Do you think that the price is fully manipulated?

[ShineftChaos]

I think that it was really strange that in January when BTC went down all big cryptocurrency exchanges closed registration for new members and they opened it only when the price was low. Then at spring when the downtrend was broken(7000$) there were many news that cryptocurrency now will go up! But whales just made big shorts at 10 000 $and all the news said that cryptocurrency won't go up for along time and market went down to current position.

The price of bitcoins cannot be manipulated, the only reason for the price of bitcoins to sink again is through fud that can actually spread in a country which will change the mind of a people to sell their coins more than holding it.

[captaincomet]

They always say a lot of crap in news. CNBC fast money made a video "how to buy shitcoins tops" and dumped on people. It is maniulated. Forex markets are manipulated too.

[el kaka22]

I think that it was really strange that in January when BTC went down all big cryptocurrency exchanges closed registration for new members and they opened it only when the price was low. Then at spring when the downtrend was broken(7000$) there were many news that cryptocurrency now will go up! But whales just made big shorts at 10 000 $and all the news said that cryptocurrency won't go up for along time and market went down to current position.

Seems like this is what everyone is beginning to wonder now and it is becoming really worrisome as it is sending some negative waves to the market. Yes, the market is manipulated as I have seen series of washing, and a way to generate false or misleading movements in the market which is totally not good.

Manipulation is generally illegal in most markets like stocks but since this is a decentralized space, this is now beginning to become rampant and I hope something can be done in near future to stop those manipulators to safe guard the rest of innocent traders. Because, we cannot simply keep watching some people controlling the entire markets.

[giarised]

I think that it was really strange that in January when BTC went down all big cryptocurrency exchanges closed registration for new members and they opened it only when the price was low. Then at spring when the downtrend was broken(7000$) there were many news that cryptocurrency now will go up! But whales just made big shorts at 10 000 $and all the news said that cryptocurrency won't go up for along time and market went down to current position.

Seems like this is what everyone is beginning to wonder now and it is becoming really worrisome as it is sending some negative waves to the market. Yes, the market is manipulated as I have seen series of washing, and a way to generate false or misleading movements in the market which is totally not good.

Manipulation is generally illegal in most markets like stocks but since this is a decentralized space, this is now beginning to become rampant and I hope something can be done in near future to stop those manipulators to safe guard the rest of innocent traders. Because, we cannot simply keep watching some people controlling the entire markets.

Did you ever observe why the price was increased so much in just a few months in the last year and then dropped about $14000? I do not think that such a huge pump and dump was possible without whales manipulating. Why other currencies are increasing slowly and there is no big pumps in the price because they are not interested in small coins.

[captaincomet]

Yes, it is manipulated (like on every other market). It's hard to find an altcoin without anyone pulling the strings and orchestrating orders on an exchange.

[Serenus]

Of course, prices are subject to manipulation. And in the crypto currency market this influence is much stronger than in traditional markets. There is enough even a slight hint of bad news that the exchange rate has collapsed.

[V1saya]

There are always manipulations everywhere. Before, most manipulators in the crypto market are personally people but nowadays I can say that huge banks and the top rich people in the world are having their stakes and are also trying to manipulate it.

[dekcutbusu33]

Yes you are talking about Bitcoin this will move forward soon so you have to wait for several more months. Many rumors are spread out in kriptocurrancy market so you should analyze then take action because the last five years chart clearly explain the variations of Bitcoin. You do not think the closing of registration for new accounts is related to the issue of price manipulation. This mainly comes down to scale issues.

[oegarod]

Price of bitcoin is not completely manipulated. It is clear that to some extent the price is being manipulated by the whales, beyond which the market moves independently. When the whales manipulate the price automatically this leads to a large scale panic among the users and the same makes the manipulation sustain for a longer time period.

[Gladiator25]

In my own opinion, the price of bitcoin is manipulated but not fully manipulated, there's a chance but not always. The price is bitcoin can be manipulated because it is decentralized and works like silly and demand. There are many people who has many money to buy bitcoins and sell it in much higher price. Then if they sell it, the price of bitcoin will instantly drop because they have the higher percentage of holding bitcoin.

