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Altcoins Start to Dump, Is Bitcoin Ready to Make a Big Move?

Altcoins start to dump, is bitcoin ready to make a big move?

Altcoins Start to Dump, Is Bitcoin Ready to Make a Big Move?

Altcoins start to dump, is bitcoin ready to make a big move?

Back in 2017 a clear pattern emerged between Bitcoin and the
altcoins. BTC was (and still is) the bellwether for the entire market, leading
the peaks and troughs. However, they were also inversely correlated in that
altcoins would often dump before Bitcoin made a big move.

Altcoins Losing Steam

The same could be happening again as Bitcoin maintains its hold on the $5,200 price level but its brethren start to fall back. As a result Bitcoin market dominance has climbed a percent or so back to 51.3% over the past week or two.

Today’s markets are a sea of red as altcoins begin to beat a retreat. Total market capitalization has dropped back below $180 billion after reaching a new 2019 high of just below $186 billion yesterday. Markets have lost over $5 billion in the past 24 hours and those losses are accelerating during today’s Asian trading session.

The largest daily losses at the moment are with Binance
Coin, Cardano, Bitcoin SV, NEO, Ethereum Classic, and Dogecoin which have all
lost over 7 percent on the day. Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash, two of April’s big
performers, are also cooling off today with losses of around 6 percent.

Even the three newly listed altcoins on Coinbase Pro are losing today. EOS is down over 2% to $5.40, Maker has dumped 7% to $707 and Augur has dropped 6% back to $20.40. Coinbase is no longer the provider of coin pumps and this latest announcement has actually had the opposite effect.

Markets are beginning to cool and the altcoins are getting
hit first. This could either be a sign that traders are moving back into
Bitcoin or that BTC itself is about to make a big pullback. Two years ago this
type of market action would signify a big move coming for Bitcoin but in today’s
market of multiple stablecoins it is unlikely to be the case.

The calls for a pullback have intensified as Bitcoin
approached a massive resistance point at the 50 week moving average which is at
around $5,600. Over the past 24 hours BTC hit $5,300 twice before dropping back
and at the time of writing it is has just fallen below $5,200 support;

Several other analysts have also speculated that a correction is imminent with Bitcoin dropping back into the $4,000s. The worst case scenario is a final capitulation back below $4k, which has also been predicted by many. This will certainly wipe out all gains made by most altcoins this year but will also serve as a great opportunity to accumulate for the next big rally.

Published at Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:01:09 +0000

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Alex Tapscott’s Nextblock Global Receives Major Backlash Prior to Public Offering

Things have gone from bad to worse for Alex Tapscott this past week. Several of his projects have received a lot of scrutiny. Moreover, there are some allegations which have to be rectified as well. Nextblock Global, the company owned by Alex Tapscott, will invest in companies and projects focusing on ICOs. However, the list of advisors for this company is mostly fake. Not a big surprise, but it is still rather worrisome.

Most people in the cryptocurrency world know the name Alex Tapscott. He is a well-known author and Canadian investors. However, his latest business venture raises a lot more questions than answers. Nextblock Global is a very dubious business model, to say the least. Not because of the investing angle, but everything else about it seems pretty fake. Especially the list of alleged advisors contains names which aren’t even associated with this venture.

Trouble Ahead for Nextblock Global

Some of those names include Andreas Antonopoulos and Dmitry Buterin. It is unclear why their names are on the list of advisors, to begin with. Neither of these gentlemen is even remotely connected to this new venture. There are some other names on the page which may also be completely fake, including Vinny Lingham and Kathryn Haun. It is disconcerting to see these names listed on a site they don’t even want to be associated with. It is a common tactic among semi-scammy ICO ventures, though.

The big question is why Alex Tapscott made such a grave mistake. It is evident these names were included to make the company more legitimate. However, it is unclear if this is his doing or someone else’s. The official explanation is how they were “listed in a draft version”. Even so, these names shouldn’t be there unless they agree to be a part of it. A weak explanation, to say the very least. This doesn’t bode well for the future of Nextblock Global either.

It is evident this whole ordeal will cause a lot of heated debate. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has rebuked its underwriting of the Nextblock Global public offering. This is the only logical decision as long as these “issues” are still being discussed. It is a very strange and potentially unfortunate turn of events. Whether or not there was any foul play involved, will always remain a question. It won’t do the reputation of Alex Tapscott any favors either right now. Then again, if this is an error, it should all blow over pretty soon.

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