Why BTC is pumping now?

[Doctor.Strange]

I smell fish in current btc pump,it is going to fast,alts,few of them are rising to btc giving huge gains to fiat
Today is sunday so i think we have many btc weekenders buyers and lets wait for asia trading to start

Yeah good point

[sandy14350]

actually many institutional investors jumping into bitcoin and turning btc into futures.... whole new lot money and people are entering crypto... new blood and new money... so btc have a lot more to go and do... so just wait and watch the king show.. bcz its show time

[kz06]

btc is just pump because all the investers are investing in btc due to the popularity of btc  and making it very powerfull and the market cap is increased.

[Falgorn]

Today, right now BTC just crossed $9400, why its pumping rapidly. Is there another fork coming ahead or any other reason?

In the middle of December, one more fork of bitcoin is expected with the formation of some kind of super-bottle. Little is known about this clone yet. Perhaps this circumstance also plays a certain role in raising the cost of bitcoins. Demand generates a price increase, and the fact of price increase again generates further demand, as more and more people want to make money on improving its rate. Thus, bitcoin is pumped ...

[Saifher]

Bitcoin is pumping because there is no more uncertainty in the market after a few months filled with lots of fork threats and political war between the community. Now everyone is rallying behind Bitcoin and we'll see a lot of growth.

[KGBx]

Recent BTC pumps are completely illogical to me. Maybe some ppl want to get lambos from Santa...
For me even fast growth to 4k was very unhealthy. Bubble will pop sooner or later.

[speaktome]

Today, right now BTC just crossed $9400, why its pumping rapidly. Is there another fork coming ahead or any other reason?

In the middle of December, one more fork of bitcoin is expected with the formation of some kind of super-bottle. Little is known about this clone yet. Perhaps this circumstance also plays a certain role in raising the cost of bitcoins. Demand generates a price increase, and the fact of price increase again generates further demand, as more and more people want to make money on improving its rate. Thus, bitcoin is pumped ...

Surely you are referring to Super BTC,I thought everything was a myth,but still I do not think that it can compete against BTC in the event that it is launched for those dates,as you said little or nothing  is known about this clone yet nor wich devs are behind of that.

[nexus2k14]

Bloomberg Terminal stated a few days ago Bitcoin price rise to 14.000$ in 2018 by research analyst Ronnie Moas. He said BTC reached 0.5% of the global total money invested currently in cash, stocks, bonds and gold going into the cryptocurrency. The analyst sees the price bitcoin hitting $60.000 five years. That's a bold statement but when you check where Bitcoin was in January 2017 and where is now I agree with him, BTC has now momentum to break $10.000 mark by new year there is no doubt about that.

[wihoe]

It is getting ready for a dump.

[johanesrobin]

This is the altcoin section. Why is everyone hoping for BTC to go up?

BTC up = Alts down
BTC down = Alts down
BTC stable = Alts up

Agreed we have the same observation,if the BTC goes up and down the alts bleeds when the BTC go sideways the alts grow.

I started seeing strong altcoins with the current BTC rise.
this is good news for traders, altcoin has a good mission in the future.
I'm afraid altcoin will sink, and I hold some altcoins and still get stuck there.

[wpalczynski]

It's gaining a lot in popularity, the medias are starting to talk about it more and people want to get into it.

[AngelOnCrypto]

Everyone expects BTC to go to 10,000$. It is a big milestone number. As usual, there will probably a correction once an even number is hit. And this one is "VERY" even.

[Payne976]

Coinbase adding 100,000 users every 2 days or something crazy, news all the time, $25k predictions for next year, CME launching futures 10th of December, the list goes on!

[scipida]

It is getting ready for a dump.

the fall will not be long, then again pump. I'm worried about one thing - it can not grow to infinity... 

[axiline]

Bitcoin is becoming more popular. So today I saw a lot of news about new forks. I think we will see a mark of $ 10,000 very soon.

[Doctor.Strange]

Bloomberg Terminal stated a few days ago Bitcoin price rise to 14.000$ in 2018 by research analyst Ronnie Moas. He said BTC reached 0.5% of the global total money invested currently in cash, stocks, bonds and gold going into the cryptocurrency. The analyst sees the price bitcoin hitting $60.000 five years. That's a bold statement but when you check where Bitcoin was in January 2017 and where is now I agree with him, BTC has now momentum to break $10.000 mark by new year there is no doubt about that.

It will break $10k record before year's end. 

[Odaiski]

I think it is just a pump not growth. So soon, after there will be negative news (and they will be) - dump. It's not first time.

[ryjin1007]

Many people in asia are rapidly buying bitcoin that result the pumping of the bitcoin prices in 2018 i think bitcoin will reach $10000

[mmo4me.2016]

Today, right now BTC just crossed $9400, why its pumping rapidly. Is there another fork coming ahead or any other reason?

I don't known! But now:
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/
Bitcoin (BTC) $9659.43 (7.84%)
Very attractive!

[Kryten12]

Bitcoin is going nuts this year, how long can it continue?