Oh...well hell.
I am not a trader so a lot of this was over my head but I think I got it. The manipulator/real seller/bf buddy whale bear man person didn't put up 25k - 30k worth of bitcoin, he put up 25k-30k bitcoinS which would be selling 7 frigging million dollars worth at 300ish?
Is that right?
correct
Is that why all the charts flatlined all of a sudden?
Yes, good news that they go flat, this means his coins are being bought, other exchanges want to rise in price and some people take advantage (arbitrage) buying cheap $300 coin on bitstamp and selling for a little guaranteed gain on other exchanges.
And if he was to sell 7 million, it would send the price careening toward single digits?
Is that right?
If he were to push "Sell Now" and place a market order then some lucky people on bitstamp would get some very cheap coin.
Then all other exchanges would share the blow through arbitrage.
I'm not sure what the final "stable" price would be, but nowhere near sinlge digits.
And the death knell silence happening is waiting to see what happens in the next 24 hours when the day people wake up Monday and discover the 6 million dollar man is holding up bitcoin fun?
So can this person cancel the order to sell all these coins and if so, and he/she did, what would happen to the price at that point?
Also, should I go make popcorn? Is it gonna be one of those nights? Can girls play too because this is seriously interesting to me.
The person would be mad to hit "sell now".
We should start to worry if the price drops below the wall and he moves it down.