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I have seen few post in the forum again which is portraying Bitcoin price in negative lights again and some are predicting Bitcoin will go below $40k, it's creating panic and sense of fear amongst the inexperienced users which may lead to panic selling. I would urge all to make as much educational post on Bitcoin as possible to keep the newbies and other users away from fuds and also to make them understand that Bitcoin is a technology and not a gambling where they can double their money anytime. It's decentralised and fluctuations will always be there and we need to adopt to it instead of cashing out by losing out on capital investment.

FUD and other such negative portrayal of bitcoin on the internet and every other media is a common occurrence whenever the price is going down. Perhaps, this is those FUDsters way of making money, since if they keep on doing this and people believed what they're saying, they could enter a rather cheap price and just wait for the bullish movement to come. Then again, people have learned that bitcoin isn't really a cryptocurrency that can easily be brought down. They can just wait the negative price action to subside and weather the storm.

Don't be surprise about those fuds occuring since this is normal in this space and mostly that happens when certain people want to move the market also if there's tragic happening since many people influence the feeling of the people especially when they are scared on certain situation occuring. Maybe if you think the fud is certain not possible to happen better verify since we are the one who's gonna lose here if we try to believe all the fuds spreading.

I've got your point OP and you're right, we shouldn't help those FUDster that continue spreading lies and negative news and it shouldn't discuss it here instead.  However, I liked those people who can draw a conclusion about technical analysis that can help those inexperienced (newbies) to understand the current situation and Bitcoin price has a nature of fluctuation and this is common that the price will go up and down.

One of those good examples topic that can motivate newbies not to lead in a panic selling and help them not to cut their losses at an early stage.
Reasons why I prefer Bitcoin over any other assets and dips don't panic me.... (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5375489.0) (more thread like this please)

The thing is you also create a new thread with FUDs on your title, you're no different with those people who're spreading FUDs in this forum.

I don't blame those people who cashing out their Bitcoin in lose, we're know on market there's will be people who lose and people who profit. I've bought another dip on $46K and $47K, previously I also sell some on $65K. Don't be greedy, you should know when you need to take profit when you feel the profit is make you satisfied.

I'm afraid you cannot actually eliminate FUD, negative comments, other criticisms against Bitcoin. There are just so many reasons why they are there in the first place. For one, some parties are interested to intentionally pull down Bitcoin's price so that they could stack more Bitcoin from cheap offers. Others are simply threatened by Bitcoin's existence that's why they are bad-mouthing Bitcoin. There are also others who are simply not informed about what Bitcoin really is and that they can only speak of Bitcoin as far as half-baked social media information is concerned.

Don't be surprised though, people are going to create FUD whether we are in a bullish and bearish trend. And you have to understand where they are coming from, (a) investors who want to see the price goes down so that they can buy cheap BTC (b) perma bears (c) perma bears on the front, but from behind, they are secretly buying BTC (d) those who just want to destroy BTC no matter what. But if you are a wise investors, then you know when to take advantage when the price dip or when to listen or not to his FUDs.

There will always be fud no matter what happens, even if BTC goes more than $100K soon. The media will always publish anything bad about BTC.

There is a good side of these fuds though because it's a shake-off against the short-term holders who have no interest in sticking to gain BTC but gain on fiat. They are like those institutional traders who are there to make USD in a short period of time and don't contribute to the network.

Why do they not fud against US dollar?

It is not good if you see the CPI of USA (https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm) and Currency in Circulation (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CURRCIR) that has 40% increase in last 2 years

End the fud against Bitcoin (https://endthefud.org/) and fill your wallet with more Bitcoin.

I am not surprised if there will be some people in the Bitcoin and crypto industry who might be resorting to unfounded FUDs so as to sow fear and panic among those who failed to see the very history of Bitcoin...the same thing happening now also happened in the past and unfortunately those who succumbed to panic selling ended up shaking their heads in disbelief why they entertained those ideas. We are in the holidays right now and in many times (though not all) this period can be weak for this industry as many people are not focusing on crypto but something else.

