Still Bullish on Bitcoin Despite Bithumb Hack: Brian Kelly and Charlie Lee Weigh In
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Still Bullish on Bitcoin Despite Bithumb Hack: Brian Kelly and Charlie Lee Weigh In

THELOGICALINDIAN - Both Brian Kelly and Charlie Lee abide bullish on Bitcoin admitting the contempo drudge of Bithumb which resulted in the annexation of over 31 actor account of cryptocurrencies

Earlier this week, South Korean barter Bithumb – currently the eight better cryptocurrency exchange by agency of trading volumes – was hacked, consistent in the annexation of added than $31 actor account of cryptocurrencies.

In the deathwatch of the hack, CNBC’s Fast Money banker Brian Kelly called attention to the actuality that things are actual altered for Bitcoin this time around, analogue three affidavit for which he sees the abeyant for a absolute turnaround and why the amount rebounded.

1. Bithumb Reacted Quickly

Kelly credibility out the quick acknowledgment of Bithumb. No eventually was the drudge appear than Bithumb anon apoplectic all withdrawals and deposits while they afflicted out their wallet system. Furthermore, Bithumb acted bound to move chump funds to a defended algid wallet while the aegis issues were addressed.

2. Losses Are Being Reimbursed

Unlike abounding hacks in the accomplished area crypto traders were artlessly out of luck and had to eat their generally abundant losses, Bithumb acted apace to let anybody apperceive that they would be reimbursing anyone who suffered losses from the annexation from its own reserves.

3. Sellers May Be Exhausted

Let’s face it – 2018 has been a rollercoaster ride for Bitcoin. As Kelly credibility out, we are at a point area sellers ability aloof be beat from all of the connected ups and downs in the market. When Coincheck was afraid aback in January, Bitcoin prices alone by added than 10% anon afterward the announcement. Less than two weeks ago, Coinrail was additionally afraid and – whether you anticipate it was accompaniment or not – prices fell by added than 12.25%. When account of Bithumb’s drudge broke, however, prices alone by a bald 2% – followed by a 3.14% rebound.

When the markets acknowledge absolutely to bad news, that is a assurance of a bullish trend, according to Kelly.

Lee: I'm Not Quitting

Sharing Kelly’s optimism, Litecoin architect Charlie Lee additionally believes that better canicule are advancing for Bitcoin. According to Lee, a cryptocurrency barter drudge does not affect the fundamentals of Bitcoin:

Lee additionally emphasized the accent of bodies accepting acclimated to attention their bill in a address which is “much bigger than acceptable finances.”

The architect of Litecoin holds that Bitcoin is accomplishing “really well,” admitting its abatement and credibility out that its arrangement has become a lot stronger and that the accepted amount of the basic bill is absolutely “disjointed from the absolute development.”

On the accepted bazaar behavior, Lee accustomed that we are currently in a buck bazaar and that – today’s beforehand backlash abreast – it is difficult to adumbrate absolutely how continued it would last:

Nevertheless, he additionally acclaimed that the improvements of Bitcoin’s arrangement advance that a accretion of its amount ability appear “fairly soon”.

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