Ether already ‘flippening’ Bitcoin, says Celsius CEO

Ether already ‘flippening’ Bitcoin, says Celsius CEO

Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky suggested that Ether has already started “flippening” Bitcoin in U.S. dollar terms. Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has already started losing its market dominance to Ether (ETH), according to Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky.In a Monday interview with Kitco News, Mashinsky argued that the Ether “flippening,” or the hypothetical scenario in which Ether overtakes Bitcoin as the world’s most valued cryptocurrency, is already happening right now.Mashinsky said that the flippening has already happened on Celsius. “We....


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