> Do you really believe (...) conspired together to manipulate the price? > Yes, there is a lot of small scale shenanigans with crypto currencies, but (...).

> Do you really believe (...) conspired together to manipulate the price? > Yes, there is a lot of small scale shenanigans with crypto currencies, but (...). There are no buts. Either the market is manipulated, or it isn't. You already acknowledged it is manipulated, but somehow the degree of difficulty to pull it off is of any relevance? Why do you feel this matters? Meanwhile, here's an interesting read. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/research-affiliates-quant-warns-of-bitcoin-market-manipulation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/research-...