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Who do you have in mind? I don't see anyone who wants Bitcoin to crash desperately enough to spend millions on inflating a bubble and then pop it - which is a very risky and costly plan. More likley would be a scenario in which someone who holds a lot of Bitcoins pushes MtGox prices upwards in order to be able to sell OTC at inflated prices. However, given that Bitcoin on MtGox has a volume of USD 20 million daily, this takes a lot of resources. It is much easier to manipulate a low-volume stock on the stock market.


Fun fact of the day: in Italy, this idea of "but who's REALLY behind it" is called "dietrologia", or, very literally translated, "behindology".

My theory: it's the Mayflowers.


> given that Bitcoin on MtGox has a volume of USD 20 million daily, this takes a lot of resources

Or $200,000 in yesterday's terms. Doesn't seem so hard to influence anymore.


>>>desperately enough to spend millions on inflating a bubble

Millions is pocket change to those who deal with figures in the hundreds of billions.




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