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legendary
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January 04, 2015, 05:05:07 AM
#26
Well this doesn't surprise me. It's the traders and market manipulation mostly.
Who would sell their Bitcoin so low?

A merchant which believes in Bitcoin won't be bothered by these price changes, they will probably keep their coins.
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January 04, 2015, 05:03:33 AM
#25
This is really not good development for Bitcoin.
If merchants see how unstable value of bitcoin is, I don't think they will accept btc as way of payment.
Who will want to accept bitcoin as payment and loose money because value of bitcoin went down?
I'm afraid that it will be very hard to inspire ''big merchants'' to accept bitcoin in the future, if btc remain unstable.


I understand and agree with the core of your point, but this also goes both ways...

If i buy a flat screen TV from Overstock and pay with BTC today, then the price shoots up passed $300 again next week, Overstock just made a nice little unexpected increase of margin.

It seems people always talk about the negative effects of BTC price drops on large retailers and never focus on the flip side.
I think if anything, huge price swings hurt small retailers more.Overstock can handle payment fluctuation much easier than Al's auto garage.

We need the smaller guys (the mom n pop stores) to accept bitcoin, for it to truly organically grow into massive public adoption.
legendary
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January 04, 2015, 04:38:44 AM
#24
This is really not good development for Bitcoin.
If merchants see how unstable value of bitcoin is, I don't think they will accept btc as way of payment.
Who will want to accept bitcoin as payment and loose money because value of bitcoin went down?
I'm afraid that it will be very hard to inspire ''big merchants'' to accept bitcoin in the future, if btc remain unstable.
legendary
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January 04, 2015, 04:34:30 AM
#23
This is what happens when big companies accept bitcoin they dump them instantly and price goes down then i dont blame them because they cant purchase there raw resources via btc. If Bitcoin wants to succeed as we wish then we need raw producers to accept the bitcoins basically everything could be bought via btc is the best scenario for bitcoin.

The reason they are selling is because of it's volatility. Why would any companies hold BTC if they stand to lose profits by holding the coin? $ is a much safer option for them.
legendary
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January 04, 2015, 04:32:11 AM
#22
This is what happens when big companies accept bitcoin they dump them instantly and price goes down then i dont blame them because they cant purchase there raw resources via btc. If Bitcoin wants to succeed as we wish then we need raw producers to accept the bitcoins basically everything could be bought via btc is the best scenario for bitcoin.
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January 04, 2015, 04:11:48 AM
#21
oh come on, just relax, bitcoin is like a capacitor that holds potential profit, which charges as prices drop. you just need to predict when it will be discharged
legendary
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January 04, 2015, 03:55:47 AM
#20
Crypto / Exchange Market Capitalization increase for the year is still gigantic

your witnessing very fine manipulation moves here



No, the manipulation was the willybot, this is correction.

no one is selling btc at 280

its just numbers on the exchanges at this point in time

What do you mean? There's no selling pressure?
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January 04, 2015, 03:42:13 AM
#19
Crypto / Exchange Market Capitalization increase for the year is still gigantic

your witnessing very fine manipulation moves here



No, the manipulation was the willybot, this is correction.

no one is selling btc at 280

its just numbers on the exchanges at this point in time

People can buy a BitCoin on localbitcoins for ~$282, which is pretty much the same thing
legendary
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January 04, 2015, 03:07:12 AM
#18
Crypto / Exchange Market Capitalization increase for the year is still gigantic

your witnessing very fine manipulation moves here



No, the manipulation was the willybot, this is correction.

no one is selling btc at 280

its just numbers on the exchanges at this point in time
legendary
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January 04, 2015, 03:01:49 AM
#17
What did you expect? Loads of people buying Xmas gifts and paying for holidays....

Short term price watching, will cloud your judgement.... look long term.... this will remedy itself soon.  Wink
legendary
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January 04, 2015, 02:52:24 AM
#16
Crypto / Exchange Market Capitalization increase for the year is still gigantic

your witnessing very fine manipulation moves here

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January 04, 2015, 02:04:18 AM
#15
Currently at $280. I was looking at my wallet, and did a triple take when I saw the different conversion approximation. Damn, this was not a good day
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January 04, 2015, 01:35:11 AM
#14
yeah Im trying to decide if I want to buy some more bitcoin at these lvls or wait. I really thought it would get support around 300$ and shoot back up to 400$ but so far just more selling pressure
Buy at floor, sell at ceiling... if only one knew where these were located...
$300 was he floor for several months. Now that it has breached the $300 level I would say that it will probably end up falling to at least the $250 level if not lower over the short term
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January 04, 2015, 01:08:31 AM
#13
Was expecting it to dip below $300, to be honest. Might start slowing down around the $250 mark.
legendary
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January 04, 2015, 01:03:54 AM
#12
Ouch, 279 a coin currently.

Hopefully it will stabilize and go up soon, it's been dropping all day. Great way to celebrate the birthday of Bitcoin  Tongue

The best thing to do for the Bitcoin economy is to buy stuff from merchants who won't immediatly dump their coins for fiat.
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January 04, 2015, 12:36:12 AM
#11
yeah Im trying to decide if I want to buy some more bitcoin at these lvls or wait. I really thought it would get support around 300$ and shoot back up to 400$ but so far just more selling pressure
Buy at floor, sell at ceiling... if only one knew where these were located...
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January 04, 2015, 12:33:50 AM
#10
yeah Im trying to decide if I want to buy some more bitcoin at these lvls or wait. I really thought it would get support around 300$ and shoot back up to 400$ but so far just more selling pressure
newbie
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January 03, 2015, 10:50:01 PM
#9
bitcoin and paycoin has one thing in common: the bottom/floor Roll Eyes
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January 03, 2015, 10:46:29 PM
#8
Without new comers, the price will continue to fall.
legendary
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January 03, 2015, 10:34:11 PM
#7
The issue with the price crash is that it is not caused only by the mining part. There are traders who leverage their position to sell bitcoin in order for fast gain. Technically they can sell with money they don't own. Don't worry, eventually they will need to buy back and hopefully we can see a recovery taking place.

Definitely a big reason why. Shorters are making $$.

There will have to be a bottom soon though
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