One of the biggest opportunities for all cryptocurrencies is liquidity and ease of use. It's wrinkles like the one that you experienced that will need to be ironed out before crypto can really become mainstream.
I have hope, but the sooner these problems are resolved, the better. Cheers! Enjoy your skiing and the holidays!
DEX ! Is the way and the only way to go for now it seems! I will look more into BTS! I already have my open ledger portfolio