[nydiacaskey01]

Last years pump was driven by the new investors. Investors coming from different directions like from those who are in stocks who wants to try Cryptocurrency and new investors who think Bitcoin is a good short term investment. After hitting ATH last December, you see a sudden drop of BTC price, new investors dumping and I think what we are seeing now are those new investors who tried to hold on to their bags but now slowly bailing out. Manipulated? I dont think so.

[Snaic]

The price of the crypto currency market is manipulated by whales, and we have already made sure of this many times. However, they can not fully regulate the price in the market. A lot of people are involved in the market, in sum this is a very large amount, so they can not completely influence the market.

[hasmukh_rawal]

I think that it was really strange that in January when BTC went down all big cryptocurrency exchanges closed registration for new members and they opened it only when the price was low. Then at spring when the downtrend was broken(7000$) there were many news that cryptocurrency now will go up! But whales just made big shorts at 10 000 $and all the news said that cryptocurrency won't go up for along time and market went down to current position.

Bitcoin may or may not be manipulated but there I do believe that there are whales in the market and they surely pump BTC prices at times to take out more profits from the market. I guess this is the reason why BTC is not increasing much in price. I don't exchanges closing registrations has anything to do with this because they might be facing the same manipulation too if we are facing it. So its hard to say whether its manipulation of BTC price or a pump.

[JimmieA]

I think that it was really strange that in January when BTC went down all big cryptocurrency exchanges closed registration for new members and they opened it only when the price was low. Then at spring when the downtrend was broken(7000$) there were many news that cryptocurrency now will go up! But whales just made big shorts at 10 000 $and all the news said that cryptocurrency won't go up for along time and market went down to current position.

I agree that btc prices are always dominated by people called sharks, because they hold too many btc. However, I do not think they can manipulate such a large crypto market, so to do so they have to have the active be in sync. And make sure it's not easy.

[MMnoob]

there are some markets that manipulate the price and there is also a market that adjusts to the sale and purchase, not all markets can be manipulated because there are some very tight market and wear a strong security.

[Oceat]

I would like to believe that it is not because of the correction but this is not normal when correction hits like this. So, indeed it is manipulated already since from the start of this year. Bitcoin is always struggling to recover and break the resistance of $10k before and now, it is having already a hard time of breaking the $7k resistance. What more do we expect if this keeps on happening? I almost think that Bitcoin is dead already but it is still trying to recover at some point but can't move up.

[naidray]

Of course, prices are subject to manipulation. And in the crypto currency market this influence is much stronger than in traditional markets. There is enough even a slight hint of bad news that the exchange rate has collapsed.

Yeah, it is really a lot stronger in this market. This is an unregulated and a decentralized market and it is highly expected to see things like this happen. The obvious thing here again is that the market is still new, the market cap is not even that huge yet as it is something these institutions have more than enough to even play with and manipulation is always something that is going to be bound for us to see happen.

Until we actually start seeing people getting to use the market in real life as a currency globally and enmasse, before we can start seeing less manipulation.

[upsidedown75]

Yes, it is manipulated (like on every other market). It's hard to find an altcoin without anyone pulling the strings and orchestrating orders on an exchange.

There would always be that someone or those set of people who have more than enough to move the market to their advantage. As long as they have enough resources to have accumulated at the bottom, they can easily start moving the price up by buying sell walls and making sure it gets a lot of support, the traders starts moving in, FOMO starts kicking in and then it all starts before the distribution and dump occurs. The manipulators are always there and I believe there is nothing we can do about it at least for now that the market is more speculative in nature.

[bitcoinveda]

There are always manipulations everywhere. Before, most manipulators in the crypto market are personally people but nowadays I can say that huge banks and the top rich people in the world are having their stakes and are also trying to manipulate it.

Market manipulation is possible because trade market is completely panic one because when any negative news released most of the people are panic and start dumping them in the market. So bitcoin is manipulated by the whales who has more coins.

[Dudeperfect]

To be honest, the price is not full name manipulated but it is the effect of fear of missing out after a little fluctuation in the price. As we all know that crypto industry is still in the basic phase of development, there is a lack of knowledge, awareness and mass maturity and hence big whales and institutional investors take the advantage of this situation. ]Thus the situation is influenced by certain elements but it is not under the control of those elements completely.