Not a fan of XRP. I have my eye on DOT. Idk how I feel about ADA. LINK is the one alt that pumped my portfolio up. Rode her from $12 to current price, could have got in at $5 but there was a shit ton of rumors that they were about to rug pullq back then so I didnt get in. Very upset.
As for taxes......lol....I ain't payin that shit. Just get loans against your btc, APRs are like 1%. Get your cash but you still own your btc. Let your btc rise in value while your loan's cash value stays the same and then drops as you pay it. That way you don't sell and don't have to pay taxes. Note that this really may only be worth it if you have $10k or more in the market. Though I do hear they may tax gains on long-term holds. If that happens, I'm sure most crypto investors and traders will simply move their coins to a wallet that isn't tied to their everyday life so the feds can't get their hands on it (after converting to monero or another privacy coin to obfuscate the blockchain trail, then convert back after the transfer has been made).
I'm familiar with all the money management stuff. I used to trade stocks and commodities (futures actually) so I know about stop losses, take profits and trailing stops. As for your buddies awesome stroke of luck.....I just
got put on to an exchange where shitcoins are mooning and have been all cycle. It's an anonymous DEX and mainly focuses on shitcoins but if you play the game with the Gambler's Theory (I think that's what its called) you could make a fuck ton just buying and holding.
I too use Exodus as my main offchain wallet but I also have imToken and Samurai. I don't use any exchanges since I don't really trade (but that's about the change since I got put on to this underground exchange) so I buy my coins through Cash App. Send to Exodus, and while in exodus I'll convert portions of the btc into whatever other coin or cypto I'd like to invest in that Tokelon offers. It's how I was able to buy ETH without paying any gas fees
Damn bro, I'd be mad af too if I missed out on 250 btc. As for not being able to buy crypto with cash in your country....just use a VPN. Plenty of free ones like ProtonVPN.