Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Hard Fork coming May 15
https://www.ccn.com/new-protocol-bitcoin-cash-to-hard-fork-in-may/
With prices as low as they are, these next few days might be a good time to stash up on some BCH for the upcoming hard fork. As of time of writing, BCH is only $608 per coin.
The reason for the fork is for bigger blocks and consequently more volume and faster transactions. Check out the article for more details.