Ethereum – A week of Turbulence
Ethereum has had a turbulent week as the price has shot up over the 0.006 BTC per Ether on strong volume pushing 35,000 BTC in a 24 hr period – twice. This has led to some quarters naming the price move as pump and dump, but is there something more fundamental taking place? News flow has always been the catalyst behind the bitcoin price surges and plunges – and Ethereum is and will be no exception to this rule. Although there hasn’t been huge news generated to spur on this price hike – so where is the price push coming from that managed to push Ethereum into the second spot in term of....
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