> a 51% attacker is disincentivized You missed this: "An attacker could leverage [a market crash] because they would have a certain amount of control over whe

> a 51% attacker is disincentivized You missed this: "An attacker could leverage [a market crash] because they would have a certain amount of control over when news of the attack broke, so they could (for example) take a short position on a portfolio of financial stocks before launching the attack."