We are very vulnerable in such a thin market to anyone with a bit of money being able to manipulate the price up or down. The fact that someone went as low as they did last night instead of spreading their sells over a time period the market can stand, indicates to me that they were more interested in bringing the price down (and possibly causing a panic) than getting the best possible price for their sell.
Such a trade in a regulated market would certainly have caught the eye of regulators.
that's possible, although we've seen flash crashes in the market proper, generally caused by HFT algos. Maybe this person was trying to manipulate. If so, it didn't work particularly well. Could've just been a screwup also.
Don't drink and trade....
