If we look to the manipulation around the last futures on Jan 17th, we see that the selloff didn't happen until TWO DAYS before the futures were set to be settled.
We're 5 days before CME futures close and guess what? BTC is on sale big time! They're going to tank BTC a little more and then FLASH buy this baby upward, snapping off all the shorts and riding the FOMO wave higher as people rush back in. The moment futures have settled, they'll sell off their bargain basement purchases they made because the weak-handed fools sold thinking the price was going to crash. They win on buying the cheap BTC and selling it off around 15k AND they win on snapping off all the shorts thinking the Jan 17 scenario would replay itself.
Please think people. You're being manipulated, AGAIN
... Ich fahre jetzt zweigleisig (eigentlich dreigleisig). Meinetwegen kann’s jetzt hoch oder runter gehen.
Bin ich auch, Fazit Ehe geschieden ;-)