Bitcoin has remained static for another day as the sideways trading continues. Altcoins are showing more promise at the moment however and Bitcoin Cash is leading the way. The Bitcoin fork could be benefiting from a recent reshuffle at mining giant Bitmain.
Bitcoin Cash Cranking Higher
Today’s top performing crypto asset is Bitcoin Cash. According to Tradingview.com BCH has continued to build on the weekend momentum while its big brother has traded sideways. Bitcoin Cash hit $300 a couple of hours ago before a slight pullback to just over $290.
BCH prices 1 hour – Tradingview.com
The move has added over 8% to prices in the past 24 hours making it one of the best performing altcoins of the day. Since the rally took off late last week Bitcoin Cash has made 33%, outperforming BTC which has held on to 25% of its gains.
The move may have been initiated by a power struggle and reshuffle at mining giant Bitmain, which was reported to have acquired a lot of BCH in 2017. Yesterday it was revealed that the co-founder of the world’s top mining hardware manufacturer had been dismissed. Micree Zhan is estimated to hold a 36.5% stake in the company.
WOW THIS IS MORE DRAMATIC THAN I THOUGHT
Got this internal email from Bitmain where Jihan sent to the whole company, this is INTENSE
”Micree Zhan is dismissed from all operating positions from the company immediately. No one should take order from him or attend his meeting"
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— Dovey 以德服人 Wan
(@DoveyWan) October 29, 2019
That leaves the helm to fellow co-founder Jihan Wu, one of the largest proponents of Bitcoin Cash along with early Bitcoin investor Roger Ver. The development has clearly been very good for BCH prices.
Ver remains confident about the future of BCH and continued to extol its virtues at a recent blockchain convention in London.
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by Martin Young on October 30, 2019 at 11:00AM
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