• There's strong evidence that the late 2017 spike in Bitcoin value was due to manipulation via Tether.
• IF that is so, then that entire episode actually means nothing, and...
• Bitcoin etc values will decay back to their historical levels prior to pump & dump.
• This will be slow because interim buyers won't want to take the losses.
you realize this all equally applies to the mt gox willy bot?
the fact of the matter is that real demand existed at bubble prices. real buyers were buying at $10k-$20k (and they are suffering for it now). you can't possibly attribute all demand for BTC to price manipulation. that's crazy. it has applicable use cases now, and many people (myself included) are betting on its success (with our real money) regardless of whether the 2017 bubble even happened.