Well, what a ride. Good to see some nice volume and rise. However, my advice as usual: Don't get too excited
I was wondering the whole time who invested such a big amount in BURST since there are no really big news.
Don't get me wrong, I really like this coin in every aspect, but you have to be realistic.
There is currently no REAL use for BURST (the same applies to nearly every other alt-coin) other than just having it.
So why the extreme rise? It's either pump & dump, or (just a wild guess) someone uses BURST for 'money laundering'.
While I agree that it would be nice to see a higher price for BURST, I watch the numbers closely, and these are my observations:
1. 41.41 % of all BURST coins that have ever been mined are currently sitting on Poloniex. Thats over 650 million BURST coins! They are most likely not all meant to be sold, but who knows.
2. 4.39 % of all BURST coins are currently stored @ Bittrex. Thats around 68 million.
That means nearly half of all coins are on an exchange, with the possibility of being sold on the market. ~720 million BURST coins.
3. While the amount of BURST coins placed in sell orders are getting more and more (currently 230 million), I noticed that the bitcoins placed in buy orders are getting less and less. Today around 150 BTC disappeared (read were pulled out) and currently there are buy orders for ~260 BTC (this was ~320 BTC a few hours ago). So it's safe to say that
for the moment it looks like that demand is lower than BURST coins that can be acquired.
4. There are a lot of 'artificial' buy orders. You can easily spot them most of the time, sometimes it's not so obvious. A good indicator is always a big buy order which is placed a few satoshi below the current highest bid. As soon as the price goes down, this buy order gets deleted, and replaced a little lower. So the intention is most likely not to buy the coins, but to make it look like there is a big demand.
What does that mean? Well, everyone has to make their own mind, but as much as I wish that the price explodes, I currently think that this was just a short term pump (followed by a dump). Therefore, especially people who are new to crypto trading: Always only invest what you are willing to lose. Never catch a falling knife. And never get emotional. Try to think about your investments.
Especially when a coin makes 300%+ in a short period of time (check the charts) be aware that it might just be a big player who wants to make some bucks.
I for myself sold a big potion of my coins during the rise, and made a pretty nice profit since I bought a big amount of my coins at the end of last year for 18 satoshi
I still think that BURST has one of the best algorithm of all crypto coins, and the guys managing this coin are doing a fantastic job (I just hope you also sold a few coins near peak to finally get paid for your work).
And I will definitely buy in again, should the price go down a little more. If I'm wrong and it will explode even more, there will also be a new chance.
tl;dr: use your brain when investing, and may everyone be happy in the end.
Long live BURST