Why should you panic and have a sense of fear?
I think you should learn to control your emotion while seeing FUD because that is their job and we should not get the effect from that.
After all, when bitcoin is really down deeper, that will be our chance to buy more and not have to worry about them.
We can not stop FUD but we can anticipate them, at least for ourselves, to use the advantage from the current situation.

As usual these FUDs never stop even this year is coming to an end and people yet again and again fall for this non-sense act just to bring price down for their own benefits. I am not surprised because people behind this will surely just want to make a profit and buy low afterwards. The best for it just to hold strong and eventually the FUD will just go away.

We can't really do something about that. That was part of Bitcoin's ecosystem since then. It's up for the people if they will buy those FUD and negative news pointing to bitcoin. After all, we as a crypto-enthusiast should know already what's right or wrong.

In a positive way, even there are lots of FUDs created since then, Bitcoin just directly goes upward. No FUD can destroy Bitcoin's momentum in the long run. Even after a bloodied market, Bitcoin is proven to rise up carrying also other altcoins upwards.

Just that many newbies do not know much, newbies on this forum have already known FUD, panic and bear market but many more others do not know. I am expecting many of them to sell and lose instead to just hold watch the market fall and rise again to gain which is what has always be happening. Also some people can be blaming their friends that it is friend hat caused him not to sell at the right time. I have tryid my best to let my friends know how bitcoin price is but never told them not to sell though but clearly understandable that I am telling them indirectly not to sell because of bear market but to invest more as the market falls the more. It is clear that happy will be the ending.

Fuds and negative things about Bitcoin and even about other top altcoins will always exist and we can't control it. However, if ever Bitcoin drops to $40K I don't think that it's something to panic about because that's part of its volatility. If we'll look back at the previous value of Bitcoin we could see how it improved and developed to reach its current price. As for me, too much Fud doesn't deserve our attention.

When you invest for the long term, and more for the intrinsic properties of Bitcoin than for the potential revaluation, FUD affects you little. Obviously, potential revaluation is an important aspect, but it is a consequence of what the Bitcoin is, and over the long term, short term swings become small bumps in a clearly ascending line.

What we cannot avoid is that most people trade and for them the most important thing is the potential appreciation and not so much its intrinsic properties. They are people who react to FUD and sell or buy because of FOMO.

The best thing to do is to think of yourself as a train that has a destination, and that no matter the stops and bumps, you just go on your way.

Because if they FUD against US dollar, dollar stocks will go down on Wall Street.

That means their own stocks they are holding will go down and there's going to be a huge ruckus.

That's why everyone is quiet even at the increasing dollar inflation rates.

Can't save people who don't want to be saved, I guess.  ::)

Some people just feel good by spreading fud when it's not even necessary and they probably have a very limited idea of what is happening,  unfortunately it is always the inexperienced and the vulnerable that will react to such cheap fud,
I will urge investors, new or old to learn to do their own reading about the current situation in the world in general, read about the progress btc has made so far and compare to previous situations, besides, dips are part of the market, it doesn't stay down forever.

I don't think this thing FUD is new to the system and everyone that is in here as in, the Bitcoin trading space already knows this and I also don't believe that there is any more educational post that will make not only the newbies but including those that are already in the market for some time not to panic sell. Everyone has different emotional control and regardless of what you say or how much you educate, they will still do what they feel. This is normal, we all cannot make it 100% in the market.

Contrary to before, I think FUDs nowadays are not totally creating panic and fear even for inexperienced users. If they are in question, mostly will ask for guidance from experience ones, and their knowledge will now be filled. It's not like before where a simple FUD can make everyone in fear.

People have to be used to seeing and reading these FUDs as even before, there will be always like that whenever Bitcoin is currently in a dip state.

