I think that a discussion of bitcoin's price today is incomplete if it doesn't t...

eggie · on Jan 24, 2018

This is the elephant in the room. It definitely seems that something is up when $100M in tokens flow into exchanges and the price immediately jumps.

I am trying to find moderate-resolution market data to evaluate the effect that Tether issuances have had on prices. Does anyone know of a public data source that's higher resolution than 24h?

ufo · on Jan 24, 2018

I think https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed might have this data. You could try asking them.

eximius · on Jan 24, 2018

I simultaneously hate them and am mildly impressed they have managed to print over a billion dollars.

Nursie · on Jan 24, 2018

They've printed 850 million in the last three weeks alone. If they get away with it then... wow.

But yeah, it looks like blatant manipulation - the price of bitcoin approaches $10K, quick, let's print another 100 million!

cstejerean · on Jan 24, 2018

It’s over 2 billion now, and growing.

lawlessone · on Jan 24, 2018

why are people accepting them?

jdcarter · on Jan 24, 2018

Relevant recent discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16152050

Also bitfinex'ed writes extensively on manipulation:

https://medium.com/@bitfinexed/