also, for plebs like us (i'm assuming you aren't in the $B class) our current value is what you are thinking.
if you look at a you can see that currently you could take this market down to $38k by selling off $178M of BTC. that is a lot of money for us, but for some it is worth the manipulation, they tank the value, causes plebs to sell because their savings is disappearing and they have weak stomachs, and then they buy back. putting fake numbers in it would be something like "sell $200M of bitcoin bringing the price down to $35k, people follow your lead in selling, buy back $200M worth of bitcoin, but this time you have 120% of the bitcoin you started with, because people cashed out". there are variations, but this is the bird's eye view.
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