It's bear season so it's really expected to have those. FUD has always been part of Bitcoin and in the cryptocurrency space. Just ignore them. I think there's enough resources and information around the internet for the newbies to read or watch. Bitcoin has been making so much noise for so long that I think people have a general idea that it's a risky investment. The good thing about FUD is that it will remove weak hands and those who doesn't know what they are into. Anyway, Let the chart do the talking once Bitcoin starts pumping again. 

Of course there will always be those who hate Bitcoin, because we can't possibly get everyone in the world to support Bitcoin. Therefore the Bitcoin
haters will usually spread FUD about Bitcoin, with the intention of wanting to stop the development of Bitcoin. But we all know that almost every year
there are FUDs popping up, but the fact that how many FUDs are circulating can't stop Bitcoin. Because many Bitcoin investors are getting smarter
and not affected by the circulating FUD. Therefore Bitcoin continues to grow rapidly, although there are lots of FUDs in circulation. Maybe only newbies
and some inexperienced people are affected, therefore usually the effect of FUD is not long.

Good and bad news always alternate, and it makes the market move, of course we can't deny that.
The OP's idea to teach newbies a lesson that Bitcoin is not a means of gambling is great, but are we capable to teach them en masse outside the forum? I think it takes a tremendous effort to be realized.
Personally i'm introduce Bitcoin to those who ask, not as a gambling tool, but as an electronic investment commodity or an independent digital investment tool outside the traditional banking system.

We can somehow control it though, I mean people just needs to shut up and think rationally, it's that easy. Plus, I don't get how FUDs are still a thing in bitcoin, it's 40k USD and even if it has gone down, that's still a lot of money compared to what it was back in 2009 and there's also this trend that those who spread FUD are those that isn't even in the cryptospace at all.

To tell the truth, FUD has always been a part of the market is just that there were not seen or relevant when the market was in full swing. Compared to now, the FUD is not back but almost like found because many people are digging for it to reassure them of their views and opinions.

FUD is always around. It is only what we decide to do with it that can then have an impact on the market - so act responsibly.

Aren't we already immune from such FUDs! But yes, a large portion of the bitcoin community still believes in media news and  also sometimes the market itself creates concerns among the investors. I think we are standing in a time, where the global markets are going down, money printing machines are busier than ever and bitcoin market is also following the same trend as global market.

But this kind of situations really shows the difference between a gamblers and an investor. For a gambler, it's time to come out of the market and for an investor, it's time to buy in. That's simple!

Could we see a link to the posts that you are referring? I say this because I think there is a difference between FUD and legitimate predictions about the price of bitcoin going down.

After all even if bitcoin is this incredible asset, bitcoin still follow its own market dynamics and its price can go down like any other asset around the world, so if someone predicts that during the short term the price of bitcoin will go down and they present a set of arguments of why they think that is the case then that is not FUD at all in my book.

There are lots of them, soon as bitcoin drops, speculations are scramming left and right. They're not FUD but just speculations. That's pretty normal though, newbies tend to believe it as well some don't. Those who have enough knowledge and solid decision will remain and those who are in doubt will back off and sold off, the normal buy and sell in the market.

It is also sometimes the fault of the newbies.

Whenever the market falls, they're quick in looking for some negative news. Yes, they're looking for any reason just to know why the market has fallen.

In short, they're the ones that look for something to be feared of. But that's part of experience and eventually they'll grow onto this market and soon, if there's another dump, they'll just chill and relax and will be the ones to remind the next newbies to be not worried.

When you are just new into this market then you would really be mainly thinking about this manner but just let them be because sooner or later once they do

gain up experience they would really be realizing and able to ignore those things around whenever new Fuds do come out into the market and find out that

it isn't something special for us to take some attention but actions would really vary depends on your experience.Some are relevant but most of them
are just trying to stir up the market.

Whenever there is a dump in bitcoin prices we see negative sentiments everywhere followed by negative news. Due to this everyone is affected and not only the newbie's investors.
Most people come in crypto trading thinking that they will only see their portfolio grow. This is not the case in reality and they should be prepared for both types of market conditions, bearish and bullish.

