Another great decline in the price of Bitcoin as it goes below $8k. The price was around $8600 yesterday and as the price went down it touched as low as $7770 which is almost a $1000 price cut in BTC.
How long do you guys think the decline will continue and how less the price could go ? What might be the reason behind all of this after the statement from MtGox trustee that his selling is not responsible for the decline ?
I guess that we don't really need a reason for the price to decline any more. At least the markets don't seem to need a reason based on development news. Big players are dumping coins, and crashing the market. We all know that in 2017 what we got was mainstream awareness and not adoption, so the markets are still very thin, and easily manipulated. Right now, I think they are preparing themselves for another bull run, because of the release of the LN that should bring adoption along with it.
Just imagine, every bit of "bad news", or something that could be interpreted as bad (like the adds ban by facebook, google and now twitter) are getting followed by a dump. This will keep bringing the price lower and lower, because "money people" know that most retail investors don't have a clue on what bitcoin is, or what it's real price should be. Most of them bought close to the top, and don't have the necessary knowledge to hold their coins because of the current dumps. They are now facing huge sell pressure, and end up selling with a huge loss.
After a big cool down, bitcoin will probably stay stable for a while, until the LN gets fully deployed. By that time, big investor will start buying in again, the price will come up, everyone will start saying that BTC is truly amazing because of this new thing the Lightning Network, that wasn't available before, and that changes everything. The mania will come again, the price will hit new ATH, and the cycle will repeat.
Don't get my words wrong. I think bitcoin is great and I'm a holder. The problem is that most people in the space are in it for the profit, and will just follow the trend. People with money will be able to manipulate bitcoin price, because most investors are not informed, and these cycles will just keep repeating until a real market is built around bitcoin, with people using it on coffee shops and normal daily things (or at least for online shopping and international transactions). Until we get that type of adoption, we will keep seeing these bumps and dumps, and people getting burnt.