I´m pretty optimistic that 150$ will hold by the end of the year absent of any flash crash.
Back to the good ole bearish, Fonzie... You must have sold...
Hopefully, you are NOT going to get burned by your decision.
I still have some that are on their way for real life use to SR which can take up to 20h. Hopefully Bitcoin will not drop below 300$ in the next 36 hours. Otherwise the amount of solid LSD coins will be much less that what i have planed. I´m also pretty worried that some of the SR vendors will pause their activities after the last weeks, it must really suck for them to lose up to 5-10% of their profit after a deal has taken part . Too bad for them that they can´t use Bitpay
Bitcoin is destroying lives!!!!!!!!!!!
A lot of them will probably end with a hammer smashed face if they are trying to tell their wholesaler that they can´t pay him because BTC crashed. Of course only if the wholesaler is NOT a Bitcoin believer....
Surely there are BTC related businesses on the margins and there are people that live pay check to pay check, but overall any business dealing with BTC will have to factor in BTC volatility, and if they were overly bullish in their anticipations about BTC and/or living too much on the edge or taking too many risks with BTC prices, then maybe their business will have to fail.
A lot of businesses are likely to fail in bitcoin (just like any other new technology or new field) because new developing businesses take a lot of risks and frequently make the wrong predictions and/or take the wrong precautionary measures.. and sometimes that is part of the gamble with any new business that has a very high potential upside that you gotta be able to ride through the dips.... and to be prepared for such... which is easier said than done. Even very successful people get these kinds of calculations wrong.
NOW, whether this BTC baby is going to $375 or $350 or $300 that is another story. I recognize that you and Mmitech are probably talking your books as if the BTC downtrend is inevitable - but each of us should understand by now that anything is possible in BTC-landia. I can see dipping below $400 and even potentially BTC prices going down into the $350s, but I have a hard time seeing lower than $350 prices... without a considerable amount of volume and maybe even surprise that there are that many coins for sale or that many who are willing to allow BTC prices to fall.
Certainly, my vision does NOT mean that a downfall below $350 will NOT happen - because certainly, in June-ish, I was of the belief with a considerable amount of confidence that BTC prices were on their way up when prices were in the upper $500s and into the $600s - but that upward rocket did NOT pan out. Maybe even you jumped on board at that time, and then you jumped off and then you jumped on and now you appear to be off again.. good luck with those flip flops
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Some venders do NOT mind taking their chances to hold BTC.. especially if they are bullish in the long-term... Surely it depends upon their need to convert to cash in order to pay bills, which can be a real world concern. I would imagine that the various venders on SR take steps to protect themselves from some of the volatility (but you are correct that some venders may be hurt by such BTC volatility, from time to time).