Why the price of Bitcoin going down so fast?

[avikz]

Hi, I was trying to find a reason as to why bitcoin price is going down so rapidly? Google search didn't show any rock-solid reason.

Can anyone help me with the actual reason? Anything happened which is acting as a catalyst for this down-slide?

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[Yakamoto]

MODS
Move this to speculation

As for the actual reason, I have a feeling it is a panic sell from basically everyone after the price broke $1200 on a downward trend and people started to think they were not going to make a ton of money off of the stagnation of the price at the time. Over a day or two it trended down, until finally breaking $1000 downwards today and everyone started to freak out and sell.

A lot of psychology is probably what is triggering this value collapse right now.

[faaty]

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/major-exchanges-will-consider-bitcoin-unlimited-new-asset/
https://poloniex.com/press-releases/2017.03.17-Hard-Fork/

and finally
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1831570.0

[erickkyut]

Hi, I was trying to find a reason as to why bitcoin price is going down so rapidly? Google search didn't show any rock-solid reason.

Can anyone help me with the actual reason? Anything happened which is acting as a catalyst for this down-slide?

I am also wondering the same thing. In the past few weeks, the value of bitcoin is doing good and increasing in the market. I also wanted to know the reason why does its value now is going down so fast. I hope that it will be on its track again.

[HabBear]

More sellers than buyers.

Honestly, I think it started with people selling Bitcoin profits and buying Ethereum (which has most recently received a run up). Then the downward pressure on Bitcoin gained some momentum. People started taking profits (just for the sake of locking in their gains). We now see Ethereum dropping too. So there's a lot of people sitting with fiat, on the sidelines waiting to see how this plays out.

BUT, human psychology is a funny thing, watching the price drop on something like Bitcoin can influence others to sell, they don't want to be stuck holding their coins at the bottom. So...you have to ask yourself, what do you think Bitcoin will be in a year and beyond (greater or weaker than it is today). If you believe it will be greater, don't sell but buy into the drop. If you believe it will be weaker, sell baby sell.

[Taki]

Bitcoin users are that factor that affect bitcoin's price the most. It's simple speculation when the price is falling cause of people are selling their coins and rising when people buy.

[OmegaStarScream]

I don't think It has anything to do with Bitcoin Unlimited personally, Instead, I think people are investing on DASH and Ethereum as we have seen a really decent price increase in them. (huge for DASH!) People are probably trying to buy enough DASH and start their Masternodes.

[fuckitall]

More sellers than buyers.

Honestly, I think it started with people selling Bitcoin profits and buying Ethereum (which has most recently received a run up). Then the downward pressure on Bitcoin gained some momentum. People started taking profits (just for the sake of locking in their gains). We now see Ethereum dropping too. So there's a lot of people sitting with fiat, on the sidelines waiting to see how this plays out.

BUT, human psychology is a funny thing, watching the price drop on something like Bitcoin can influence others to sell, they don't want to be stuck holding their coins at the bottom. So...you have to ask yourself, what do you think Bitcoin will be in a year and beyond (greater or weaker than it is today). If you believe it will be greater, don't sell but buy into the drop. If you believe it will be weaker, sell baby sell.

So true it is.....we all want higher profits...as high as possible...if people see even a downfall of 30 dollars they create it a panic like hell...and start over exaggerating the things....sometimes i think people start acting like sheep they have lost patience...downfall of patience = downfall of BTC

[Its About Sharing]

I don't think It has anything to do with Bitcoin Unlimited personally, Instead, I think people are investing on DASH and Ethereum as we have seen a really decent price increase in them. (huge for DASH!) People are probably trying to buy enough DASH and start their Masternodes.

But in a sense this should be mutually exclusive. When you buy Dash or Ethereum, most use BTC. So, you have to buy BTC, that would make BTC price move up.
Some exchanges do allow cash deposits for Dash and Ethereum I believe, so this wouldn't make BTC go down either.

This is BTC selling, so why? I think it is the Chinese BU stuff.
And what ever happened to the exchanges there coming back online? How late are they now? Are they insolvent?

[SONG GEET]

Can anyone help me with the actual reason? Anything happened which is acting as a catalyst for this down-slide?

Recent high speculation about possible bitcoin network split may be the major factor for constant dump on price. We may see hard fork of bitcoin which will lead to two bitcoin network one will remain as bitcoin core (BTC) another chain from bitcoin unlimited will be known as (BTU).

[duuuuude]

More sellers than buyers.

Honestly, I think it started with people selling Bitcoin profits and buying Ethereum (which has most recently received a run up). Then the downward pressure on Bitcoin gained some momentum. People started taking profits (just for the sake of locking in their gains). We now see Ethereum dropping too. So there's a lot of people sitting with fiat, on the sidelines waiting to see how this plays out.

