Bitcoin Price Manipulation#BTCVolatility

$BTC 2017 bull run: ~50% of the price surge was driven by Tether (USDT) printed out of thin air and used to buy BTC (proven by Griffin & Shams study + CFTC fines).#CryptoIn401k

Fake volume: Up to 95% of volume on unregulated exchanges is wash trading.#TrumpTariffs

Whale games: Spoofing, coordinated dumps, and futures liquidations still happen (see the Nov 2025 drop: $15B+ sold in hours by BlackRock, Grayscale, Wintermute, etc.).#BinanceAlphaAlert

But Bitcoin can’t be fully controlled—21M cap, open ledger, and now spot ETFs make total manipulation impossible. Price is distorted, not fake. Volatility is partly engineered, partly real. That’s the truth.$BTC

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