most crypto traders were extremely extremely lucky and have mistaken it for being smart. now that it looks like the luck might turn, they are panicking
Date: February 2nd, 2018 2:55 PM Author: Curious personal credit line
Do you think the panic has ramped up this time around compared to the last few? I just don't see how the sky is falling. We've gone through this a bunch of times already.
Way more coins out there now so the panic levels are higher. Before it was primarily Eth rising and falling, or shitcoins, etc., but not at the same time. Now it's bitcoin and eth and shitcoins all swaying more or less in sync.
Date: February 2nd, 2018 3:08 PM Author: Curious personal credit line
But besides tether, how does the introduction of shitcoins affect anything? I would guess that the overwhelming majority of btc/eth holders have zero shitcoins, and no immediate intention to acquire any. Most of these people couldn't even name more than one or two shitcoins if asked.
It's gone from some 4chan weebos being able to afford an accord to half the fucking internet COPPIN DEM LAMBOOOZZZZ, and the entire country of south korea putting all their money in crypto. The relative size of the market is much larger, and there aren't that many more people to pull in to drive prices up. At this point the majority of people who would invest in something as volatile as crypto know it exists.
Date: February 2nd, 2018 3:01 PM Author: dead soggy twinkling uncleanness
Because before it really was "early days," and there were only a few coins (all of which had reasonably strong fundamentals) that were likely to bounce back. It was rational to hold under those circumstances.
Now we're no longer in "early days"--at least not to nearly the same degree that we were a year ago, as measured by important metrics like market cap, public awareness, temporal proximity to regulation, etc.--and there are also more than 1,500 different coins, the vast vast majority of which are totally worthless and were grossly overinflated in their valuation and will frankly never recover. A lot of people feel in their gut that they're looking into the pit of a looming financial abyss from which there is no return, and most of them are absolutely right to be terrified and should liquidate immediately (even if they do so at a loss).
They aren't actually being "adopted" for anything yet though. The main real-world use case of crypto is still the same as 2012: buying drugs on the internet. Hopefully that will change this year, but who the fuck really knows?
Date: February 2nd, 2018 3:34 PM Author: Concupiscible jewess theater
Most qualified people in the world are working on this with extraordinary financial and personal benefit at stake. Something will happen sooner or later.
Date: February 2nd, 2018 3:12 PM Author: Curious personal credit line
But specifically, how does the fact we might not be in the early days anymore make a difference? Also, feel free to comment on my other question above re: abundant shitcoins affecting btc/eth values.