Nxt rebounded slightly to ~6000 satoshis in quiet trading, and Supernet's trading at Bter was quiet too. As volume drooped, UNITY settled into a wide range centered at 0.017 BTC. The Nxt community's wait for the new
Monetary System to kick in at block 330'000 has stolen a lot of the thunder from Supernet.
The trading was fairly brisk in the Nxt AE, but unfortunately all but one of the trades today (Eastern time) were Sells at the bid. That selling pressure was enough to keep Supernet in the low 280s in that market, even scraping along at 280 tonight before dipping slightly below. That pressure exhausted the bids in that region except for one that was recently placed a smidgen below the current high ask. Below it, the buybook thins out until the low 270s. Following the pressure, the low ask slipped downwards today too.
As I write this report, that low ask is at 289.9799 and the low bid is at 288.88. Acordingly, I'm leaving my overnight orderpair for NFDSupeNet in the NFD AE as follows: 8610 NFD offer, 8600 NFD buyback bid.
If I had to sum up today's market action in one word, it would be "bored." The selling was almost unanimous, but the buybook accommodated the sellers handily. There's no sign of capitulation, nor does anyone seem to be anticipating it by placing a huge lowball bid. A day of waiting for something to happen, when nothing did.
Or maybe the better word is "distracted." The
Nxt Monetary System is being unveiled as of block 330'000, and some punters might be prepared to snap up some pricey but premium names for new inside-Nxt currencies. (How long do you think it'll be before the symbols "BTC" & "USD" are snapped up?) That unveiling might not be the only distraction, though.
GEMZ, a Counterparty asset for a new cryptocurrency-enabled mobile chat app that's had a huge pre-sale and a lot of press, starts trading on Bter tomorrow when its presale tokens become withdrawable from Koinify. Given the amount of press it's received, GEMZ is going to be a big-volume coin on Bter.
Because the Supernet team is concentrating on the under-the-hood nitty-gritty, there hasn't been much news for it lately - so it's not surprising that punters would get distracted. Moreover, its price has been fairly stable with a normally liquid market in the Nxt AE so it makes for a good source of ready Nxt. If it's the upcoming "New Land Frontier Stampede" that's prompted today's selling, then the buybook will thicken up once again as the ones who missed out on the best properties come back to good ol' Supernet.
We'll find out after Block 330'000.
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P.S. / N.B.: The Monetary System involves a hard fork. If you haven't upgraded your Nxt wallet to 1.4.7,
please do so. After block 330'000, 1.3.x and earlier wallets will no longer hook up to the network - so
please upgrade if you haven't yet.]