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Crypto Pundit: Altcoin Sentiment Will Cause Bitcoin to Collapse

Tony Spilotro by Tony Spilotro
2 years ago
in Cryptocurrency news, Bitcoin
Reading Time: 3min read
Crypto Pundit: Altcoin Sentiment Will Cause Bitcoin to Collapse
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Bitcoin is possibly on its way to new all-time highs, while altcoins like Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin are capitulating en masse. The two things don’t often go hand in hand due to how closely the two crypto asset types are connected, yet growing regulatory pressure and other important factors have caused a massive divergence in their price correlation.

Sentiment around altcoins is at extreme lows, yet the majority of the crypto market believes that Bitcoin is about to embark on its next bull run. But with altcoin sentiment in the gutter, could the fear, uncertainty, and doubt eventually spill over into Bitcoin and cause its bull rally to collapse? One crypto pundit believes so and says that “the weakest link of the chain breaks first.”

Weakest Link of the (Block)Chain Breaks First

During 2017, the blockchain and crypto hype train took Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the rest of the market to all-time highs and many millionaires. It only further created a bubble, sucking in retail investors who bought the top of these rallies, and now are stuck holding assets that are 99% below the value they bought in at.

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Meanwhile, Bitcoin hit its rock bottom back in December 2018, and ever since has been on a steady climb back toward its all-time high of $20,000 it set the year prior. Bitcoin’s climb sucked any meager gains the altcoin market was privy to right out of it, as it broke through resistance after resistance and took the media by storm.

Related Reading | Gold Investor Peter Schiff Claims BTC Bottom Won’t Hold

However, even Bitcoin has slowed, failed to reach the same level of interest is saw during the 2017 bull run, and is now at an inflection point where the next major price movement could dictate the trend for not only Bitcoin, but the entire crypto market for the coming weeks to months, even years ahead.

But could it actually be negative sentiment surrounding altcoins and the key factors driving that decline that is causing Bitcoin price to collapse? Crypto pundit and gold bug Peter Schiff believes so, and took the opportunity to blast both Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto space.

Those arguing the collapse of altcoins validates Bitcoin are whistling past the crypto graveyard. Altcoin demand drives the Bitcoin on-ramp. The weakest links of a chain break first. Once confidence in altcoins is lost, Bitcoin is next. The similarities outweigh the differences.

— Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) August 10, 2019

The famed gold investor says that “once confidence in altcoins is lost, Bitcoin is next,” and says its due to how “altcoin demand drives the Bitcoin on-ramp.”

While Schiff’s comments should be taken with a grain of salt given how frequently he bashes Bitcoin and crypto due to his vest interests in the gold market, there’s no denying that altcoin sentiment could harm Bitcoin.

Why Bitcoin Won’t Fail Due to Altcoin Fallout

But what Schiff doesn’t seem to understand is that there are different factors driving the altcoin sell pressure, and one of those factors is Bitcoin itself.

The altcoin on-ramp phase has also been over for nearly a year now. Bitcoin’s rally has absorbing all of the buy pressure form the market, and even sucking up altcoin capital. Bitcoin’s rally has also been driven in part by institutions, whereas altcoins are almost entirely retail-driven.

Related Reading | Continued Bitcoin Correction Could Cause Lead to Altcoin Market Double Bottom 

Altcoins also are still so far from their all-time high prices, while holders are forced to sit back and watch values fall further all while Bitcoin climbs. The psychology is enough to cause further capitulation in altcoins alone.

On top of that, confusion and lack of clarity around which altcoins are legal to hold under the coming regulatory framework has caused widespread panic across the market. The regulatory framework is cutting off access to the majority of the altcoin market, making matters even worse for altcoins hit the hardest.

Altcoins are in a death spiral currently, and one that has the potential to pull Bitcoin down with it. Let’s hope it doesn’t.

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Tony Spilotro

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I'm Tony Spilotro. Behind the pseudonym, I'm a digital media executive and global remote work leader with a decade of content experience and excellent. Here, I explore my newfound passions pertaining to privacy, finance, economics, politics, cryptography, property rights, and other libertarian-esque views. I am a Bitcoin evangelist, maximalist, and educator whenever I can be, helping to spread its message of freedom from government control, monetary policy mismanagement, and passing the buck - literally – to future generations. My journey from a curious retail crypto investor to a serious Bitcoin advocate, trader, and technical analyst is an unusual one, but life-changing nonetheless and has become less about money and more about a long-overdue revolution. While a firm believer in the laws governing math and science, I am profoundly fascinated by the impact of astrology and astronomy including moon and solar cycles and planetary alignment and their ability to influence and potentially predict markets. It hasn't yet clicked for me as to how to put anything to use, but I consider it my current rabbit hole I can't yet dig out of. My perspective of growing up alongside the internet, the dot com era, the Great Recession, and roots in video games collecting coins and rare items caused Bitcoin to immediately make sense to me. Through all of these lenses, I seek to produce content that is educational and entertaining, and I thank you sincerely for taking the time to read what I have to say. Please follow me on Twitter and feel free to drop me a line if you would like to work together.

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