Litecoin (LTC) Price Rebounds as Founder Charlie Lee Kills Bitconnect

Sinking back toward a low $80 mark over the course of the past 48-hours, it was starting to look like an expected Litecoin price correction was turning into an all-out Litecoin (LTC) high-speed rail disaster. Then, suddenly, the Litecoin value rebounded, soaring once again almost to the $100 mark.

There is just one question. Was this a real Litecoin (LTC) rebound? Or has Charlie Lee’s decision to call out Bitcoin Ponzi scheme Bitconnect, had something to do with Litecoin’s rapid return to glory?

How Charlie Lee Just Killed Bitconnect

In recent months distrust has been building among a growing number of cryptocurrency traders, specifically regarding the reputability (or not) of the popular ‘Bitconnect’ automated Bitcoin trading platform. Simply put, Bitconnect promises anyone who deposits Bitcoin in exchange for (or who buys) Bitconnect Coin, a minimum 1% return on their investment. What is more, that 1% isn’t one time only. That’s 1% for every day an investor continues to invest in Bitconnect’s mining and automated trading system.

There is, of course, just one problem. Namely, If daily guaranteed returns like 1% were possible, investing $1,000 in Bitconnect would (or at least should) land somebody $50 million in as little as three years.

Until yesterday, however, the only digital currency insider who had dared take a stance against Bitconnect, was ETH founder Vitalik Buterin. Much to the digital currency world’s surprise then, Litecoin founder Charlie decided to get in on the action on November the 29th, saying: “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a Ponzi scheme.”

Why Charlie Lee Calling Out Bitconnect is Fantastic News for Litecoin

Needless to say, with Charlie Lee, Vitalik Buterin, and even Billionaire   Michael Novogratz now going after Bitconnect, the platform will likely see far fewer people willing to invest in future.

As then, for why Charlie Lee’s personal comments will likely buoy Litecoin in the long-term, the reason is simple. As we head on into 2018, being able to put a face to the name of digital assets like Litecoin is going to start becoming hugely important.

In January 2017, Charlie Lee publicly announced his personal vision

for Litecoin. Existing Litecoin investors and people looking to buy Litecoin for the first time have subsequently been able to familiarize themselves with Charlie Lee’s vision and decide if they want to invest in it or not. Bitcoin, on the other hand, simply doesn’t have that kind of set direction, or human approach-ability.

Having a Human Persona is Going to Be Vital for Altcoins in the Long-Term

While the very idea might fly in the face of decentralization, big league investors simply don’t like not knowing who is calling the shots when it comes to digital assets.

From an investor perspective, the current Bitcoin value might look tempting. In reality, however, 2017 was a strategic and long-term planning fiasco for Bitcoin. Bitcoin holders were given less than a month to prepare for two last-minute forks of the digital currency. Then later in the year, just as investors were preparing for segwit2x, segwit2x didn’t even happen.

None of the above inspires investor confidence. What does inspire confidence, however, is a digital currency with a plan and man at the helm like Charlie Lee. Much more importantly, this has already been reflected in the recent slide of the Litecoin value and the current Bitcoin value. After hitting $100, after all, Litecoin didn’t slide as far as Bitcoin. What is more, despite having followed Bitcoin’s growth, it’s actually Bitcoin’s recovery which is now lagging behind that of Litecoin and Ethereum.     .

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7 responses to “Litecoin (LTC) Price Rebounds as Founder Charlie Lee Kills Bitconnect”

  1. Jeff Avatar
    Jeff

    The one thing EVERYONE gets wrong is that Bitconnect doesnt GUARANTEE a daily return… the historical return has been about 1% daily… while bitcoin has increased in price from $700 to $11,000 in 11 months… is that growth sustainable? Does that mean bitcoin is a scam? IMHO if bitconnect is a scam (by that standard) then sonis the NYSE and NASDAQ…

    1. Tobi Yashu Avatar

      Thank You! I Was going to add this as well. They do not GUARANTEE a daily return. They say up to an average of 1%. Some days we get 0.11%, other days 1.2%.. based on the HISTORICAL charts, the averages are about 1%.

      And I’m Calling Out Founder Charlie Lee Here And Now.

      This Article stated, “How Charlie Lee Just Killed Bitconnect
      In recent months distrust has been building among a growing number of cryptocurrency traders, specifically regarding the reputability (or not) of the popular ‘Bitconnect’ automated Bitcoin trading platform. Simply put, Bitconnect promises anyone who deposits Bitcoin in exchange for (or who buys) Bitconnect Coin, a minimum 1% return on their investment. What is more, that 1% isn’t one time only. That’s 1% for every day an investor continues to invest in Bitconnect’s mining and automated trading system.”

      This is what we call misguided information.

      First of all, no, not simply put, Bitconnect does NOT promise a MINIMUM of 1%. No where ever is this mentioned. So for a founder, he seems a bit desperate for attention because this should be common knowledge.

      I mine bitconnect, It is very real, on a real blockchain… my mining power does indeed create real bitconnect tokens. And those tokens are traded for bitcoin.

      It’s called Bitconnect for a reason… its CONNECTED to BITCOIN.

      Just take a look at bitcoin’s charts, and bitconnect’s charts, and put them side by side

      1. Joel Avatar
        Joel

        Bitpetite.

  2. ivories09 Avatar
    ivories09

    Usual badmouthing of BCC from other crypto players who are feeling competitive heat.
    Has anyone noticed that none of these coins can be easily used to buy anything? That bitcoin’s price rise is more analogous to the TESLA stock mania (unjustified by either profits or ability to get product into the market) than it is to any shred of actual value other than as a token of public gullibility? The promise of “quick, frictionless transactions” is a joke.

    Or how about the fact that so-called Ponzi schemes can continue FOR DECADES before they bottom out (see social security, see also Madoff) ? If BCC is a Ponzi scheme, so what? the only question is over what time period one is a participant and what happens during that time.

    In a world with hundreds of millions of people desperately seeking return, BCC is not the worst of options.

  3. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    Headline seeking FUD, YouTube clickbait culture..

  4. Sam Avatar
    Sam

    Such horrible article and should be tagged with FAKE NEWS ….. Where does bitconnect says they will guarantee you 1% a day … where ? please point it out, If you wacky journalist just do a little bit of in depth research before writing your low rated articles we would greatly appreciate it !

  5. Satoshi Nakamoro Avatar
    Satoshi Nakamoro

    I use BCC and they dont give 1% a day. it varies.

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