WELCOME TO THE CRYPTO KICKSTART INVESTOR GUIDE

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1 WELCOME TO THE CRYPTO KICKSTART INVESTOR GUIDE YOUR COMPLETE A TO Z GUIDE TO MASTERING THE NEW MONEY GAME! This guide will teach you everything you need to set up your digital wallet, purchase coins, know what to invest in, protect your money and and make the big leap into the Crypto World. AND.I have 2 extra gifts for you!

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3 Table of Contents: How to Create Your Crypto Wallet How Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency work? Crypto Returns & Crazy Stories How do you make money in Cryptocurrency? Are Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin in a bubble? How do I Buy Alt-Coins & Other Cryptos? How to Watch Crypto Prices? 3 Most Popular Types of Coins How to Research Cryptocurrencies? Crypto Coin News 3 Most Common Investment Strategies Small Marketcap Alt-Coins Why is Crypto so Volatile? 15 Most Common Crypto Mistakes How to Safely Store & Protect your Cryptocurrency Coins to Watch in

4 How to Create Your Crypto Wallet: To start investing in cryptocurrency you are going to have to get skin in the game and make your first purchase at an exchange. While there are several tools to buy and sell crypto once you own it, there are only a few that let you initially get your money into crypto, as well as get it back out connecting to your bank account, PayPal, or credit card. We recommend you make your first purchase at Coinbase: Click here to register at Coinbase and get a free $10 in Bitcoin For a more thorough tutorial on how to purchase Cryptocurrency on Coinbase: Click here for a quick tutorial You can purchase Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and currently Bitcoin Cash at the time of this writing. New coins will be announced and are coming to Coinbase soon! How do Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency work? The blockchain technology underlying cryptocurrency is the revolutionary mechanism powering the movement. It relies on a distributed ledger technology, where people all over the world are building a network of computer systems to contribute to the ledger, in exchange for mining coins from the system. Thus, the system is decentralized and distributed. Meaning there is no central authority, or server system that can be hacked. It s secure, pseudo-anonymous, and to this day, the actual blockchain technology behind Bitcoin has never been hacked. 4

5 Here is an example of traditional systems versus distributed and decentralized systems: Crypto Returns & Crazy Stories: Whether it s from a friend or on the news, it s likely you ve heard about the wild gains in cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin were up over 1,000% for 2017, and other coins even out-performing them. While cryptocurrency is being considered a bubble by some, it s still at its infancy of mainstream adoption, meaning that it s not too late get on the train, but it is leaving the station. You have to act fast and invest in the fastest rising coins, and this guide will show you how to identify which coins are set for the biggest gains! Remember, that while you could easily 2x to 5x your investment in cryptocurrency in 2018, the most important thing is that your are investing in the technology to revolutionize the future of data, information, and financial technology. 5

6 How do you make money in Cryptocurrency? The more people invest in cryptocurrency, the more it s worth; that simple. The more people who are investing in Bitcoin or Ethereum, the greater its market capitalization and the greater its value. When Bitcoin s market cap goes from 150-Billion to 300-Billion, it doubles its price. So if you buy in at 150-Billion and sell at 300-billion, then you double your original investment. With the rapid growth and rising popularity of cryptocurrency, many people see this as one of the best investments in the World, knowing that these major coins will grow dramatically in the next years to come. The more money that enters the market, the more wealth the early investors generate. So taking action fast is key, as crypto is exploding in popularity! Are Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin in a bubble? While the mainstream media and the price of Bitcoin can make it easily look like we are in a bubble - we are actually just at the early stage of cryptocurrency adoption. The blockchain technology underlying crypto is absolutely revolutionary - and will continue to disrupt the way we use money, move resources, and track expenses. If you look at crypto and blockchain as the next dot.com boom and bubble, then you can see that we are at the very early stages and have a long road ahead before the bubble bursts. 6

