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Board Altcoin Discussion
Re: Is Elon Musk manipulating the market?
by
jjdub7
on 31/05/2021, 11:50:43 UTC
Every time Elon Musk talks positively about Dogecoin on Twitter, price per coin goes all the way to the moon. The contrary happens if he talks negatively about it. Most recently, Elon Musk criticized Bitcoin's high energy consumption stating that it's harmful to the environment. This caused Bitcoin's price to plunge all the way to $42k in an instant. It's up to this point, where Bitcoin hasn't recovered back to the $57k - $58k range.

It looks like people make decisions based on someone else's opinion instead of doing their own research about it. Most people follow Elon Musk closely, so anything he says (good or bad) can directly affect the whole crypto market in general. I believe Elon Musk's true intentions is to manipulate the market for his own financial benefit. Who knows if he bought more Bitcoin after prices went down because of his tweet?

What are your thoughts? Do you think Elon Musk is manipulating the crypto market? If not, why? Will crypto carry on as usual without Mr. Musk in play? Or is it too late? Your input will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Smiley

Undoubtedly, the crypto market is quite sensitive to manipulation and people who have a great influence on the masses can easily take advantage of this.

More than once we have witnessed famous people who have been prosecuted for their proven participation in manipulations on social media such as Twitter and gaining dividends from it.

I think that's part of the game, and whether Elon Musk does it on purpose or not to gain benefits, we don't know.