BUT, human psychology is a funny thing, watching the price drop on something like Bitcoin can influence others to sell, they don't want to be stuck holding their coins at the bottom. So...you have to ask yourself, what do you think Bitcoin will be in a year and beyond (greater or weaker than it is today). If you believe it will be greater, don't sell but buy into the drop. If you believe it will be weaker, sell baby sell.

So true it is.....we all want higher profits...as high as possible...if people see even a downfall of 30 dollars they create it a panic like hell...and start over exaggerating the things....sometimes i think people start acting like sheep they have lost patience...downfall of patience = downfall of BTC

The fact is people get panic so easily that start selling their coins when they see downfall in the price and at that point they need to have patience and should hold their coins tight and if they sell then it will surely won't give good profit margin.

[Ayers]

the fud for the hard fork is causing a big sell off, all the money are not lost they are all in the altcoin, look at zcash and etheruem and dash, all the bitcoin that are sold are there, my guess is that after this fork will be done the money will return to bitcoin, so don't worry keep holding and buy more at cheaper rate!

[bitbunnny]

the fud for the hard fork is causing a big sell off, all the money ar enot lost they are all in the altcoin, look at zcash and etheruem and dash, all the bitcoin that are sold are there, my guess is that after this fork will be done the money will return to bitcoin, so don't worry keep holding and buy more at cheaper rate!

Agree with that, there is no need for panic or selling. People are Investing in altcoins at the moment but.Bitcoin is not on that big loss and I think that the Bitcoin price will be on the track again, stable with tendency to rise again.
Every time when price is going down a bit people start to worry and even panic but this time there is no reason for that at all.

[ekoice]

Hi, I was trying to find a reason as to why bitcoin price is going down so rapidly? Google search didn't show any rock-solid reason.

Can anyone help me with the actual reason? Anything happened which is acting as a catalyst for this down-slide?

I would just say more people are getting panic due to fear of hard fork.So,they just want to sell off their bitcoins.But,they even dont know that even if a hard fork happens and BU comes,still they would be having their holdings in both the block chains.So,they could sell their BU and make some quick money.But the problem is they are not willing to even listen.Panic,Panic and just Panic.Thats a great opportunity for big whales to buy cheaper bitcoins who know well about bitcoins.

[btcdevil]

the fud for the hard fork is causing a big sell off, all the money ar enot lost they are all in the altcoin, look at zcash and etheruem and dash, all the bitcoin that are sold are there, my guess is that after this fork will be done the money will return to bitcoin, so don't worry keep holding and buy more at cheaper rate!

Agree with that, there is no need for panic or selling. People are Investing in altcoins at the moment but.Bitcoin is not on that big loss and I think that the Bitcoin price will be on the track again, stable with tendency to rise again.
Every time when price is going down a bit people start to worry and even panic but this time there is no reason for that at all.

Ya it is true that now Bitcoin Hardfork is going to happen it means like ETH ETC was created due to hardfork but it got not that much success, so same thing they are doing with Bitcoin Hardfork and creating a new Bitcoin as BU so market is reacting on this news and their is sell off in fear of bitcoin can lose the faith of decentralization

[jeraldskie11]

We don't what the exact reason why the price of bitcoin is going down so fast because bitcoin has programmed that no one can control it. I think there are many traders are selling bitcoin and I think it can affect it. Even though we know the reason why bitcoin price is down, we also don't know when it is happen because it depends to the number of bitcoin that we sell.

[clickerz]

the fud for the hard fork is causing a big sell off, all the money are not lost they are all in the altcoin, look at zcash and etheruem and dash, all the bitcoin that are sold are there, my guess is that after this fork will be done the money will return to bitcoin, so don't worry keep holding and buy more at cheaper rate!

Most of us agree with you here, also those ETF last week disapproval Announcement has minimal  effect also. Some major Altcoins price are rising,they benefited from bitcoin slowdown. I think this is only temporary correction.

[JanpriX]

Hi, I was trying to find a reason as to why bitcoin price is going down so rapidly? Google search didn't show any rock-solid reason.

Can anyone help me with the actual reason? Anything happened which is acting as a catalyst for this down-slide?

It is probably because of the speculation roaming around that there will be hardfork to alleviate the problem that we are experiencing right now in our network. Because of these speculations, people tend to panic sell and convert their bitcoin to cash. People are very vulnerable with these types of rumors especially the ones who are not technically adept when it comes to BTC.  

[Theb]

It is normal for a currency that is not controlled by the government, instead it is controlled by people who has too many Bitcoin that can influence its price. What I am seeing right now is that it is either a normal correction or a panic selling or it can even be both. But don't worry I am seeing a major up trend after a few corrections happen.

