likely you gave Kleenex, Pepsi/Coke and Nike/Rebook answers right?

Why?

Are they REALLY the best or are they the ones we KNOW?  The brands thats resonate as "safe" choices with us? 

Is the forked version of Bitcoin going to be better?
Yes.  Its a better chain and I expect money to follow into it in the futures market then see a BIG dump for the first 2 days , then pick back up to 60-75% of the ATH....then slowly fade out to be a high priced ALT.

But how come? Arent over 85% of the miners are signaling for the forked chain!
Yes again my friend.  However - like Bitcoin Cash, the bulk of the value is likely to be accrued in the lead up to the fork, not in the actual practicality of the forks implementations.  The NYA agreement isnt binding and recent independent polls show that the REAL support is about 63% and fading. 

If you are a miner and you hold a ton of Bitcoin and are going to get a ton of free forked coins , wouldn't you want everyone to think you are going to be mining that chain.  Then the price gets driven up and you can sell off a large portion. 


But come on - people are smart and they see that the problem the fork is solving is a fundamental issue with Bitcoin

Yes they are.  However lets face a fact.  Bitcoin is a store of value.  I own many many BTC and have never spend 1 on a purchase.  Contrary to what the world believes, the bulk of Bitcoins are held by about 300,000 people.  And we aint spending them on flights to Oklahoma.  We are HODLING them. The majority of Bitcoin holders do not own 1 full coin. 

Being a store of value, the actual problems that the fork solves, are fairly immaterial in my opinion.  Also Vertcoin is a better version of the fork and , if people are REALLY smart, they will gravitate to VTC (disclaimer, I have VTC) as a practical use tradable coin.

Big money is a coming

The announcement of the CME adding futures of Bitcoin, really did something amazing - it gave some credibility to the ancients that run the banking and investing word.  I deal with some of these guys on a daily basis and can attest that our phone has been ringing off the hook with questions about SEC regulations and pending legislation - hedge funds and the like.

I can tell you right now - it took 9 years for them to start the giant slush fund of shitty fiat to roll into Bitcoin - its gonna take them 9 more before they even think about buying something that isnt BITCOIN. 


So what does this all mean?
I get it.  Fundamentally, the split is good.  the GPU mining, the added decentralization, the bigger blocks, etc etc.  But while we may be ready for it - the other 99.94% of people that are not into bitcoin yet, but will be soon (hopefully) arent. 

I advise to sell off 50% of your x2 fork and hold the other 50% as a hedged bet.

In any event - these are my 2 cents .  Hope you found it informative and happy trading!

Hey mate -

You bring up some good points.

COSS I have tripled my position on since the dip.  Currently hold 350k COSS.  This is a LONG term project.  I am actually engaged with the dev team and Rune on slack.  Never said to buy for a quick flip.  Matter of fact 95% of the time, I DO NOT recommend trying to day trade.   

Vertcoin I bought at $1.16 - $1.80 - and $3.04.  -  Again, NEVER said grab it then sell it.  Just HOLD.  This coin is seeing a big dump due to the growth.  Lots of people bought it based on the growth, not the true value and this is just flushing the market.

Take a look at Grosetlcoin - EVERYONE here was asking me if they should buy it at .40 .50 cents. It lost 75% of its ATH this week.

FLIK - I was wrong on short term - but LONG term, this is a VERy good project.  They need to get a better team, but its a tier 3 investment for me.  Very High Risk/ VHR. 

Take a look at a guy like Suppoman on Youtube.  You could go back to him each week, literally each week and blast him on his coin picks as they ALWAYS dump.

Its the market-  I recommend coins with good long term value. 

If you bought a coin then say it dip and sold.  You're too much of an ammy investor to really be in this market. (not you, just generally).  If you are invested in the BIG picture with SOLID coins, you should be taking a bigger position on dips and being excited.  Not complaining about it. 

Dips are needed to flush out this market.  The stock market sees 8% a year, we see coins that see 8% a day. Of COURSE there are going to be ups and downs.

When I post here, I am putting my thoughts out there for coins.  Always do your own research, but Ive posted about 26 coins this few months and 24 have seen growth in some capacity from original post date.  Im not here to tell you when to sell, Im here to tell you what to buy, if you like.

Dump hard after the Segwit2 fork.

There are lots of groups that are creating a FOMO about this coin solely due to the upcoming BTC fork and rumors surrounding it.

Also as ironic as this is, the coin is being bought by several Asian groups, whom I believe are wrongfully thinking this coin is the forked coin from the Nov fork.  I know this sounds ludicrous, but I spoke to an associate in Korea a few hours ago who said that he is getting calls from hedge funds that want to buy Bitcoin and have confused it with Bitcoin Cash. 

Hear me now, believe me later - the charts, the info, the pump - it all points to a BIG drop and I expect that to happen in late Nov. 

I believe we will see Bitcoin Cash hit $800 USD, perhaps close the $1000 mark of the forked seg btc2 futures, but as people move money out of seg2 into BTC and out of bitcoin cash into seg2 - the price will correct. 

I believe we are going to see sub $300 by mid Dec and would not be shocked if it fell to $270.


Just be careful gents. 

Also, keep money in the legacy chain.  I shouldn't be telling you this but since the announcement of BTC futures getting the  green light - our office has been swamped with BIG names looking to take up HUGE positions in BTC and they aint calling about Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Dark, Bitcoin Momma. 