Actually, its not bad to think that bitcoin only increases, only if their perspective of it is in long term investment, at least 3 years of holding is not bad.

Well, I guess those you think are fudding maybe doing that from hindsight, giving the happenstances of past years and how price reacted to them. I'm one of those who believe that Bitcoin will get into a bear season in 2022. I'm guaging it from the 2018 data. If what happened in 2017 played out in 2021 as predicted, then I don't see why the dip which has been predicted for 2022 won't come upon us. The same way we accept FOMO should also be the same way we look at FUD. It shouldn't be a one sided optimism. I don't see anything wrong with reading Bitcoin charts objectively and saying it the way it is.

I don't think much about that post as bitcoin is strong enough to lift the price in the future, even if many people out there are still trying to attack bitcoin with the bad news. Only those who don't trust bitcoin will sell their bitcoin because of reading that news, but they will regret it in the end. I am sure we already warn newbies not to sell bitcoin at a downtrend instead of just buying more bitcoin but we can not force them not to panic sell, especially if they lack the information about bitcoin.

FUD ^{Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt} is not just spread by Bitcoin haters, it is also
spread by FUDsters, people who are only targeting "weak hands" and weak hands
are the people who buy when the market is moving up or who buy at the top - $69,000,
and who only see the present and cannot look past the current market value of ~ $48,000.

They are easy targets and the FUDsters prey on them, and try to make them sell ^{at the most inopportune time.}
Threads like this will help because we are all in agreement, its just up to
the weak hands to read.

Why control it? I personally am happy for the FUD to be around for several reasons. The first being that every negative aspect proven wrong or overcome only strengthens the case for Bitcoin, and probably wins over its detractors. The second, no FUD, no bargain prices for me. I know we all wanted 100k BTC by end of the year (I know I did) but the FUD's helped to delay that, which is all the better for people like me still stacking them sats ;)

I guess there's nothing new about it, In every season of the year we can read several posts, and articles telling FUD and negativities about Bitcoin like "saying those and telling this" but still, the market continues to grow, despite all of those negativities that were bombarded on Bitcoin, it remains strong and able to achieves another milestone.

This is honestly something that happens Everytime, sometimes even the experienced users Panic sell during such times, the Volatility of the market is what makes it different than other currencies backed up by something important. The volatility is what makes the market profitable and more alluring for the new investors, therefore this is honestly the right time to invest and put your money in the bitcoins and hold it for the long term, taking the money out does mean that you are not really doing anything but you are just loosing your money and your bitcoins as well. As long as you don't encash you don't loose.

Following up on that, you have to remember that a large part of the media likes to publish themost outrageous things, and in particular, if there is information on that which can be used to agitate a market, that news will be spread all over the place. In fact, some news channels seem to have an agenda which they are trying to prove, such as certain stories about certain problems which are affecting the bitcoin community. When things like that happen, often reporters will take things out of context and mislead people in order to generate interest in their network. However, those who read deeper can easily understand that this "news" is not what it seems at all. The message they send out is often completely distorted and misguided.

But it could be used in a constructive way. In the same way the press may have some information which can be used as a tool for educating people, that could be used in a positive manner as well.

Isn't it quite normal for these FUDs to occur when bitcoin starts gaining traction. Panic selling is what creates dump in the prices.
I would say it's actually good for such dumps to occur occasionally so that others could get an opportunity to buy at lower prices.
Eventually more number of buyers start buying and price goes back to higher levels.
Also, we don't need such FUDs to make educational posts on bitcoin, we should be doing it every now and then so that more number of people are aware of it.

If the author has been familiar with bitcoin and crypto for a long time then it's like a rebroadcast, albeit a little different. I assume it's a journey to reach a new high. I've noticed that since 2015 and it's very precise. So the consensus has agreed on that. The bad news after that has become a habit. In addition, I think people who counter Bitcoin and crypto could be the source of FUD. They want Bitcoin destroyed. Take advantage of FUD for profit, I'm sure you'll take advantage of that.