[Spratan]

Uncertainty because of the virtual hardfork.
Some think that Bitcoin could instantly disappear

[RKen]

This is actually normal occurred in Bitcoin, up and down like that and it was triggered due to the news

[1urker]

Ok, I'll try to make a good post.



/////  General points: //////


1st. The news. Like it was happened before and before AND BEFORE, AND BEFORE AGAIN, everytime BTC reach a high value it gets massive news coverage and everytime this happens BTC price falls by at least 10% and doomsayers start spreading "the death of BTC... again"

2nd. The news about the Hardfork, but it is not affecting the BTC as much as people think, trust me, most people don't even know what is a Hard-fork, but it does help to generate fear, wich leads to our third point.

3rd. PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! The price goes down and the public emotions runs wildly, wich generates sells wich generate an even bigger drop on price.



////// Specific and very important points: /////


1st. The rise of altcoins, SPECIALLY DASH, say what you want, people in general don't know the past of this coin, and most of those who do, don't care. DASH is proving to be a very strong coin, with probably the best interface of them all, very user-friendly, and covers a big number of flaws of the standard BTC.
Monero is another big contender, and altough ETH has been alive for a long time it was not designed to be currency and will probably be on the shadow of better alts forever.

2nd. The steady loss of Market Dominance of BTC, don't be fooled, BTC is still THE king, no exchange tomorrow will stop using BTC as the major trading currency, remember that at the end of the day the alts are still alts, but this situation is pretty much showing the future of BTC.


I mean... when (YES, WHEN) BTC loses Market Dominance, what it will have that others don't?

Quoting Syndrome:

"*Everyone* can be super! And when everyone's super... [laughs maniacally] ...*no one* will be."

[1urker]

Or maybe the Jews are coming for our BTCS with divide and conquer strategy, they know that BTC is the future and don't want a bunch of nobodyes having a say.

[Iranus]

Ok, I'll try to make a good post.



/////  General points: //////


1st. The news. Like it was happened before and before AND BEFORE, AND BEFORE AGAIN, everytime BTC reach a high value it gets massive news coverage and everytime this happens BTC price falls by at least 10% and doomsayers start spreading "the death of BTC... again"

2nd. The news about the Hardfork, but it is not affecting the BTC as much as people think, trust me, most people don't even know what is a Hard-fork, but it does help to generate fear, wich leads to our third point.

3rd. PANIC! PANIC! PANIC! The price goes down and the public emotions runs wildly, wich generates sells wich generate an even bigger drop on price.



////// Specific and very important points: /////


1st. The rise of altcoins, SPECIALLY DASH, say what you want, people in general don't know the past of this coin, and most of those who do, don't care. DASH is proving to be a very strong coin, with probably the best interface of them all, very user-friendly, and covers a big number of flaws of the standard BTC.
Monero is another big contender, and altough ETH has been alive for a long time it was not designed to be currency and will probably be on the shadow of better alts forever.

2nd. The steady loss of Market Dominance of BTC, don't be fooled, BTC is still THE king, no exchange tomorrow will stop using BTC as the major trading currency, remember that at the end of the day the alts are still alts, but this situation is pretty much showing the future of BTC.


I mean... when (YES, WHEN) BTC loses Market Dominance, what it will have that others don't?

Quoting Syndrome:

"*Everyone* can be super! And when everyone's super... [laughs maniacally] ...*no one* will be."

Damn, that's a pretty solid post.

But I have to disagree, DASH only has about 15% the market cap of Ethereum and is by far inferior to either that or Bitcoin.  There are very few actual technical explanations available as to why DASH is genuinely better than any other major cryptocurrency, especially considering all the different currencies that are created every day.  You argue that DASH is proving to be a strong coin, but DASH has existed since 2014 and has not risen in value at all whereas now it's suddenly been pumped to a ridiculously high price.

[Laje]

Hi to everybody and sorry if I write some mistakes, English is not my native language.
About your question, I think this is for several causes:

Technical for common people:
1. Bitcoin Unlimited: New people that have bitcoin, or simple speculators or people who want to wash money, ignore if they will lose their money when BU will be implemented.
2. Bitcoin Unlimited: Replay attacks problem.
3. It’s not the same blockchain technology that bitcoin.
Questions people ask me: "If we have €, why we need bitcoin when I trust in blockchain technology? Is it better for people to keep € but with blockchain technology?"
Hypothetical question of banks and governments to theirself: "Well, we have our local currency, why don’t create our blockchain and throw away bitcoin?"

Speculative:
1. Recover pump’s gains during SEC decision week. Maybe a lot of people bought at $1150-1200 for a possible "super pump". (a lot of media explains that if SEC says "no" bitcoin could drop until $500 but it didn't fall and several people continued buying).
2. I think it’s important to remember € it's weaker than $. Maybe people that bought in € need to sell bitcoin and make up for $.
3. Media and hackers can change opinions about bitcoin in two minutes (do you imagine that most important bitcoin exchanges are hacking now?).
4. Wash money and laws.