7 Dot Com Bubble vs. Crypto Bubble Crypto has only achieve 3.5% market value of dot com bubble How do I buy Alt-Coins & other Cryptos? Once you purchase Bitcoin, Litecoin, or Ethereum on Coinbase, you can send those funds from your Coinbase wallet to a wallet on another exchange that will give you the freedom to purchase 100 s of other cryptocurrencies. We recommend using the exchange Binance to purchase alt-coins and manage your altcoin portfolio. It s the safest and most secure, reliable platform currently available. Sign up to Binance Here - and get started today! They also have a lot of brand new coins with lesser known popularity - which can give you the edge of buying a token before it explodes in popularity. Make sure to check out Binance s advanced trading platform to see the full functionality and get as much data as you can to make the most informed decisions. 7

8 How to Watch Crypto Prices: Being that the Cryptocurrency market moves really quickly - most love to watch the market move and make sure they can keep track of what s happening in real-time. Watch daily Crypto prices on all listed coins on CoinMarketCap.com To keep track of your portfolio on your mobile device - we recommend downloading and using the app - Blockfolio. Click here to get Blockfolio for Free. 3 Most Popular Types of Coins: Utility + Asset Tokens: These are coins like Bitcoin, Litecoin, and even coins like OmiseGo, which provide a more efficient alternative to traditional stores of value and payment methods. Platform Tokens: These are smart contract platforms that use the power of blockchain to create decentralized applications, ICO s and Coins like include Ethereum, Neo, Lisk, Quantum, Cardano, and Ark. Privacy Tokens: Coins which protect user information and privacy, and can perform fast and cheap transactions. Examples are Monero, Dash, Z-Cash, Zen Cash, and even the currently exploding Verge. How to Research Cryptocurrencies: Fundamental Analysis & White Paper Social Media Following Community Engagement Roadmap & Development 8

9 Crypto Coin News When a coin has an upcoming news event, product update, or big release - it can often have a huge influx on the price. The long standing anecdote, Buy the rumor, and sell the news, is more relevant to crypto than any other market. Especially since cryptocurrencies are digital currencies, they are hyper-sensitive to the digital World. So smart-timed investments in well-researched, trusted, and qualified coins and can lead to huge gains. To keep track of the latest news and releases for upcoming coins, check out these resources: Crypto News Calendar - Click Here 3 Most Common Investment Strategies HODL: Simple, find a good entry, buy and hold for dear life. Hold on to your cryptocurrencies, resist the urge to sell - and go for the ride to big gains. Mid-Term: Investing in alt-coins and bitcoin in shorter time windows from weeks to months. Many mid-term investors will invest and then cash out their principal investment and ride these coins all the way up for free. Midterm means that if Bitcoin skyrockets you may still liquidate your altcoin positions and ride the gains where you can get them. Trader: Traders usually have one intention - use other coins and margin trading to increase their Bitcoin position. Traders will set sell targets of 20% to 30% for every coin that they sell - set sell orders for those coins and stop losses to protect their investments so their positions automatically liquidate depending on the market trending toward the upside or downside. Trading is far more risky - and usually traders will only trade 10% to 30% of their market positions. 9

10 How to Build a Long-Term Portfolio: A solid crypto portfolio has 60% to 85% long term holds, spread over 4 to 7 of the top coins, with the anticipation of holding for one (1) year or more. To mitigate risk, most investors put the majority of their long-term portfolio in the Top 20 Coins including: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero, Ripple, Dash Newer long-term coins include: IOTA, Cardano, NEO, NEM or New Economy Movement, EOS, Stellar Lumens, Omise Go, Quantum and Lisk Many of these tokens are set to easily 2x in Small Cap Coins: There are over 1,000 cryptocurrencies, and what everyone wants to know is which coins will potentially go from 100-Million to over 1-Billion market cap, essentially 10x your investment. Verge, for example, recently went from 0.01 to over 0.14 a coin - and everyone wants to know what s next. It s important that all crypto investors mitigate risk. The best choice for new investors is to allocate only 3% to 10% of your portfolio to these underdog coins after doing an immense amount of research - to ensure that they have a bright future ahead of them and won t go to zero. That way, if one of these dark horses hit, you will be stoked at the gains and not wrecked if they don t. There are a ton of incredible tokens and technologies out there. You can also learn how to set up stop-losses to protect your investment. Why is Crypto so Volatile? Cryptocurrency is fundamentally more liquid than other investment opportunities - so it s easier for people to cash in and cash out very quickly. This liquidity is what makes cryptocurrency so unique, that you can buy and sell with such ease - and thus partly what creates the volatility in the market. 10