FUD has always been of bitcoin growth process, no one accurately predicts the top and bottom of bitcoin. JP Morgan CEO in 2017 called it a bubble and it went to as high as $20k forcing the old banker to change his stand about bitcoin. Bitcoin will always humble FUDers. The real people who would be hit are the newbies without enough education of bitcoin.

Panicking is common not only to newbies but impatient investors. We have had cycles of FUD in time past. Bitcoin might likely dip further but patience is key with Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a technology with a promising approach to tackle issues regarding to transaction and finance. With the mindset of knowing why Bitcoin was ever created if the information is properly mentored more holders would emerge

It always happen when bitcoin's price drops and people start to speculate that it will drop more or some negative news.But keep in mind that usually there is no base for their speculations and it just spread FUD,which might make new people who had recently bought to panic sell seeing their portfolio drop therefore causing more drop in bitcoin's price.Every drop you would see these FUDs to spread, just do your own research and see what's really happening.These drops are great opportunities to buy more and just hold.

FUD is nothing new to the game of cryptocurrencies as far as am concerned! By the way I thought spreading fud is a strategy that is used by other players of the markets to force a sell from any weak hands , so that these guys grow their bag...its all part of the game.

And this FUD is not only experienced with cryptos you get to see it alot with fiat too.

Seriously I know lot's of people that have panic and sell there bitcoin already which I told them not to sell but they told me bitcoin will dump more and they will buy back when the price is very low but I told them no matter how much bitcoin will dump am not going to sell am holding it, which most people that I know selling and they are saying they will buy back are newbies and after advising them they don't really want to listen to me so I just have to leave them.

Newbies or inexperienced in this market will be the first to lose their investment because of the FUD. They should have someone who knows how the market works and what they should do if there's a FUD. It's just a simple marketing strategy yet too effective to someone who doesn't have enough knowledge. Fud didn't just started whether the price is in bullish or bearish they oftentimes show in bear trend and you know what's the point of doing all of this? It's because they want to buy the dip and looking for an opportunity to buy the dip and take away the money of  those weak-hands.

FUD is something that is a serious risk for some and a new buying opportunity for others. According to the basic chart of the economy, the value of an asset cannot rise steadily, there are always 4 phases of a successful trade cycle.

1) Depression
2) Recovery
3) Prosperity and
4) Deflation

This is a cycle and you have to overcome "Depression & Deflation". Only experienced traders and investors can overcome the first and last phase and get rewarded maximum. Long story short, "Buy the dip and wait for new ATH".

What's really stupid are the articles in the mainstream media that still assert bitcoin is going to die. I think over time we are seeing less of this, as previous naysayers were left embarrassed, yet still people assert bitcoin will die. The poetic justice here is that these people will miss out on one of the greatest technological and financial revolutions of all time.

sorry but everyone who buys bitcoin should at least take some time to do bitcoin research before buying, this is a must in any investment, so we can't say that people can't post or talk about price drops just because other people went into panic, bitcoin and about freedom, where would freedom be if we were to shut up those who have the opposite opinion?


there is google, there is a sentence of educational posts in this forum, it is not necessary to create more topics about it

The Bitcoin market had been dancing for quite a while now with poor movement that is making inexperienced Investors and traders to panic of sell because they have no idea of how the market works and what they tend to benefits later in the market. We'll need to in form and education newbies not to fall victim of the fud so they would not sell too early.

FUDS are always there, one of the tactics to drag down Bitcoin's price and buy it cheaper. More FUD more Bitcoins for the whales. The only people who doesn't go to panic selling are the people who are investing in bitcoin for how many years and the know the drill already.

FUDs are normal, it's already part in the space, but these newbies will have to learn on their own, they can use different sources, not only this forum. If we feel that FUD is bad then we also have to think that hype without a good basis is bad as well as that would lead newbies to ride the FOMO and panic when FUD comes.

