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bitcoin price gained almost $2000 in 12 hours into Tuesday as the virtual currencyâs correction gives way to gains and investors reaffirm their faith.
Volatility has briefly returned to markets post-Christmas, bitcoin currently circling $15,200 according to average trading prices, up from $13,680 Monday but coming down from the dayâs high of $15,700.
The move has dampened altcoins, with a mixed bag of gains and losses greeting investors today. Civic, which surprised by posting sudden huge advances from $0.70 to as high as $1.68 in the past 24 hours, has now deflated to around $0.87.
Having a new round of bubble accusations last week as prices dipped below $13,000, bitcoin holders meanwhile are now âmore bullish than ever.â
Those are the words of BitGo engineer Jameson Lopp, who led various high-profile supporters voicing their trust in bitcoinâs future and disregarding its current technical shortcomings.
âI’m more bullish on bitcoin today than I have been in the past 5 years. The developments underway that have been made public are only the tip of the iceberg,â Lopp wrote on Twitter Christmas Day.
I'm more bullish on bitcoin today than I have been in the past 5 years. The developments underway that have been made public are only the tip of the iceberg.
— Jameson Lopp (@lopp)
McAfee: Technical Issues Are ‘Trivial’
Also leading the bull charge was John McAfee, who asserted the current status quo of the bitcoin network – a key factor behind criticism from bitcoin Cash (BCash) proponents – was âtrivial.â
âI have been a technician all of my life, so if anyone knows, it is me,â he continued. âThe world is waiting on consensus for the right solution. bitcoin is still the only guaranteed investment in the crypto world.â
McAfee added separately that by the end of 2018, bitcoin would be âten timesâ its current price, still conservative within the context of his .
Technical issues with bitcoin are trivial, including transaction times and costs. I have been a technician all of my life, so if anyone knows, it is me. The world is waiting on consensus for the right solution. bitcoin is still the only guaranteed investment in the crypto world.
— John McAfee (@officialmcafee)
At the same time, the security expertâs recent investment tips for altcoin assets have been roundly online after his picks âalmost fully retraced,â as one commentator described.
What do you think about bitcoin’s current price activity? Let us know in the comments below!
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