Fear & Greed: A Guide to Bitcoin Panic-Selling

Fear & Greed: A Guide to Bitcoin Panic-Selling

Bitcoin value in USD took a nosedive over the first couple weeks of 2015. The price dipped well under US$200 earlier this week but is back over that mark at the time of writing. The catalyst is unclear, but many big events could have contributed to the spiraling price: Bitstamp's temporary closure, the pause on CEX.io cloud mining, and Russia's crusade against Bitcoin websites. Additionally, others noted that Ethereum has been selling off their bitcoins and there are also rumors swirling that investor giants have been selling off in the run up to the Winklevoss ETF IPO. The typical....


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