Quote from: aztecminer on January 07, 2016, 04:55:56 PM

Quote from: bad trader on January 07, 2016, 05:14:55 AM

Quote from: lottery248 on January 07, 2016, 03:33:53 AM

wow that's escalated quickly, up $20 within a few hours, can anyone here to explain the reason? Huh

Someone could be trying to prop the price up.

Huobi:

And it probably involves lent money (even if it started before all the money was lent).

Bitfinex USD swaps:

"Someone could be trying to prop the price up."

what Huh

It looked likely to drop soon. So you would make a big buy in the hope of stopping that from happening.

I don't know if that was the reason for the pump, though.