>Further, wouldn't that pressure be somewhat proportional to the upward pressure he created with the buy activity, given that he was trying to make those fracti

>Further, wouldn't that pressure be somewhat proportional to the upward pressure he created with the buy activity, given that he was trying to make those fractions whole again? Yeah, it would be, if all players in the market knew how many bitcoins (including the marginal bitcoins "created" by gox) were in circulation. /and/ if the value of all bitcoin was fixed over the time period.