Not sure why there isn't an ETH speculation thread.
because nobody is speculating about eth, they are either filling the forum with their spam about the moon and replacing bitcoin FUD or they take some time off when there is dumping time and now is the dumping time for the most part
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A lot of people (on Reddit) are saying ETH price will go up in May and that now is a good time to buy ETH to diversify your crypto portfolio.
people say all kinds of crazy things to make more money, they can be positive to hype up and pump the price or negative to spread panic and fill their short positions. and funny part is that market doesn't care about them, they only get newbie victims.
Some of the reasons that will cause the rise are: new members into EEA, ENS, Metropolis (in June).
Are those people only speculating or will really see a huge spike in ETH?
meh, i don't see how any of these can cause a rise, although they can be a good baseline for a pump.
but also remember that ETH has recently been pumped and there hasn't been any major correction yet. and in my opinion this means although there is a chance for a rise but there is even a bigger chance for a dump.