Bitcoin’s astronomical rise last year was buoyed by market manipulation, researchers say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2018/06/14/bitcoins-astronomical-rise-last-year-was-buoyed-by-market-manipulation-researchers-say/
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that at least half of bitcoin's astronomical returns last year may have been a result of manipulation.
What may be at the center is another digital token called tether.
