I am very intrigued to hear everyones opinions on this one. I personally think bitcoin will be ok in the long run, but how can we be for sure that nobody is manipulating the markets? I mean, fiat is fake money as it is, backed by nothing and the elites drive the markets....when stuff is bought up they sell off for profit....which causes the rest to get scared and sell as price plummetts. Then the same elites buy it all back up when it is dirt cheap, people follow, price increases, then they repeat for a profit yet again. How will this not occur with BTC?