One man's cringe is another's binge! 

I'm starting to think that Icebreaker is like the Dash groundhog: when he's throwing shade, six more weeks of bull run! 

It's all market speculation at this point. LTC is pumping based on market integration as well as for "solving" a problem that Bitcoin had but Litecoin didn't. Makes no sense from a practical, real-world perspective, but hey, markets don't always reflect that.

I wouldn't worry about Dash. The real progress, actual use, is doing amazing. I can't see any other coin coming even close to competing.

True. HODLcoin is good for hodling, not for spending.

There are many coins in the cryptocurrency ecosystem, but if we're going for something to replace Bitcoin, it would have to be Dash. It's following in Satoshi's original vision of a peer-to-peer digital cash, has better-incentivized governance to prevent the kinds of problems Bitcoin has run into today, and works much better as a streamlined payment system.

In fact, even if Bitcoin doesn't collapse, but stays the same and even continues to grow, Dash's Evolution update will likely push it to the average consumer far before any other coin. These will be interesting times to watch.

As someone who covers this stuff, I'm having trouble keeping up with all the news coming out.

The Ryan/Evan news in particular is cool. Dash has grown too much for the founder to preside over all of it. The Dash DAO is going to change the world, and we're witnessing its beginnings today.