I deal all day every day in bitcoin. Like you, I live in a hispanic country outside the USSA.

Every time Bitcoin gets slow, I stop selling it. They get a huge "Bitcoin is broken right now, can I interest you in some Dash? Or how about some Ethereum?" Let me tell you. There are a lot of new Dash users since then.

One who bought Ethereum now has 5 rigs going..

In Dec. 16 I sold well over 100 leaving only a few bitcoins in my wallet. I bought Dash, Dash went from $9 to $300+ and I am ok with that.