Well it's not really price manipulation right now.
We are in a meltdown trend thanks to all the scams of Altcoins.
Mintpal bankruptcy after the wonderful Mt Gox scandal... Poloniex exchange DDoS attacks and also several instances of lost coins. Bittrex selling scam ICO/ITO offerings... Bots... Pump n dump groups... The list keeps going on and on and on...
Dan Metcalf - highly respected cryptocurrency programmer was accused of some pretty hefty things and after reading through all the info, it could quite possibly be legitimate.
Either way after all these downward spiral events, we are at the turning point where people are no longer trusting altcoins due to the greedy few that have truly screwed the system...
There is a long road ahead for Bitcoin, but an even longer road ahead for altcoins. You can see the crash happening, looking at every altcoin. Volume is gone, price is gone, and the downward trend will continue... For how long, who knows.
The few good coins that are legitimate and have a good community, like solarcoin, will survive the storm, but the scar in the system will remain...
The future of altcoins is a giant black cloud right now.... I will continue holding, as I believe SLR will carry on, but in the near future, it's going to be a roller coaster of a ride...
Interesting take... Thanks for that
Mazz, it's the truth of the current stage of altcoins. I read a post somewhere a while back about the "altcoin meltdown". I was a skeptic, now I am a believer... It's happening right now. Too many negative events, new users losing money... The trust factor has been lost. Pump n dump groups soon won't have anything to pump which in the long term will be good for altcoins. Maybe once the pump groups are gone, we can actually see real growth in the real projects, but until then, it's a dark time.
There's no meltdown…more like a shakedown. Fear mongers are everywhere.
There's always problems with exchanges - people who leave their coins on/in exchanges are nuts! Most of these exchanges are average Joe's, so why would you trust them? In-and-out should be everyone's philosophy when using an exchange - get your coins back in your personal wallets / cold storage; at least until a regulated/trusted body gets involved.
There are some dumb/junk coins. It's time some of them went away.
Do your DD when choosing coins, specifically when it comes to the people behind them. This is what attracted me to solarcoin. Solid purpose/goal. Transparency. A charter. A team. A move to incorporation, non-profit. Nick. Educated professionals/volunteers backing/moving the cause.
I don't think programmers should drive the progress of a coin. Solarcoin has a Foundation, that needs to make the decisions. The technology development (blockchain) is the vehicle, but the developers do not drive it….that's just wrong, and too risky. I would be very weary of putting my money in a place that operates like that.
The cream will rise to the top in this space - and there are some great coins that are moving forward. The strong will always survive. I wouldn't sell anything right now. I'm holding strong…and buying where the weak are giving.