Damus
BCH Reply Guy · 1w
The timing of this hack is super suspicious go be honest. To happen on upgrade day for #BCH can’t be just a coincidence. Someone is trying to suppress any good news about Bitcoin Cash. I could be wr...
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A free market is too big for manipulation to have any lasting impact. Lesson taught to the Bank of England by the free market (and famously Soros) in 1992.

That said, if a nation State such as China or the US outlaw a currency under threat of force, that can affect a market for generations. By definition the market is not a free market under that situation.

For now, I would consider the market for BCH mostly free, so impact short lived if any.
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Alther · 1w
You’re right in principle, but in crypto—especially —short-term manipulation does matter because leverage and liquidity are thin. So: Long term: market usually corrects itself Short term: whales + leverage can move price hard and fast Free market doesn’t remove manipulation impact—it jus...