This is just a quick dump of facts, not structured. Happy to help more.
Get FIAT into BTC
Then buy ETH with BTC
Quickest way is coinbase. They now take Credit cards but at quite a high rate.
Might be a good time as dipping.
LTC is a slow slow burner. Now BTC has forked there is no competitive advantage of speed.
NEVER keep your money on an exchange long term. Get your coin offline. Even if just paper wallet. You do not own the keys on and an exchanges, so it they go under or get hacked, or FBI'ed, you be f###ed. Think MtGox
Poloniex or Kraken are good exchanges. So is Bittrex for access to moire unusual coins.
Keep your Keys in multiple locations, eg printed in your house, then printed in a relatives house.
There are multiple hard wallets but you don't have to have them. One I am using is the Nano S
ledgerwallet.com
Trezor is another that is highly regarded.
Practice transactions, eg send 5% to your device to test, then send rest after.
I would probably steer away from ICO (Initial Coin Offerings) as generally you are just investing in a startup. There are come crazy gains though if you want.
Buying XRP (Ripple) From the UK
Signup for Poloniex (
https://poloniex.com)
Transfer BTC in
https://poloniex.com/balances#BTC scroll for address
https://poloniex.com/exchange#btc_xrpScroll down and buy based on how many BTC you have or click
https://www.screencast.com/t/cLhtZMZcWatch for pumping and dumping, quite volatile, buy after mini crash maybe
On Poloniex, watch for USD price, not strictly true as is is not 1:1
Check Balance after
https://poloniex.com/transfersIf you decide here is an aff link for two. Cheeky I know.
ledgerwallet.com/r/cc16
coinbase.com/join/57839799a66a1d53730005a6
