but as I predicted to myself this news did not really impact any crypto on CMC.  Most real world investors are risk-adverse but the current speculators in crypto assume risk.  After all - why are people still here after MtGox, DAO and all these exchanges and wallets being hacked and emptied out of funds?  I think there is an an American idiom like "sometimes you can't fix stupid" which is applicable here.  It's the same behaviour of people who invest into ponzi schemes thinking they will get out before the plug is pulled.

I think NEM's track record will matter someday.  Eventually things have to get more mainstream and NEM's security and history of security will become a strong marketable point.  There has been alternates worth less who have been hacked but NEM has made it almost 2 years without incident.  I think NEM's reputation will be noticed at some point and this will create trust and bring in new users into crypto.