why does coins change price constantly?

[Fear]

It's all about the free market. People buy/sell coins and this causes the coin to increase/decrease in value.

Think of it like when you're going to your local farmer's market - if a lot of people have tomatoes to sell then the price of tomatoes is low but when only a few people sell tomatoes the price is high.

Also, another thing is that when it comes to altcoins, their price is linked to bitcoin's price (since the main way to buy them is through BTC) and these price fluctuations you see for BTC will be translated to the alcoins too.

This is actual explanation of how does whales operate, they can buy a great amount of some token, and by doing that they would lift its price too high level comma and then when the price reach high, they would sell everything right away, at the same time dropping the price down to the Earth.

[Neutronbot]

The market price fluctuations are mainly in the growth period. Description has vitality and flexibility. When the market is not important, whether his price rises or falls. That means no more people are buying.

[Direwolve735]

There are two reasons for such a fall: the recent cracking of the South Korean crypto exchange and an article published in the Wall Street Journal. As a result of unauthorized entry, various crypto-currencies were abducted in the amount of approximately $40 million. And the article details the current study of manipulations with the market of electronic money in the US.

[keycellko]

The price of a coin depends on the law of supply and demand. If the volume of trading is high it means a lot of people want the coin. The demand for the coin is high. Of btc goes done, most of the time all other altcoins also goes down. It means trading volume goes fown. Btc is mostly the trading pair for most altcoins so it really affects the price. Cryptocurrency is said to be volatile so you have to prepare yourself for fluctuations. Know when to sell and when to hold your coins or else if it loses value, you will lose a lot.

[ivanleon]

Fluctuations in prices up and down are normal market situations. It would be much worse if there was only growth, it would be suspicious and a sign that the market would eventually burst.

[toygama]

It's all about the free market. People buy/sell coins and this causes the coin to increase/decrease in value.

Think of it like when you're going to your local farmer's market - if a lot of people have tomatoes to sell then the price of tomatoes is low but when only a few people sell tomatoes the price is high.

Also, another thing is that when it comes to altcoins, their price is linked to bitcoin's price (since the main way to buy them is through BTC) and these price fluctuations you see for BTC will be translated to the alcoins too.

This basically sums it up. The supply and demand of the coins affects the market value that's why it's always changing. Cryptocurrencies have smaller market sizes as compared to established forms of currency. This means that even small movements of a cryptocurrency can have a pronounced affect on its price.

Source: https://www.quora.com/Why-are-cryptocurrencies-so-volatile

So many factors involved in price movement were already discussed by the members of this forum, in addition to those, participants must kept it in their mind the volatility character of cryptocurrency and the free market system one must always vigilant on when to dispose or how long we hold our token.

[gizmodo1987]

This is the real nature of cryptocurrency. Price is so volatile, just in a matter of minutes or seconds the price may goes up or down.  This is normal on a market, the more demand the more price will go up. Still some people may manipulate the market and that's normal.

[WaffleMaster]

Basically it's like an emerging market so it is extremely volatile. There can be bad press releases and media articles of exchanges being hacked, regulations that can hinder growth, all sorts of things that are seemingly negative while not really effecting Bitcoin very much.  Eventually the market becomes oversold and so there will be a short or long rally. Also the different quarters play a factor.

[CottonGuy]

Why does coins prices fluctuate so much and it is never been constant making predicting price much harder and much riskier and holding on to coins can be the best way right now.

why does it change prices constantly and never stagnant?

Just like any other commodities, coins also fluctuates depending on the supply and demand of the people. If there are new people that are buying coins than selling it then the value of the coins will definitely increase and if there are lots of people selling coins than buying then its value will depreciate as well. There's been a bloodbath in the crypto market and I'm positive that it will recover anytime soon.

[robelneo]

Why does coins prices fluctuate so much and it is never been constant making predicting price much harder and much riskier and holding on to coins can be the best way right now.

why does it change prices constantly and never stagnant?

