New to Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin and Steem)

Hey Steemians,
I'm thrilled at the prospect of getting to trade ideas for steemit here. I loosely followed the rise of Bitcoin, but I must admit I lost track of it over the last few years, not noticing it's value had increased so incredibly until it had reached over 4k per coin. I just joined the Dollar Vigilante and wondered if anyone had any experience with their advice.

I feel kind of overwhelmed with the amount of information out there about cryptocurrency, so I'll just throw up a few things I've read and look for your advice in the comments.

Here's an article about how Australia is following Japan in regulating Bitcoin:
https://www.ft.com/content/4cd5cc3c-8309-11e7-a4ce-15b2513cb3ff

Maple Trade is whigging out about a pile of institutional $$$ that is going to be flooding the Bitcoin market...

Also I watched "Banking on Bitcoin" today on Netflix. It really got me excited. I highly recommend it for a solid documentary on Bitcoin and the birth of Blockchain.