The trend seems to be tapering off, but it's still alive. Meanwhile Ethereum seems to be taking a "money doesn't matter"/"blockchains are a friggin' database technology" stance even after their huge crowdsale.
Of course he'd act that way.
When he wanted the investor money, he had to build expectations of returns.
Now that he has the money, he wants to lower expectations of returns to preemptively shrink the size of the angry mob before it forms.
Biggest legal (but unmoral) con in Bitcoin Land to date. I will make something (or maybe not) and sell coins for
BTC. And database tech rocks -
19 year old kid might be able to code but has a long way to go to understand how the real world works.