Because of the supply and demand, if you talked about Bitcoin, the supply is already set up and the number is not that huge people will buy and hold and it depends on the market need, and in other altcoins people see potential on that coin and they buy while other dump it because they see no point of holding it because the team behind it is not working to make it relevant in the market.

[lllSERGEY]

Crypto currency has high volatility, it is quite normal. You can even consider it a plus.

[askmecrypto]

Why does coins prices fluctuate so much and it is never been constant making predicting price much harder and much riskier and holding on to coins can be the best way right now.

why does it change prices constantly and never stagnant?

This all comes from the makers and takers of market. They invest during lows and cashout on highs. Market fluctuation depends upon a lot many reasons including market sentiments, government support or denial, capital In and out and time of year, etc.

[lightning mcqueen]

It's all about the free market. People buy/sell coins and this causes the coin to increase/decrease in value.

Think of it like when you're going to your local farmer's market - if a lot of people have tomatoes to sell then the price of tomatoes is low but when only a few people sell tomatoes the price is high.

Also, another thing is that when it comes to altcoins, their price is linked to bitcoin's price (since the main way to buy them is through BTC) and these price fluctuations you see for BTC will be translated to the alcoins too.

This is actual explanation of how does whales operate, they can buy a great amount of some token, and by doing that they would lift its price too high level comma and then when the price reach high, they would sell everything right away, at the same time dropping the price down to the Earth.

Now I understand on how the big whales operates, thank you for this information. There is a sense that they can do that because they control the market. Because of their big capital they can manipulate the price of the coins.

[bundjoie02]

Crypto currency has high volatility, it is quite normal. You can even consider it a plus.

Maybe the price of the coins change constantly because of its volatility, and its unpredictable price. We can see now the price is high then the next day will drop. They say its normal in cryptocurrency market.

[maiden]

Why does coins prices fluctuate so much and it is never been constant making predicting price much harder and much riskier and holding on to coins can be the best way right now.

why does it change prices constantly and never stagnant?

The coin change its price based on the supply and demand in the market. It changes constantly because of its volatility so the price may be goes up and down and everyone here in cryptoworld is aware of that. Always think that the more demand, the more price will increase in higher value.

[lablab03]

Maybe the price of the coins change constantly because of its volatility, and its unpredictable price. We can see now the price is high then the next day will drop. They say its normal in cryptocurrency market.

actually it becomes normal scenario because it always happened time on time and sometimes it happens after the ATH, which is the common reason why some crypto holders nowadays are immune to comfort their selves in any different situation in the market, especially if there's a long bear season,  

[Hui8]

Why does coins prices fluctuate so much and it is never been constant making predicting price much harder and much riskier and holding on to coins can be the best way right now.

why does it change prices constantly and never stagnant?

Every coin is at different stage of its development and thus it affects every coins investors base, marketing strategies, attracting new people on board and available funds etc. This changes everything, the daily volume, market cap, and demand. Once all the things are in-line as decided by the team and if people see perfections in it then they invest! This ultimately grows all the factors that I have mention above and thus the prices start rising.
Now the thing is, this is not the case always and thus prices might get down if reverse of this happens and this cycle keeps going on.

[itsik78]

There are a number of reasons:
Large investments.
Correlation with top crypto-currencies.
Announcements about creating fork.
Change in supply and demand.
The balance of coins in the system.
News and rumors about the project.
Lack of regulation.
Aggressive speculation.
Exchange manipulation.

[hani1929]

Price of crypto is volatile. it will never be stagnant.. as we can see the prices of every coin is changing every time because its all depends on the investor. sometimes its depend on the demand of the coin the market and also there are times who manipulate prices  int the market those people has a huge investment in crypto. Crypto is not like our money that it has a stable price. The volatility of crypto is one of the risk in investing crypto.

[kartalgiunti]

The biggest reason for this is that the volume is very low. So even the smallest movement of money creates a movement. As time progresses, these problems will be resolved.