The most important thing is for them to get educated first before they start investing, their wrong beliefs and mindset will cost them a lot of money, not the people spread FUD as we can never stop the FUDDERS.

educate themselves and learn the ropes. don't rely on opinions that you are hearing, check the facts. most people are just spreading fuds for no reason. if you are long enough here, you just ignore these fuds as you know what to do already. but unluckily, this is not true esp for newcomers. they can easily be swayed on what they are reading or hearing. but it will take time before they understand what's going on.

And yes, but they are likely less effective now. I don't see the market showing there is a panic selling happening as per to see that it never drops so badly, it even just stay high.
FUDS and fakes news spread on social media can never be stopped but can be ignored. But of course, we also have to prepare as never know what gonna happen. And to keep our mind positive, these things have no more influence on us, maybe into newbies and doubtful people but not us who have the fate.

personally i think FUDS and FOMO is now a tradition in the crypto space that interprets investors thoughts and attitudes towards market trends, though these features seems to cut across all business or investment platform and it's particularly common with newbie but i think bitcoin is out growing this rapidly, with the chart strength of bitcoin over the years i think investors especially newbies now accept the fact that it has to go down a bit to attain a greater height     

I think that now the good or bad news must influence some people in a sense, but in fact I have learned the following: Good news is that whales want to sell, and bad news is that whales are going to buy, so currently this news Sometimes it is uncertain due to the series of fundamentals that can be presented, the covid -19 represented bad news and therefore the market fell, now with the price in December low, everyone wanted BTC to reach $ 100k, and the Things in the market are not like that, bad news is generated at the least expected moment and while many panic and sell, the most intelligent buy and that is the moment that BTC will rise in price.

We can't stop FUD. A few people always will spread the FUD about Bitcoin. That's the reason why should we have technical knowledge about Bitcoin. Sometimes it's not just a FUD, there is real news as well which we shouldn't ignore at all. Shouldn't we care about each other, any one of us doesn't expect to lose. Sharing true news isn't a bad thing though it creates FUD. Do you think we can stop panic sell? At least I do not believe at all. A few people just become panicked even there is a little negative news which has been leading to huge panic sell and dumps Bitcoin price. But I don't support spreading news without verifying the solid source, that's what spread the FUD.

there are many thread created to counter posts like fud , what we only need to do is bumped those threads and let the fud thread be buried because
 as long as we are commenting on those the chance of being bumped is there.
we only need to let those thread fade and make the good one have a healthy discussions.
we are the one who are helping those FUD has a value , because of our countering their posts by posting on their thread.

Don't worry too much about FUD and people falling for it. Let them learn by themselves through the hardest way they shouldn't trust any news attempting to weak bitcoin in front of investors' eyes.

Try to see this as an opportunity for yourself to buy the dip, always making sure you are in the exactly opposite direction FUDsters are going to.

This way you can't be harmed by their bad actions.

We need to understand that the media is like any other business and as such they need to attract viewers to their own networks, and when the competition is so fierce then the more outrageous their claims and views about a topic the more views they get, as those that think like that will agree with them and those that disagree will try to disprove their claims.

As such it is important to not let that FUD affect us, as a lot of people have sold their coins thinking the market will crash all the way to zero only to be disappointed when that is not the case and the price goes up way beyond their expectations.

Well, it is to be expected that the FUD begins at this time, although I would say that this is a good indication, now if the FUD begins by China it is also an indication that things can improve, every time there is a good FUD I have given myself It assumes that the price of BTC increases enormously, if all this is for the good because there is a lot of FUD, also that the FUD can be a strategy of the whales to cause panic and make weak hands sell BTC so that they can buy cheap, this it is an old but good strategy.

FUD has become a common part of crypto or bitcoin, so there is no need to worry and you just have to look for the truth.
if there is no news with the aim of dropping or weakening bitcoin then bitcoin will be straight and there will be no tests or trials for its users, and ordinary things that often happen to bitcoin will make users more mature in responding to what is happening and not panicking easily.
and if we can think smart about FUD that can lower the price of bitcoin, that's actually our chance to make purchases and grow holdings and hold them because FUDs are temporary.