They want brand name,

And that name, for better or worse, will be Bitcoin.

One Coin To Rule Them All!!!!

So yes - this is my "I told you so thread" 

I love helping the crypto community out and as most of you know, I do this for a living and have made a very nice one at that.

So about a month ago I recommended RUPEE -  nearly everyone in that thread said "SHIT coin, shill, WTF, etc."

It went from .08 cents to .33 and this is WHILE 99% of the other ALTS LOST MONEY. 

ahhhhhh - Im just gonna sit here and bask in the glow of doing my job. 

But seriously, as Ive always said - if you disagree with me, fine, but at least add some value to the crypto cumminty as I am trying to do here, by giving a logical reason.

My company and I spend a tremendous amount of time , money and resources evaluating alts for some hedge funds, HNW individuals and banks - and we have a pretty dang good track record.  (Ask Palm Beach Report who they ask for info)  I get zip from sharing my insights here.  Actually our average customer pays six figures a year for some of the information I disseminate to my bitcointalk brother and sister out of good will.



In any event, I love you all -  just wanted to say that instead of flaming people that are tying to help others and grow this space... perhaps try to be constructive and at the bare min;;; give a thanks.

I mean come on - gotta give a little credit here - any one else you know pick RUPEE lol?

As long as we see this growth, which based on the charts, is breaking resistance levels each day (we MAY see a dip to 6500-6700 but its looking like a consolidation at 6900-7300) the alts will bleed.

99.1 percent of people here are looking for the fastest way to make a buck in 30 days. 

This is one of the reasons we see such volatility.

You should buy across the spectrum.

"If" you liked XX coin at $1.00 - you should LOVE it at $.75 and REALLY LOVE IT at $.50"

Cost averaging.

This is VERY hard for some people to do, we have this innate "I wanna be backing a winner" thing that is ingrained in us as humans. So buying a "looser coin" just feels weird.

But thats the great part about making money - money doesnt have feelings, it has MATH.

Now is a good time to buy that alt you love.

I bought the shit out of NEO when it dipped to $13 bucks.  Went to $30 in 2 weeks after last FUD.

Here is the big secret.

IF YOUR ALT IS AROUND IN 2 YEARS.  THERE IS A 99% CHANCE IT HAS GONE UP 200-1000%.  Period.

The market will expand and thereby flush out some of this crap, so find and invest in GREAT TEAMs and GREAT PROJECTS.

Then...... Try, try my brothers and sister to relax.

100% it will drop after the fork, but the value will be amortized over BT1 and BT2.

If you own 1 BT on Nov 16, you get 2 coins on the 17th.

BT1 and BT2.

I predict BT2 will be 1150-1300, get a pump to 1500, then a dump to 800 in a week.

Based on the Fibonacci charts, we should see a price correction to 6700 upcoming, but I see BT hitting 8k before the fork, so if you can, just buy it now and HOLD it

My man gets it

Get your finger off the sell button.

Bitcoin is going parabolic (I said it would hit 10k mid Jan in Aug.... I still see that happening)

And thats the reason for the alts dropping. There is an influx of "new money" into Bitcoin, partially because of the fork, mainly because their are BIG institutional investors that are taking positions.

Since the announcement that BTC futures will be traded many people have taken that as a sign that reads "Bitcoin is real!" -Love Wallstreet

This is a double edged sword. 

We are going to see 10k BTC within 90 days.   I also foresee 50k by years end.   You can't underestimate what the news of BTC futures means to the entire market.   I know for a fact that there will be some billion, dollar buys of BTC in the next 6 months.

Some of this will come from hedge funds some banks.

Also China WILL be back in the mix in late Feb.   They are currently in a political space that is slowing the prices down,  however ICO and more importantly, exchange regulation and legislation is on the table and going through the steps for inclusion/ adoption.   

This all equates to FUD on BTC.  Please stop worrying. The longer you have been in this game the less we worry.

Bitcoins, alts, even stocks go through cycles.  Put 50% of your money into Bitcoin and find some good long term Alts and then sit on your hands.

Alts like ARK, OMG, WAVES, NEO, WTC.... They have great teams,  provide a solid roadmap and have real world applications that will fundamentally change things within the ecosystem.

This is the time to rejoice! It's time to buy at 10,20,60% off your favorite alt! 

Stop stressing out,  and for Gods sake dont sell alts low to buy Bitcoin at ATH.

Repeat after me.

HoDL

Cheers

Hey there Cryptowarriors -

Batman is about to take Ms. Batman out for a movie- but he did want to make sure this coin was on your radar.

Heres a hint as to what it is:

- platform type project , like Neo / eth / ark / lisk / wave and others .

- it had a max ico target of around 5000bitcoin giving 125 000 000

- ended their ico with 500btc , so about 2-2.5million usd worth.

- only 13 000 000 token were created.

- the only way to get new tokens from now on is staking it for 10% a year.  (not a bad locked in ROI)

- currently under $5.50 but I see it hitting $20 in lightening fashion.



Its NEBLIO!! 

As my newsletter gets closer, I am going to reserve my time and efforts for that, but I still want to give you guys some good picks for solid investments .  But ALWAYS do your own research.

You can start here with some great videos on Neblio. 


Its https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=neblio


Cheers!

Well it looks like no one saw this post -

But for the record I was 3 for 3 and hit near all targets to the penny .



Ok, maybe this was just a feel-good post for myself.


Happy trading