Please, there is another user with that name (my very personal troller): do not confuse us two.


Who knows? The MMM ponzi is global and has many imitators.  Their victims can buy their bitcoins anywhere.

The surge may be just held-up money finally reaching the exchanges after a bank holiday.

Or perhaps Sergei has un-paused the scam.

Do you have a better explanation?  I don't see any news or rumor that could explain it.

Taiwan declared it illegal after the kidnapping case; perhaps people there or in other countries are stocking it before access to exchanges is blocked?