[jafaku]

Yes, Bitcoin price fluctuates.

Why is this on the frontpage?

[andrewljohnson]

I upvoted because the article provided an interesting technical explanation of the fluctuation.

[cjensen]

The technical explanations were (1) large sell order causes price depression and (2) ensuing margin calls.

Those aren't interesting. The first is expected behavior in any low-liquidity market. The second is expected behavior if foolish investors are involved in low-liquidity markets. In other words, this was expected behavior in the bitcoin markets.

Both factors are also seen regularly in traditional stock markets.

[Guvante]

A 10% swing in minutes is out of character even for Bitcoin.

[jafaku]

Not really. From this and your other comments it's now clear that not only you don't know anything about private stock, you don't anything about Bitcoin's history either.