The bear market of 2018 gets more aggressive and painful as the year comes to a bitter end. Bitcoin has suffered quite an excruciating fall ever since it reached an all-time high back in December 2017. The market cap of Bitcoin has slumped from a massive $336 billion to $60 billion, which is a massive decrease of ~82%. The altcoins have followed Bitcoin and most of them have also declined by 80% since their all-time highs. Apart from the bear market, the US Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] has tightened the noose around ICOs, causing a sharp decline in fraudulent ICOs and exchanges. Many enthusiasts had also ... (full story)