I might be wrong but I think the main reason for all this manipulation is the result of the impact of BitcoinSV. I do not know what Craig Wright is doing, but his attempt to ruin BitcoinCash have worked.
I completely agree with you. I think that bitcoin getting below such a stable price barrier near $6k at the same time when news about this mad guy appeared cannot be a coincidence. Bitcoin Cash is almost dead (though it's not that obvious in the bear market and it's still above SV), Bitcoin Private is another useless clone (I get it that it is the original, but why did the bitcoin cash team didn't do it in the first place if they wanter authenticity so much?!), the market is generally down. You know that things are going bad when you see stable coins among the most successful performers

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