The recent surge in Bitcoin price amidst stock exchange turmoil and capital outflows from China has been brusquely interrupted by the new round of Bitcoin scalability dispute. Providing that neither the current Bitcoin Core team nor Bitcoin NXT can find a middle ground, the bullying of each opinion group finally resulted in a somewhat hysterical departure of a NXT founder and an authoritative Bitcoin developer. This, in its turn, disturbed the market even greater, and may have originated even more uncertainty or to some extent panic as to the cryptocurrencys future. However, it brings good news to traders, as the Bitcoin Volatility is back again.
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However, this is not the only news for the time being, as major reshuffle happened recently in the altcoins scene. According to data from Coinmarketcap.com, the Ethereum market cap gained more than 75% during the last week, reaching $200M for the first time in its yet short history.
http://forklog.net/ethereums-market-cap-reaches-200m-for-the-first-time-ever-as-bitcoins-volatility-is-back/