If you are not planning to have a big operation is better to invest that money in BTC or altcoins instead of mining equipment.

Mostly this, buy low and sell high. And always diversify your funds. Invest in 10 altcoins and 10 ICOs that look interesting and project a great future. Don't go all in with a coin.

Stable coins are good if you like trading. If there are bad days for trading or want to go on vacations and won't do trading for some time, you can put your funds in stable coins and have a peace of mind that it won't crash while you are sleeping or going to the beach.

I think more projects should look to make a mixed ICO/IEO. And that they do not do IEO exclusives. Instead, list IEO in as many exchanges as they can that way they can gather big volume and make sure they will have lots of exchanges to begin with.

Helping projects and joining a team would be the best way. You can earn a lot of tokens being helpful with a project. Bounties will only get you a very small piece of tokens compared to being a part of a team.

It's important for this type of IEOS that the team and initial investors have vesting. That way they cannot sell their coins for at least a year or 2 years. That way the next investors are protected from big whales that just want to pump and dump and gives the project enough time to develop and grow.

Holding for the long term is only useful for projects with real utility. Do not invest blind and also a good tip would be to never invest when there is a quick bull rush that happens in a matter of minutes.

You will probably be holding a big bag of pumped coins for a long time.

I really like ICOBench they do monthly reports about successful projects in a neat PDF format. Still, sometimes success is not about money raised in ICO but long term success is that the company can make real revenue and stays profitable over time.

Facebook  is a really big company so yes. Still I will wait a little more to see if facebook incorporates Libra inside it's apps: Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram. That could provide real value and utility across platforms.

Maybe it can be solved with a stable coin. The problem with open markets is that there will always be whales that eat a huge chunk of tokens to manipulate the market. And greedy people that just want a quick buck. But if you really believe in a project and want to hold term then the fear of dumping disappears. Also, look for projects that have vesting for team members and investors.

Yes next year 2020 looks very promising. Ethereum tokens with real utility will have a greater scene in the crypto world. Of course all the projects that have no real value would probably just fade in time.

Libra is a different beast. And it seems that it doesn't want to be competition from Bitcoin but instead as an alternate method payment for all the Facebook platforms. It is a good strategy that the Facebook company is implementing.

It is really hard for investors that bought at high prices. But also there were some people that made a lot of money today buying at 150 and selling at 300. Doubling their money. So probably this was from really big whales controlling the market.

There should be more projects that support crypto as their main form of payment. When large retailers accept BTC and also altcoins as a form of payment and not just to dump it and transform it to fiat then the momentum for BTC and all altcoins will increase a lot.

This is great advice! Thanks for your sharing your lessons learned from a crypto project. We are building or own video games platform and reading all these experiences really help to make a better product!

Big investors are needed for every good project. And of course, something that helps is to have a working prototype and a good team, even if it's small but very passionate about the vision they are building. Investors will notice this and invest also on the team and not only on the idea.

Interesting point of view. Liquidity is really important. Maybe launching IEO in many exchanges could solve that problem for volume so the token gets more sales and attention.

It would be good to tied it to a bounty campaign. Get users for your project. That is really important. Bring people that really want to try your project and just someone that just wants some free tokens. It will also help you to gather feedback for your project.

It's really good to be able to buy Playstation cards and Steam cards with crypto. Since now there are some restrictions with credit cards in some countries. Now anyone can buy PSN credit without worrying if the retailer will accept their international card.