Definition of manipulate
manipulated; manipulating
transitive verb
1 : to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a
skillful manner manipulate a pencil
manipulate a machine
2 a :
to manage or utilize skillfully quantify our data and manipulate it statistically —S. L. Payne
b :
to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage being used and manipulated by the knowing men around him —New Republic
3 :
to change by artful or unfair means so as to serve one's purpose : doctor
suspected that the police reports were manipulated —Evelyn G. Cruickshanks
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So what is it? Skillful, artful, unfair or insidious?
This witch hunt for price manipulation, smh... Is this not the very definition of a free market? So if we want to exchange our coins for worthless fiat we should buy and sell at a loss...do I have this correct now?
Is this not what the whole legacy stock market, futures market..bonds..is all about? What types of manipulation takes place there? Is that a (higher)priority for the SEC? Or are they focused on the new bright and shiny because it gets better press time?
Why do American political directorates feel the need to try and police the world? Or are they just probing exchanges in the USA? Or is this something they are wasting my valuable tax dollars(sic) on globally?
These are the questions going through my head this morning...besides why the fuck the price is dumping thru the floor..smh.
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Bitcoin
Back under $7k it looks like. That squirrel just will not stop digging for corn. That makes it official...trend is downwards again. Why didnt I listen to myself... "Its a tarp!" FML.
1h
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4h
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