All BCH has to do is be better. That's it. None of the previous hijacks were any good. This isn't either so this is what's been resorted to.
Clearly, they're trying to use the price to test BTC holders' pain thresholds. The timing of Roger Ver's BTC transfers to Bitfinex lines up perfectly with the price action. Remember the bearwhale on Bitstamp at $300? Roger Ver is trying to play the bearwhale now. How long can that really last? How many coins does this guy have?
When this fails they're going to have to come each of our houses and torture our pets until we switch.
Pretty much. I think this is the last resort. They are literally dumping their coins as early adopters to prop up the BCH price. And Jihan Wu is in full propaganda mode on Twitter.
He even tried to use the "Segwit2x = free coins" narrative to get people to buy his shitcoins during the pump.