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                    <ul class="article__contents-list"><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h20">Hungry Bitcoin whales &nbsp;</a></li><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h31">The Tether-driven pump?</a></li></ul>
                
                  
    
                    



                  
    
                    



                
              While the crypto community is exuberant about the recent price rally and the likes of Fox News and CNN running <a href="https://u.today/bitcoin-price-hits-6400-this-is-officially-a-new-bull-market">‘Bitcoin is back’</a> stories, investors should remain cautious. Crypto skeptic David Gerard <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/05/13/bitcoin-is-going-through-the-roof-its-manipulation-with-tethers-not-organic-demand/">claims</a> that this speculation-driven rally could soon turn into another <a href="https://u.today/when-is-bitcoin-dead-and-when-is-it-just-a-bubble">bubble</a>, leaving Bitcoin bulls high and dry.

<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="#-price-will-be-8200-but-traders-predict-a-falling-domino-pattern-to-knock-it-down">card</a>

Hungry Bitcoin whales &nbsp;

According to Gerard, there is nothing organic about this bull run since the price is growing way too fast despite the industry facing two recent controversies (Tether-Bitfinex and Binance).

His theory is that the Bitcoin price is being manipulated by Bitcoin whales who continue to buy BTC en masse in order to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="#">liquidate short positions</a> (this method was <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1127051915903115264">described</a> by Willy Woo). After artificially pumping the price of BTC, they will sell their newly bought coins and tank the market. In essence, we are dealing with your typical pump-and-dump scheme, but on a much larger scale.

For the time being, he expects the price of Bitcoin to continue surging since the widespread media coverage will bring new gullible investors that are not able to resist FOMO.

<a href="https://u.today/wsj-bitcoin-price-rally-has-placed-crypto-among-biggest-winners-of-2019">card</a>

The Tether-driven pump?

It seems like the price of Bitcoin tends to surge when bad news is piling up one after another. After the CFTC sent subpoenas to Bitfinex on Dec. 6, the price of Bitcoin <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed/status/1126841882791882752">spiked</a> 40 percent before eventually taking a hammering in January.

This time, after it was revealed that Bitfinex had pulled off an 850 mln <a href="https://u.today/tether-bitfinex-bombshell-tanks-bitcoin-and-other-top-cryptocurrencies">Tether cover-up</a>, the news swiftly took its toll on Bitcoin, but it quickly rebounded and continued its meteoric rise even after it turned out that 26 percent of USDT is not backed by the US Dollar.

Hence, it is safe to assume that everyone is ditching Tether for Bitcoin, which could be one of the reasons behind the pump.
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                    Contents
                    <ul class="article__contents-list"><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h20">Hungry Bitcoin whales &nbsp;</a></li><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h31">The Tether-driven pump?</a></li></ul>
                
                  
    
                    



                  
    
                    



                
              While the crypto community is exuberant about the recent price rally and the likes of Fox News and CNN running <a href="https://u.today/bitcoin-price-hits-6400-this-is-officially-a-new-bull-market">‘Bitcoin is back’</a> stories, investors should remain cautious. Crypto skeptic David Gerard <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/05/13/bitcoin-is-going-through-the-roof-its-manipulation-with-tethers-not-organic-demand/">claims</a> that this speculation-driven rally could soon turn into another <a href="https://u.today/when-is-bitcoin-dead-and-when-is-it-just-a-bubble">bubble</a>, leaving Bitcoin bulls high and dry.

<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="#-price-will-be-8200-but-traders-predict-a-falling-domino-pattern-to-knock-it-down">card</a>

Hungry Bitcoin whales &nbsp;

According to Gerard, there is nothing organic about this bull run since the price is growing way too fast despite the industry facing two recent controversies (Tether-Bitfinex and Binance).

His theory is that the Bitcoin price is being manipulated by Bitcoin whales who continue to buy BTC en masse in order to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="#">liquidate short positions</a> (this method was <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/woonomic/status/1127051915903115264">described</a> by Willy Woo). After artificially pumping the price of BTC, they will sell their newly bought coins and tank the market. In essence, we are dealing with your typical pump-and-dump scheme, but on a much larger scale.

For the time being, he expects the price of Bitcoin to continue surging since the widespread media coverage will bring new gullible investors that are not able to resist FOMO.

<a href="https://u.today/wsj-bitcoin-price-rally-has-placed-crypto-among-biggest-winners-of-2019">card</a>

The Tether-driven pump?

It seems like the price of Bitcoin tends to surge when bad news is piling up one after another. After the CFTC sent subpoenas to Bitfinex on Dec. 6, the price of Bitcoin <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Bitfinexed/status/1126841882791882752">spiked</a> 40 percent before eventually taking a hammering in January.

This time, after it was revealed that Bitfinex had pulled off an 850 mln <a href="https://u.today/tether-bitfinex-bombshell-tanks-bitcoin-and-other-top-cryptocurrencies">Tether cover-up</a>, the news swiftly took its toll on Bitcoin, but it quickly rebounded and continued its meteoric rise even after it turned out that 26 percent of USDT is not backed by the US Dollar.

Hence, it is safe to assume that everyone is ditching Tether for Bitcoin, which could be one of the reasons behind the pump.
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This Crypto Skeptic Explains Why Bitcoin’s Price Will Inevitably Tank

Tue, 05/14/2019 - 16:14
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Alex Dovbnya
?David Gerard’s theories should be taken with a grain of salt since he also claimed that celestial bodies were responsible for the recent rally
This Crypto Skeptic Explains Why Bitcoin’s Price Will Inevitably Tank
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While the crypto community is exuberant about the recent price rally and the likes of Fox News and CNN running ‘Bitcoin is back’ stories, investors should remain cautious. Crypto skeptic David Gerard claims that this speculation-driven rally could soon turn into another bubble, leaving Bitcoin bulls high and dry.

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Hungry Bitcoin whales  

According to Gerard, there is nothing organic about this bull run since the price is growing way too fast despite the industry facing two recent controversies (Tether-Bitfinex and Binance).

His theory is that the Bitcoin price is being manipulated by Bitcoin whales who continue to buy BTC en masse in order to liquidate short positions (this method was described by Willy Woo). After artificially pumping the price of BTC, they will sell their newly bought coins and tank the market. In essence, we are dealing with your typical pump-and-dump scheme, but on a much larger scale.

For the time being, he expects the price of Bitcoin to continue surging since the widespread media coverage will bring new gullible investors that are not able to resist FOMO.

The Tether-driven pump?

It seems like the price of Bitcoin tends to surge when bad news is piling up one after another. After the CFTC sent subpoenas to Bitfinex on Dec. 6, the price of Bitcoin spiked 40 percent before eventually taking a hammering in January.

This time, after it was revealed that Bitfinex had pulled off an 850 mln Tether cover-up, the news swiftly took its toll on Bitcoin, but it quickly rebounded and continued its meteoric rise even after it turned out that 26 percent of USDT is not backed by the US Dollar.

Hence, it is safe to assume that everyone is ditching Tether for Bitcoin, which could be one of the reasons behind the pump.
 

#Bitcoin Price Prediction
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About the author
Alex Dovbnya

Alex Dovbnya (aka AlexMorris) is a cryptocurrency expert, trader and journalist with extensive experience of covering everything related to the burgeoning industry — from price analysis to Blockchain disruption. Alex authored more than 1,000 stories for U.Today, CryptoComes and other fintech media outlets. He’s particularly interested in regulatory trends around the globe that are shaping the future of digital assets, can be contacted at alex.dovbnya@u.today.

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