If one was going to initate a massive BTC pump they would buy up a bunch of alts

[spazzdla]

If one has the cash and a plan to do a massive BTC pump they would make a KILLING owning several big alt coins just before it went down..
Just speculating.. a lot of medium / old giant alt coins are jumping in value..  A small "pump" or a large buy up due to a known future..?

[bathrobehero]

Any group who can pump BTC can already make a killing without altcoins. Sure, they could probably make more but it would also take more money to do so.

[G2M]

Nope, they sure wouldn't do it for that.

Long-term manipulation/trading of small volume coins can be done by buying a bunch of alts, in the face of a coming year long downtrend/lateral for BTC where there's very little profit to be had.

They'd lose their shirt if they did what you're saying, because the liquidity would dry up in an instant.

[emelac]

Nope, they sure wouldn't do it for that.

Long-term manipulation/trading of small volume coins can be done by buying a bunch of alts, in the face of a coming year long downtrend/lateral for BTC where there's very little profit to be had.

They'd lose their shirt if they did what you're saying, because the liquidity would dry up in an instant.

+1

Alt coin markets have very little money in them compared to bitcoin. Very few of them even have market caps above $1 million.

[NorrisK]

Nope, they sure wouldn't do it for that.

Long-term manipulation/trading of small volume coins can be done by buying a bunch of alts, in the face of a coming year long downtrend/lateral for BTC where there's very little profit to be had.

They'd lose their shirt if they did what you're saying, because the liquidity would dry up in an instant.

+1

Alt coin markets have very little money in them compared to bitcoin. Very few of them even have market caps above $1 million.

And bitcoin itself is not even too far above the one billion market cap.. What's your point? I don't get it yet.

[G2M]

Nope, they sure wouldn't do it for that.

Long-term manipulation/trading of small volume coins can be done by buying a bunch of alts, in the face of a coming year long downtrend/lateral for BTC where there's very little profit to be had.

They'd lose their shirt if they did what you're saying, because the liquidity would dry up in an instant.

+1

Alt coin markets have very little money in them compared to bitcoin. Very few of them even have market caps above $1 million.

And bitcoin itself is not even too far above the one billion market cap.. What's your point? I don't get it yet.

Pretty sure the implication that a three order of magnitude difference in a variable that's absolutely misleading and based mostly off scant volume, that the possibility of making a profit in the way OP displays is inane.

To lose ten dollars, pump an altcoin. To make 50 cents, hold bitcoin on comparison.