The dominance should continue simply because the fact that when institutions enters the market, BTC will be the first crypto they hold.

Supply & Demand.
There's no correlation with the progress in technical development at the moment.

Two points to share:
Respect the law and regulation of your country.
Properly manage your risk and investment portfolio.

There are not much of a correlation. The broader market has been down in 2018. A diversified portfolio is required to stand any sort of financial crisis.

Regardless the different news that appears everyday regarding blockchain, it has been making more progress on the fundamental side. 

They should implement the rule, that only offline purchase is possible.

Despite different opinion on who's your favourite leader, the economy has actually been seeing a better day in the recent years.

It's reasonable from an investor's perspective to dedicate around 5% of his/her investment portfolio in cryptocurrency, where bitcoin would be the largest holding within the crypto portfolio.

This may only be a temporary decision with mostly political incentive.

The correlation is not strong at the current stage if you are comparing with the stock market in US.

Time will prove everything.

It will indeed take another 6-12 months before the start of next bull run based on the patterns of market movement in the past.

Blockchain technology will soon reach into areas beyond the digital currency movement and begin to affect everything from real estate to entertainment as startups increasingly integrate blockchain into their business models. Even the democratic process and the way countries are governed will be impacted by the coming wave of blockchain disruption. Voter fraud and election hacking is a concern that has been widely discussed in the past few years. Blockchain advocates assert that a public ledger voting system could provide an unhackable system for governments while also counting the votes way faster.
(Source: Bithemoth)

Might as well consider posting more back test result. =)

One of the potential issue that must be solved with auto-trading crypto, is finding a reliable platform that would execute stop-loss without slippage.

The implication it may have would lead to a more active involvement in crypto and blockchain from other government as well. As we are still at an extremely early stage for mass adoption, I'd personally consider this "Good" for the crypto adoption.

The study of economics could provide one with a systematic framework for analyzing, researching, writing, and teaching about a wide array financial and regional economic issues. Economics could provide one with a methodology for understanding and making sense of our complex environment.

As the launching of Bakkt delays to early 2019, we'd likely to see Starbucks payable by crypto with a bit of delay.
Still looking forward to it. =)

China has achieved a higher adoption rate on mobile payment than any other major economic entities in the world.

Although $ solves most problems in life, it doesn't solve all. =)
It's more important to live with a true and faithful heart.
Regardless what one's economical condition is, there's always a way to live a fulfilled and meaningful life.