Has anyone noticed that the majority of the altcoin charts are on the downtrend. Even the darling of the altcoin crowd, (ETH) is down from $15.00 to $10.00 in a month. (more or less) Only Bitcoin seems to be on an uptrend, but most altcoins are going down, down, down on my charts. I wonder why?
if you want a case by case basis there are many different reasons for each of these coins, since you named ETH, it was in a bubble and it is bursting and going back down to the bottom of the pit before the next wave of pumps begin.
the main reason is below this:
Have most traders grown tired of buying into altcoins only to find out it's another pump and dump? Perhaps it's the fact that people are wising up to the fact that most altcoins are worthless and will never replace bitcoin. I am beginning to think Bitcoin is like Facebook or Twiter and will never be replaced by any other cryptocoin.
Ideas? Thoughts?
traders (real traders not gullible people who buy with hopes up that their coin replaces bitcoin) are never tired of altcoins and they know from the start what they are getting into, they know "replacing bitcoin" is just an statement used to hype up the price.
the main reason for these drops is that bitcoin is rising
so everyone is cashing out of altcoin market and starting to buy bitcoin in order to not miss out on the rise.