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Re: Litecoin and Ethereum buys and sells are temporarily disabled

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Can someone familiar explain why cryptocurrencies aren't a bubble? They both seem to exhibit similar characteristics.

Clearly, are shown by the site here, these aren't nearly as liquid as fiat currencies, nor are they really used to purchase anything.

So... What is it?

EDIT: upon thinking about it, MLM wasn't the term I meant.

Re: Litecoin and Ethereum buys and sells are temporarily disabled

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What is causing the sudden rise in litecoin?

My guess is that the there are a lot of newbies now on Coinbase (#1 app in the Apple AppStore). They are buying the cheapest “bitcoin” without actually understanding what they are buying. This has increased demand for the cheaper of the only three options in Coinbase thus increasing price.

If this* isn't the very definition of a public bubble, I don't know what is :)

* Neophytes buying whatever they can put their hands on, because... mania

Re: Litecoin and Ethereum buys and sells are temporarily disabled

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post #11

Can someone familiar explain why cryptocurrencies aren't a bubble? They both seem to exhibit similar characteristics. Clearly, are shown by the site here, these aren't nearly as liquid as fiat currencies, nor are they really used to purchase anything. So... What is it? EDIT: upon thinking about it, MLM wasn't the term I meant.

Having never been a part of an MLM, I would say the key difference is that there is no obligation to buy product.

Re: Litecoin and Ethereum buys and sells are temporarily disabled

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post #11

Can someone familiar explain why cryptocurrencies aren't a bubble? They both seem to exhibit similar characteristics. Clearly, are shown by the site here, these aren't nearly as liquid as fiat currencies, nor are they really used to purchase anything. So... What is it? EDIT: upon thinking about it, MLM wasn't the term I meant.

They're not a MLM because there isn't the "pyramid" aspect. If I buy bitcoin at $10 and sell it to you at $100, then I don't get a percent of your sales going forward or anything like that. It's a plain old bubble.

Re: Litecoin and Ethereum buys and sells are temporarily disabled

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A lot of emotion with LTC. People are downloading Coinbase and buying LTC simply because it is the cheapest on Coinbase. This is definitely a bubble, really cant deny that anymore. All emotional, non-rational behavior.

Do you have evidence for this or have an idea of how many people have/are doing this?
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