http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article47229.htmlSo, the cooling was not a concern -- but then it continued. Here's the most-commonly-discussed idea:
it's two-fold: technological developments have pushed crypto mining onto a new, higher, plane. It's big business now -- and those businesses are not 'HODL-ing' (holding) the mined coin. They have bills to pay; they are selling it. The second reason is similar: the businesses that have begun accepting Bitcoin (and now altcoins) also have bills to pay. They are selling the cryptos they accept.