maybe one of the results of the chinese sniffing around is that we discover they've been naked short selling it all these years. could be fun.
isn't that legal tho?
i mean its an accepted practice on other markets.
I remember the US briefly banned shorting during a crash years ago. It was legal until they decided to briefly ban it, then they unbanned it again and it went back to legal. China's the same, it's legal until they say it's not, then back to legal when they say it is.
naked shorts are really just a risk to the exchange itself.
there the ones leading out coins they dont have.
the exchanges probably hedge when / if they do this, they'll lead you 500BTC they dont have, and buy some "puts" or somthing.
really there just betting they'll make money because some will get liquidated... and that will cover their hedging costs and then some.
they lead you 500BTC, buy a put, price moves higher up, they use there put you get liquidated, and they profit big time.
Lol wouldnt suprize me at all this kinda shits happening...
unclear if PROC will put a stop to this, they play the same games...