I just want everyone to know that I'm a full time trader as well. A big thanks to Vincent because of what he does. Seeing you blow up has been huge over the past serval months.
As a thank you, I want to share some info that will benefit all of us.
EVENTS 21 JAN 2018
🕵 Siacoin (SC) Hardfork to activate at block 139,000, keep your eye on this! :eyes:
🕵 TRON (TRN) Peiwo App Roadmap to be released next week
🕵 Bitcoin Atom (BCA) Hard Fork will happen on January 25.
🕵 OKCoin to open cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, supporting a local developer of video games.
🕵 Ethereum Classic (ETC) to release brand new ETC Geth Client v4.2.1. BIG NEWS for ETC! :ok_hand:
🕵 SpreadCoin (SPR) Windows Wallet to be released no later than January 25th :grey_exclamation:
🕵 Po.et (POE) to release the much anticipated Frost App
🕵 Xtrabytes (XBY) will drop their monthly developer update
🕵 Bitcoin Gold (BTG) withdrawal to be available on OKEx from 0:00 (Hong Kong Time) on 21 Jan 2018
🕵 Safe Exchange Coin (SAFEX) giveaway competition comes to an end
🕵 Trade Token (TIO) to be listed on HiBTC this week. :+1:
🕵 IOS Token (IOST) free token event to end January 21st.
🕵 Details of TRON (TRN) partnership with Game.com to be released on January 22
🕵 Farstcoin (FRCT) withdraw and internal exchange to begin 10 am on the 21st of January
🕵 Spectrecoin (XSPEC) expected to release v1.3.5 Wallet code name "unxspected"
🕵 Skeincoin (SKC) to build new website.
🕵 Safe Exchange Coin (SAFEX) to give away a prize pool of 17,500 Safex Tokens and 7 exclusive :astonished::moneybag::moneybag:
🕵 ZClassic (ZCL) to allow Bitcoin Private (BTCP) fork simulation with the Team.
🕵 Ripio Credit Network (RCN) new website to be ready this week
🕵 Updated 2018 Roadmap for NAV Coin (NAV) confirmed to be released soon
🕵 BLOCKv (VEE) — Abundance 360 Summit in Beverly Hills
🕵 Pirl (PIRL) — Bounty Campaign Will Be Stopped
🕵 ChainLink (LINK) — HuobiPro Exchange Listing
🕵 Agrello (DLT) — AMA on Reddit
🕵 New Hot ICO PAGAREX is Selling Out Fast!! :point_left::point_left:
🕵 Bitcoin Core developer, Greg Maxwell Resigns from Blockstream to Focus on ‘Deep Protocol Work’
🕵 Decentralized Video Sharing Platform Viuly Announces Token Listing on OKEx Exchange!
🕵 NEM and 6 other crypto currencies now available in Japan's DMM Bitcoin Exchange!
🕵 GREAT NEWS for #OKCash #OK Having a Block Reward Halving on 9th March 2018!:zap:
🕵 Janko releases Blackcoin-Lore "Melinda" update
🕵 Ionomy 2018 Roadmap goes live!
🕵 Rumours have it that NEX XEM new partnership may cause a catapult to the moon! :zap::moneybag:
🕵 I/O Coin goes “stealth” with features securing privacy in transactions, signing and storage
BTC FORKS???
Bitcoin Atom Hard Fork will happen on January 25.
Bitcoin Atom (BCA) is a SegWit enabled Bitcoin fork that is working on on-chain atomic swaps and a hybrid consensus model. One of the most attractive components of Bitcoin Atom is its mission of creating a decentralized digital asset exchange through the use of hash time-locked contracts (HTLCs), which would allow for a true peer-to-peer exchange minus any centralized intermediaries.
The current list of partnering organizations includes: Okex, YObit.net, Exrates (exchanges) and Coinomi, Atom Wallet, and ESR (wallets). You can check more info at bitcoinatom.io
Important date for CRYPTO: 23 JANUARY . Chicago Mercantile Exchange Bitcoin futures will expire on 23.01.2018. Last time it happened 17 January when Chicago Board Options Exchange futures expiration arguably caused the crypto market crash. We are already seeing the total market cap drop rapidly! The whales :whale: might start making big moves tomorrow if our hypothesis about market manipulation is correct !
🕵🏼 Insider rumours say that lightning protocol might be activated on bitcoin tomorrow. This could mean a fast rise in price.
thanks !!! alot of events coming up
Call me cynical. But when owning a currency demands full time attention to it - that currency is no longer worth all the trouble. No other currency in the history of mankind has demanded this sort of laborious attention and constant looking over one's shoulder to avoid disaster. This is one of crypto currency's biggest flaws.
I think that applies to traditional currencies as well. Most of Mike Novogratz career as a trader was spent watching and trading the USD/JPY pair or, as his wife often used to say "obsess over a bunch of squiggly lines that don't move all that much," so it's all relative.
Still, you have a point, which is why I don't bother with trying to second guess the market. Buying and holding is a lot easier, and often times much more profitable than managing an active portfolio.