The market for the digital items plummeted after their glory days in 2021 and 2022, and they’ve proven to be not only an artistic and aesthetic disaster, but a shortcut to financial ruin
But that increases the money supply. This way they can take money from other people. For example Russia can get USD without printing and inflating RUB.
If Russia controls the entire supply of Bitcoin (which is what you’re saying) then why would anyone with USD want to buy it? At that point, being owned by Russia entirely, it’s just a Russian currency.
The whole supposed attraction of Bitcoin is that it’s not a government currency, and the supply isn’t controlled by a central bank. Ethereum has additional uses to that, but that’s still one of the prime factors as well.
You buy enough to raise the price, announce that you’re buying it, schmucks try to get in on the wave, you dump while tweeting diamond hands.
Repeat.
Again, why?
To make money
The government you’re talking about can print money at will.
But that increases the money supply. This way they can take money from other people. For example Russia can get USD without printing and inflating RUB.
That’s just FOREX with extra steps?
If Russia controls the entire supply of Bitcoin (which is what you’re saying) then why would anyone with USD want to buy it? At that point, being owned by Russia entirely, it’s just a Russian currency.
The whole supposed attraction of Bitcoin is that it’s not a government currency, and the supply isn’t controlled by a central bank. Ethereum has additional uses to that, but that’s still one of the prime factors as well.
Not the entire supply, just enough to affect prices. Basically the stock market but without even the appearance of it not being manipulated to hell.
And it’s not Russia, or not just them, anyone with enough money to play can fuck people with sub-8 figure net worths over.