Charlie Lee, the creator of , shows no regrets for having sold all his LTCs. So he told LauraShin in an interview for the Ep. 116 of her podcast “”.
Charlie Lee has been harshly criticized for in 2017 when LTC was in the midst of a bulllish trend that led it to reach ATHs. This decision led many analysts and enthusiasts to accuse Lee of not trusting his own project.
However, Lee has replied on many occasions that
he did so to free himself from the pressure inherent to market volatility in
order to have more time and willingness to concentrate on the development of
at the technological level and as an ecosystem.
The Creator of was blunt in his
response. He commented that from his point of view, it is very immature to not
buy or trade LTC under the excuse that he sold his :
If you’re not holding onto because I don’t have any, then your reason for holding and using is just silly to begin with.
Although this happened two years ago, and Charlie Lee was completely transparent with the community, it seems that the of is a burden he will have to deal with throughout his life, as his followers do not seem to forget or accept this fact.
The Creator of Litecoin (LTC) Is Not The Only One Who Sold His Tokens
This phenomenon does not exclusively affect
Charlie Lee, however, the community has been tougher on him than on other known
influencers who have done the same.
Recently, David Schwartz, CTO, received after selling large amounts of XRP. One user commented that this was a clear bearish flag, pointing out it was suspicious that Schwartz was selling XRP at such a low price.
However, unlike what happened to Lee, with
Schwartz much of the XRP Army came in his defense, going so far as to attack
the twitter user who shared this information.
Unlike Lee, Schwartz explained to the community that his motives were oriented towards a “de-risking strategy”, pointing out that having almost all his patrimony invested exclusively in XRP was dangerous for his future and that of his family and that there is no trader who recommends following this practice no matter how bullish a certain good is at the moment.
Lee spoke about other things, however one of
the most curious moments was when he explained that crypto currencies could not
be compared with traditional financial services because they have very
different characteristics:
is both a of value and a payment method. So you can’t compare that to Visa, which is not a of value. Plus, you can’t compare marektcaps with businesses.
Published at Wed, 24 Apr 2019 22:55:06 +0000
