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and maybe good buying opportunity or adding to existing holdings for me. Thank you!

Yes, I am also looking to buy more, prices of Bitcoin have dipped already.. Do you see it going back up or is it just the beginning of the major pullback?

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it's just educated guessing it think it goes further up, the reasons for are:

  • many not even know of the huge crypto space in my environment (well educated people) -> the viral effect kicks further in 2018
  • demand from countries with broken currencies with up to +40% BTC price
  • CME and CBOE were just the beginning for many more financial products around BTC, like options
  • Lightning Network works already, tested on mainnet, it will unleash a whole new world for Bitcoin, maybe already 2018 or 2019 -> it would be huge for retailers, consumers and also Steam would come back for example
  • big investors already in and many more from the conservative parties are rushing in, like banks, conversion of naysayers is ongoing
  • more countries wanna profit from the development and i guess more regulation and legalization by governments is coming
  • recognized as store of value (2. phase, after 1. phase only a messenger) before 3. phase medium of exchange

..that's what comes into my mind in 5 min

drawbacks currently:

  • mining frenzy with ultra high energy consumption -> others with POS solutions like ETH
  • still high volatility which makes it difficuilt for pricing in retail (need a fully automated system)
  • TenX, Bread and others have not really started for mass adoption but is on the brink -> the bridge to the fiat world for the medium term (3. phase medium of exchange or digital cash)

I wish I had a bigger upvote value, thank you for taking out time and giving a detailed response.. I agree that long term, the prices will go up but I am still expecting a bigger pullback before that.. We have been in a bullish market from almost 2 months now and a pullback will be healthy for the entire market.