We missed the ETH train.

[jubalix]

what other coins have reached the $1B mark? ripple? LTC?

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[BlindMayorBitcorn]

Maybe it ain't finished bubbling yet. I'd say there are a lot of questions. I'd personally like to know where all this money is coming from.

I'll narrow it down for you.

It's either Bob Surplus or Mario Draghi 

It can't be Bob. We go way back. He would have told me.

[thms]

Not missed yet, don't forget that bitcoin was also $14 at one time and at that time people also thought that it would be impossible to go higher.

[Bobsurplus]

Maybe it ain't finished bubbling yet. I'd say there are a lot of questions. I'd personally like to know where all this money is coming from.

I'll narrow it down for you.

It's either Bob Surplus or Mario Draghi 

LOL, im fucking flattered, but I have not even close to the amount of money needed for this kinda shit....
I'll tell you what's likely and very possible though...
The eth team themselves are pumping this.....
Think about it, the sold out all their 15M in btc well above the $500 range, bought back during the $200-$300 range bottom, and are using all them btc to pump the shit outa eth now.

[toknormal]

Not missed yet, don't forget that bitcoin was also $14 at one time and at that time people also thought that it would be impossible to go higher.

Well it did go higher (and then went lower), but not 17x gain in 4 weeks  

Missed or not, it's suicidal to buy into this now. Markets behave like this when someone's playing with them.

[Bobsurplus]

Not missed yet, don't forget that bitcoin was also $14 at one time and at that time people also thought that it would be impossible to go higher.

Well it did go higher (and then went lower), but not 17x gain in 4 weeks  

Missed or not, it's suicidal to buy into this now. Markets behave like this when someone's playing with them.

Im buying now, but holding for the long term, I'll buy more as it comes down, and but more as it rises, truthfully, I think eth has a good chance of being a real problem for bitcoin and its value.
But I wont sell all my btc for eth, just some because surely btc is not done yet.

[toknormal]

The eth team themselves are pumping this.....
Think about it, the sold out all their 15M in btc well above the $500 range, bought back during the $200-$300 range bottom, and are using all them btc to pump the shit outa eth now.

But would'nt that be a bit short sighted of them ? All they'll do is totally toxify the asset.

It did occur to me that someone was planning exactly that - pump it to high heaven and then dump it to death, but I wouldn't have thought the team themselves would want to do that. More like a bank that had something to loose from its success (or crypto's in general).

[toknormal]

Im buying now, but holding for the long term, I'll buy more as it comes down, and but more as it rises, truthfully, I think eth has a good chance of being a real problem for bitcoin and its value.
But I wont sell all my btc for eth, just some because surely btc is not done yet.

Good luck. I've still got some in (about a quarter of my original stash) but I'm not buying. The emission is phenomenal. Even if it held its current marketcap, the price would have to tank by about 20%-30%. The finale is Monday - thats when the big launch is. Watch out for the news being sold.

[Bobsurplus]

Im buying now, but holding for the long term, I'll buy more as it comes down, and but more as it rises, truthfully, I think eth has a good chance of being a real problem for bitcoin and its value.
But I wont sell all my btc for eth, just some because surely btc is not done yet.

Good luck. I've still got some in (about a quarter of my original stash) but I'm not buying. The emission is phenomenal. Even if it held its current marketcap, the price would have to tank by about 20%-30%. The finale is Monday - thats when the big launch is. Watch out for the news being sold.

Truthfully, I hope to sell the top and buy back lower but I dont think monday is the day.... If you read the finnex post you'll notice that the wording is indicative of more pumpage needed to lock down margin trading on finnex.

I think we have more like 10-20 days or so till this bubble pops. Not monday though. Needs time to build the books on finnex and get the trading volume up.

[Kronenberg]

Not missed yet, don't forget that bitcoin was also $14 at one time and at that time people also thought that it would be impossible to go higher.

Well it did go higher (and then went lower), but not 17x gain in 4 weeks  

Missed or not, it's suicidal to buy into this now. Markets behave like this when someone's playing with them.

Im buying now, but holding for the long term, I'll buy more as it comes down, and but more as it rises, truthfully, I think eth has a good chance of being a real problem for bitcoin and its value.
But I wont sell all my btc for eth, just some because surely btc is not done yet.

I am Lord of the light against the darkness of the Bob and will always try and bring him down every chance I get. In this case he does not speak with forked tongue. Only fools would miss the chance to buy in to ETH now. There are many fools on this forum posting from 2011 who even back then didn't buy in to BTC. They punish themselves daily by still posting here carrying that heavy load of regret on their shoulders. Don't be one of them.

[Bobsurplus]

Not missed yet, don't forget that bitcoin was also $14 at one time and at that time people also thought that it would be impossible to go higher.

Well it did go higher (and then went lower), but not 17x gain in 4 weeks  

Missed or not, it's suicidal to buy into this now. Markets behave like this when someone's playing with them.

Im buying now, but holding for the long term, I'll buy more as it comes down, and but more as it rises, truthfully, I think eth has a good chance of being a real problem for bitcoin and its value.
But I wont sell all my btc for eth, just some because surely btc is not done yet.

