1) I disagree. It did affect the market but the effects weren't nearly as big as the crash itself. Not to mention that the recent crash to $18k happened long after the LUNA scam
2) I disagree with this also since it has happened before and people don't really react to these things that badly specially since it was a small drop not the eventual demise of Tether
3) This may have contributed to the crash more than the rest but I still don't consider it as a big cause
4) Not effective at all. In fact these are the result of the crash not the cause of it
5) Binance is an altcoin exchange first and a bitcoin exchange second. It's hack (which was a much bigger event) didn't cause a major crash, possibility of some legal shenanigan is not going to cause a crash!
6) Not new.
All in all, a big crash can come from either Binance or Tether's direction (or maybe USDC) - if the US govt would want to stop the use of USDT/USDC tokens - they can do it at any given moment!
The only thing that could cause a bigger panic sell in bitcoin is if Tether disappears and causes mass panic otherwise the rest including Binance is not a major deal.
- NFT
- The NFT market is pretty bust - it was a complete bubble that got burst (look @ ApeCoin for that matter - $3.78 seems quite "expensive" despite its peak at $25 a few months ago)
Not bitcoiner has ever given enough shit about tokens to want to start selling their bitcoins because NFTs went belly up.
My analysis is that the reason is a single one with two steps.
First people were convinced that bitcoin price should follow other markets (they succeeded to some extend in 2020).
Then the US (and its colonies') economy started falling apart and those who were convinced in step one started panic selling in accordance with the US economy crash.
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