In the Tuesday edition of Bitcoin in Brief: low quality altcoins refuse to die, Coincheck hackers launder their last NEM, and whatās up with all the bitcoin bull traps? Welcome to your daily roundup of drama from the tumultuous world of crypto.
Bitcoin in Brief Tuesday: Breakouts and Fakeouts
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Yet Another Bull Trap
Thereās a pattern thatās become all too familiar for anyone whoās been watching the markets in recent weeks. After lingering around $6.7k territory for days, bitcoin will break out, soaring well over $7k and seeding hope that a recovery could finally be on. And then, almost as quickly as the green candle has materialized, it turns red and plummets back to where it started, ready to initiate the breakout/fakeout sequence all over again.
When altcoins crashed hard in mid January, it was believed that one upside would be that the vaporware projects ā yes, shitcoins ā would get found out and left behind. Instead, as Onchainfx notes, the likes of tron and verge have kept pace with bitcoin, and in fact the latter has outperformed BTC of late thanks to vergeās ābig partnershipā thatās to be announced on April 16. News. Bitcoin.com shall refrain from disclosing the name of vergeās new partner, but no, itās not Amazon, and it isnāt Apple either, which may come as a disappointment to vergeās more fanatical supporters.
Coincheck Hackers Are All Out of NEM
Deepdotweb reports that Coincheckās hackers have laundered the last of their NEM on the deep web. Theyāre believed to have raised over $100 million for the stolen coins, which they were offering for LTC or BTC at a discount. Thereās a certain irony in the attackers setting up their very own crypto exchange to sell the coins theyād pilfered from Japanās Coincheck exchange. Their next step is to launder the litecoin and bitcoin theyāve received which, compared to offloading the red-hot NEM, must feel trivial in comparison.
Centralization Is Inevitable
Nic Carter (who also runs Onchainfx, mentioned earlier in this article) has outlined The Palmer Principle, named after dogecoinās Jackson Palmer: the notion that āno matter the consensus mechanism, in practice, 51% of stake/mining power will be owned by at most 3 entities.ā ASIC-friendly algorithms or otherwise, mining pool domination is inevitable.
Do you think a handful of pools dominating crypto mining is inevitable?Ā Let us know in the comments section below.
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