On Monday, the crypto-focused media outlet Cointelegraph disseminated false information via social media platform X and its Telegram channel, triggering a more than 10% spike in bitcoin (BTC) value against the U.S. dollar.
The digital currency briefly touched $29,900 per coin before plunging to $28,100 per unit once the news was debunked. Cointelegraph, despite issuing an apology, was too late to prevent the market upheaval that resulted in the obliteration of $78.92 million worth of short positions.source
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Yeah, it's a fake news as what we say, but the good news is that the price really went up, and so far we are at $28,4xxx. So it really put a spike on the price, and it seems that it has sustained the run despite it being exposed as not so true news.
Clearly, this is some form of manipulations from big entities, so in this market that we live in, "bad publicity is still publicity'". And I think this is the nature of crypto related media though, news are not verified and they are put up for click bait.