The whole market follows and depends on Bitcoin, thus Bitcoin can't pump unless something new happens. The word on the street is Bitcoin is a dead project. Will BTC death free all the markets or will BTC take down everything with it. Do people really believe that Bitcoin has a demand from institutions with all the manipulation and no adoption going on? How do we get all the norms to demand the supply and get a bull run going again?
I think you are mixing two very different concepts:
- Manipulation / trading
- Real world value
Manipulation is what you get with a "so-small" market, used as a playground by some tired of NASDAQ, so nothing to really worry here, as it will certainly go back up, as it always does since 6-7 years.
Real world value is what Bitcoin, Ethereum, and all other altcoins that are not scams are beggining to have. Like it or not, the blockchain has other uses than markets and virtual uses. It IS useful. The thing to notice here is that it is young, too. So the best is to come. Mass adoption
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