11 Cryptocurrency, also being so new and rapidly changing more than other markets, makes it subject to volatility. Traders can use this volatility to their advantage by buying low and selling high, while long-term investors find entries when the market dips and decide if they want to sell on highs. It s normal to see coins gain 20% to 50% in a day, and lose that much. Just remember to hold your coins strong - as long term gains out-perform shortterm rises and falls. 15 Most Common Crypto Mistakes 1. Chasing Pump and Dump Schemes 2. NOT Diversifying Your Investment to Protect your Portfolio 3. Not protecting your accounts with 2-Factor Authentication 4. Falling for Phishing Scams and Account Scams 5. Falling for AirDrop Scams 6. Investing in Shit-Coins without proper Research 7. Trading in Crypto without Stop-Losses and Sell-Orders 8. Blindly participating in Crypto Multi-Level Marketing Systems w/o Research 9. Panic Selling on Dips and Rises of Bitcoin 10. Giving other people your private keys 11. Not verifying your Bittrex, Binance, or other accounts 12. Having an unclear investment strategy - trading, holding, etc. 13. Not doing thorough research for your coin investments 14. Losing your Private Key 15. Getting information from rumors and speculation and not coins and their teams themselves How to Safely Store & Protect your Cryptocurrency: Most cryptocurrencies have their own wallets and ways to store them. Storing your cryptocurrency on exchanges like Bittrex, Binance, and Coinbase is convenient in volatile markets - but exposes you to the risk of being hacked. While Bitcoin, Ethereum, and alt-coins haven t been hacked before, the 11

12 central servers and systems that sell these coins have vulnerabilities. All wallets generate a public and private key. The public key is the address from which you can send and receive cryptocurrency, and your private key is your password to access your account. All forms of storing Cryptocurrency require a private key. Make sure to write down your private key in a safe place, easy to read, and store it in a safe, safety deposit box, or other forms of protecting this vital information. There are 3-Primary types of wallets: Hardware Wallet: One of the safest ways to store Cryptocurrencies, hardware wallets have a chip in them which require the usb drive be plugged into your computer in order to access your funds. If anything happens to the USB drive, the chip can be recovered as well as your funds. The two most popular are Trezor and Ledger Nano S: Ledger Nano S Trezor Wallet How to Set Up your Wallet: Set Up your Nano S Wallet Set Up your Trezor Wallet Software Wallet: Software wallets allow you store your crypto safely off of an exchange using a private key or other matters of encryption to protect your funds on a software wallet. If your computer gets hacked, you run the risk of losing funds, but for the majority of people it s a relatively safe way to store cryptocurrency. Most coins have their own software wallet - our recommendation is to do research on the cryptocurrencies you purchase and the best wallets to store them on - always a google search away. Paper Wallet: You can also store your cryptocurrency completely offline using a paper wallet, where you keep your private and public key on paper. Similar to software wallets, do research on the paper wallets for the cryptocurrencies you ve invested in. 12

13 Coins To Watch in 2018: Ethereum (ETH) Ripple (XRP) IOTA DASH New Economy Movement (NEM) Cardano (ADA) Monero (XMR) Neo Quantum (QTUM) IconX (ICX) Stellar Lumens (XLM) OmiseGo (OMG) Verge (XVG) Stratis (STRAT) Lisk (LSK) Waves Komodo (KMD) Ark (ARK) SiaCoin (SC) 0x (ZRX) Ethos (BQX Our Cryptocurrency Partners & Sponsors: Lisk Bancor Ethos AdBank Refereum Quantstamp Iconiq Lab Bancor Hashgraph/Swirlds Stream ZenCash What Comes Next This year is set to be the year where the entire altcoin market gets mainstream attention, and more people start to invest in the tokens and technologies who are competing in the World stage. We will see scalability solutions rise, system congestion make and break coins and privacy become more important than ever. With the fast-growing crypto Universe expanding, what s most important is that you get as educated as possible about these technologies, coins, and teams creating them. 13

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