surely someone for this event has earned / will earn 'a lot of money. the big boys are playing their game
CORRECT!
and who are the "big boys" ? The exchangers, of course.
Imagine that someone bought BTC at 450 USD with 1 MIL USD. That means aprox. 2.200 BTC.
Now, if the buyer wants to cashout, it will take 858,000 USD
1,000,000 - 858,000 = 142,000 USD in the exchanger's pocket
). Make this scenario at a big scale and you will see the profits
Yeah, yeah, many are still believing that the exchangers are only a middle man between buyers. Keep dreaming. LOL