Your email address will not be published. Signing up to Coinbase Pro at the same time is also recommendable, though not strictly necessary, to give you greater control over your sale. You set up a sell order for a specific value and when someone comes along looking to buy at the agreed upon price, the site will alert you that you can move ahead with the transaction. Failing that, you need to either day trade Bitcoins and take advantage of the short-term price volatility, or make an extremely risky long or short bet on the long-term success or demise of the Bitcoin.