Social:
1. What normal person wants to buy 1Btc for $1200? People that want to enter in this world must pay a high price and maybe they prefer their local coin and think that bitcoin is a bubble. Do you want to pay $200 for 1 ¥? BTC is not equally affordable for people who live in Texas, China, Saudi Arabia, Italy or Algeria (remember BTC price before and after Cyprus crisis. Nowe it's very difficult to buy BTC for portuguese people, for example).
2. How a person can trust in bitcoin when there are few people who use it? Much $ for 1BTC if you want buy bread.
3. PONZI systems and High Risk Investors: A lot of people who don’t know what is a cryptocurrency, their first notice arrives with a black man who offers “1 SuperCoin” for 0,50cents. But if you want a BTC, pay $1000. This is a big problem for all stable and trusted cryptocurrencies.

CONCLUISION:
I think bitcoin will drop off until the maximum that speculators bought it.
I think bitcoin does not a price because a lot of people don't know anything about criptocurrencies. Fear to knowledge is the problem of speculation power.

[LeGaulois]

Bitcoin Special Promo ! BUY BUY BUY ! 
There is no relation between the ETF decision and the current decline. The current decline is related to Bitcoin unlimited, the attacks it suffered and, probably, the link between bitcoin unlimited and AntPool which is a juggernaut in the world of mining, do not forget that behind, there is Bitmain. For me Bitcoin look more and more a war of religion. With its dissenting sub division, (Bitcoin core, Bitcoin Unlimited, Bitcoin Classic) and it is the same for Ethereum (Ethereum, Ethereum classic, classic classic Ethereum?)

[ajeef]

Bitcoin Special Promo ! BUY BUY BUY ! 
There is no relation between the ETF decision and the current decline. The current decline is related to Bitcoin unlimited, the attacks it suffered and, probably, the link between bitcoin unlimited and AntPool which is a juggernaut in the world of mining, do not forget that behind, there is Bitmain. For me Bitcoin look more and more a war of religion. With its dissenting sub division, (Bitcoin core, Bitcoin Unlimited, Bitcoin Classic) and it is the same for Ethereum (Ethereum, Ethereum classic, classic classic Ethereum?)

Yeah and without thinking twice i think we should start buying at a maximum limit as price has gone down and  if you want to make good profits in future then this is the best time to buy bitcoins as price will be going higher pretty soon.

[Bitware]

Why the price of Bitcoin going down so fast?

People are scared of a contentious fork, and are cashing out while it's relatively high so they can buy back in at a lower price.

[Mometaskers]

Well the ETF failure might have caused weak hands to sell. Together with the proposed forking (still find it confusing) some people probably thought there's no reason to keep their money in bitcoins for now and started selling. Then like fish in the ocean everyone starts moving the same direction. "Oh shit, prices are going down again! Better cash-out my bitcoin or buy some alt." Those sort stuff.

Well as for me, I'm not gonna lose anything large anyway so hodler I go.

[Lecam]

Hi, I was trying to find a reason as to why bitcoin price is going down so rapidly? Google search didn't show any rock-solid reason.

Can anyone help me with the actual reason? Anything happened which is acting as a catalyst for this down-slide?

I am also wondering the same thing. In the past few weeks, the value of bitcoin is doing good and increasing in the market. I also wanted to know the reason why does its value now is going down so fast. I hope that it will be on its track again.

I am also surprised because of excessive speed lowering bitcoin. And another regret I don't  noticed lowering the price of bitcoin because missed either convert to peso i lost big in that way.  But am still hoping that bitcoin going up again

[snook]

Whatever the reason, lets get Bitcoin back in the hands that matter, not the rich farm corporations.  Greedy fucks!  I hope it plummets to $100 again. ( i know it wont, but would love to see it)

I would love to see the greedy bitcoin rich start to sweat a little.  Their too busy lining their own pockets, instead of helping others or bitcoin itself.

opps sorry for the rant. 

[cjmoles]

It coincides with the exchanges publishing their stances on the possibility of a hard fork, the increase in fees charged by popular online wallets, and recent mining polls declaring their intentions on which client they will support. If a fork happens and you are in position, then your money doubles....some whales may be factoring that in and maneuvering for position.

[Mikez]

Why the price of Bitcoin going down so fast?

People are scared of a contentious fork, and are cashing out while it's relatively high so they can buy back in at a lower price.

I think there is a panic sell in market and if it continuous then tomorrow we may see price going below 900 level which would not be a good sign as we don't know how long it will take again to recover its price but it would be a good time to buy some bitcoins.