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Crypto-currencies have lost 30% of their value in the last 3 weeks

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Re: Crypto-currencies have lost 30% of their value in the last 3 weeks

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Any speculations on why this is happening, and whether/how much they will grow in the near future ?

1st of aug there is a fork (maybe) which makes people very nervous. Most people I know sold off because of that (and not understanding what stuff means as in ; all crypto is the same and this sounds dangerous!). And correction which was needed anyway. I'll be buying.

Re: Crypto-currencies have lost 30% of their value in the last 3 weeks

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For now it's just a rather small correction, keeping in mind how much they had gone up in the last 60 months. On the other hand, the uncertainty with Bitcoin's Segwit activation, possible chain split etc won't help in the next few weeks including August. It could make the bubble pop... or not. What's weird is that coins that have already adopted SegWit, like Litecoin, seem to suffer even more than BTC during the dips…

30% is not a small correction. Per definition, anything that is down more than 20% is in a bear market.

Maybe in normal markets. In the cracked out world of cryptocurrency it's just another day of trading.

Re: Crypto-currencies have lost 30% of their value in the last 3 weeks

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post #23

Does this include all of the altcoins built on top of ethereum? For example, BAT adds another $90million of value that isn't represented strictly by looking at the ethereum market cap[0]. [0] https://coinmarketcap.com/assets/basic-attention-token/

I'm not familiar with what "built on top of" means in this case, as it pertains to overall cryptocurrency value. Is it additional, actual coin with tradable value? Is it a derivative? Can someone describe in comparison to traditional means what this is?

Re: Crypto-currencies have lost 30% of their value in the last 3 weeks

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Hopefully everyone looses confidence in mining and I can start buying cheap used GPUs.

Is it a good idea to buy GPU from mining farm? Surely it was overclocked and in bad thermal condition, so it could barely survive. I think, electronic circuits degrade in those circumstances, so this GPU won't last long.

I think he might be talking about for non crypto-currency usage. Like, I dunno, graphics.

Re: Crypto-currencies have lost 30% of their value in the last 3 weeks

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post #3

For now it's just a rather small correction, keeping in mind how much they had gone up in the last 60 months. On the other hand, the uncertainty with Bitcoin's Segwit activation, possible chain split etc won't help in the next few weeks including August. It could make the bubble pop... or not. What's weird is that coins that have already adopted SegWit, like Litecoin, seem to suffer even more than BTC during the dips…

30% is not a small correction. Per definition, anything that is down more than 20% is in a bear market.

Over a two-month period, usually. If the price shoots up from here (and that would be pretty normal for btc, etc), then it was just a correction. It could also drop another 50% from here. cryptocurrency markets are nuts.

Re: Crypto-currencies have lost 30% of their value in the last 3 weeks

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post #26

Looks like it's Ethereum and Ripple which are falling, no? Bitcoin is pretty stable, Litecoin has been climbing, didn't check the others.

Bitcoin is down over 20% from its high a month ago. Not exactly steady, but weathering a bit better.
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