I am Lord of the light against the darkness of the Bob and will always try and bring him down every chance I get. In this case he does not speak with forked tongue. Only fools would miss the chance to buy in to ETH now. There are many fools on this forum posting from 2011 who even back then didn't buy in to BTC. They punish themselves daily by still posting here carrying that heavy load of regret on their shoulders. Don't be one of them.

Oh hey emmit!! How's it hanging?

[kanazawa]

This can't be a "natural" movement, today in the morning there was less than a half of the volume in Poloniex and the price was ~0.026... now in a matter of hours it became +18% worth... c'mon, Bitcoin had some moments of up and down but not like this... everytime it was moved by some fact widely reported... this ETH pumps are getting shameful. I like ETH and I bought a lof of them (100) in January, but it's becoming clearly that something or someone behind curtains is/are moving the currency from a "place" (or a "level") to "another" artificialy. This is not good at all.

[Bobsurplus]

This can't be a "natural" movement, today in the morning there was less than a half of the volume in Poloniex and the price was ~0.026... now in a matter of hours it became +18% worth... c'mon, Bitcoin had some moments of up and down but not like this... everytime it was moved by some fact widely reported... this ETH pumps are getting shameful. I like ETH and I bought a lof of them (100) in January, but it's becoming clearly that something or someone behind curtains is/are moving the currency from a "place" (or a "level") to "another" artificialy. This is not good at all.

sell now bro, thats what the MM want you to do, so they can get your coin and bring it to 0.1

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

This can't be a "natural" movement, today in the morning there was less than a half of the volume in Poloniex and the price was ~0.026... now in a matter of hours it became +18% worth... c'mon, Bitcoin had some moments of up and down but not like this... everytime it was moved by some fact widely reported... this ETH pumps are getting shameful. I like ETH and I bought a lof of them (100) in January, but it's becoming clearly that something or someone behind curtains is/are moving the currency from a "place" (or a "level") to "another" artificialy. This is not good at all.

sell now bro, thats what the MM want you to do, so they can get your coin and bring it to 0.1

Bob, you're our resident pump and dump expert. What are the mechanics of this thing? How much money was involved? Who were the big players?

[Bobsurplus]

This can't be a "natural" movement, today in the morning there was less than a half of the volume in Poloniex and the price was ~0.026... now in a matter of hours it became +18% worth... c'mon, Bitcoin had some moments of up and down but not like this... everytime it was moved by some fact widely reported... this ETH pumps are getting shameful. I like ETH and I bought a lof of them (100) in January, but it's becoming clearly that something or someone behind curtains is/are moving the currency from a "place" (or a "level") to "another" artificialy. This is not good at all.

sell now bro, thats what the MM want you to do, so they can get your coin and bring it to 0.1

Bob, you're our resident pump and dump expert. What are the mechanics of this thing? How much money was involved? Who were the big players?

lol, I wish i knew. All I know is a lot of money is involved and the players are huge.

[kanazawa]

'Course, I already sold it... I don't believe this kinda thing is a natural movement. And if it can be so manipulated as it seems now, I quit and feel lot better than participating this non-sense "stuff" of pump and dump. I definitely believe that only acceptance can make a currency strong or even "real". All th other things (to me) looks like some sort of "scam" or a p.a.d situation. If I'm wrong, f*** that, I paid little money is this sh** two months ago... I'm looking into dapp and nothing has changed, there are tons of good "future" projects, but this fuel project running in germany is not sufficient to keep ETH in a pedestal like many people are doing. Etherium has it's own potential, but I know the BTC blockchain very well and I know it's very, very powerful to be affected by some non-sustainable currency, or a newborn "coin".

edit: in 5 minutes, ETH volumes changed from ~72K to 67K... look at the size of transactions that are been made from a side to another in a blink, what's that mean? Not even the craziest gambling thing, neither some surrealistic project can make people change tons of money to one side then return to another so quick... like a user here said in this thread, they "Just want to make money", and f*** the whole system. It's a pity! ETH s cool, but some guys are outraging it.

[mrcashking]

The eth team themselves are pumping this.....
Think about it, the sold out all their 15M in btc well above the $500 range, bought back during the $200-$300 range bottom, and are using all them btc to pump the shit outa eth now.

That is just made up conspiracy and more likely with sentiments as base & for that to happen they must be involved in the bitcoin pump as well ? However, I too think there are not many people with that amount of money and the one big exchange is doing as it should.Could be wrong though.

[K210]

Ether is dead.

[d5000]

There are lots of altcoins that had a sharp price increase in the past. ETH is not the first one.

If you compare the initial price of ETH and that of some other altcoins (PPC, for example), profit for ETH holders is still far from the values obtained investing in these other cryptocurrencies. Eth hit a low of 0.002x BTC shortly after release, and is now approaching 0.04 (about 15-20x). A good profit, but many altcoins had more.

[sinner]

what other coins have reached the $1B mark? ripple? LTC?

LTC, yes--it YOLO'ed during bitcoin's biggest bubble thanks to China!
Ripple--I don't think so, although it actually surpassed bitcoin's market cap in 2012, though given their distribution, it was meaningless.