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Re:Is Bitcoin surge driven by paid-publicity (similar to US ... by thisisit on Friday December 08, 2017 @10:28AM (#15879292)
Well the assumption here is that general public or the dumb money can actually create a rally which increases in multiple of 1000s.

This is possible and does happen in penny stocks where stocks go from couple of cents to couple of dollars or maybe in 100s. But, in 1k or even 10ks? I seriously doubt it.....Unless there is a story behind the volume and there is some serious round trip trading going on: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/round-triptrades.asp

Re:Is Bitcoin surge driven by paid-publicity (similar to US ... by Buttes on Friday December 08, 2017 @10:29AM (#15879310)
It's certainly possible there are fraudulent trades driving price, it's pretty easy to do on BTC exchanges.
Re:Is Bitcoin surge driven by paid-publicity (similar to US ... by an_account on Friday December 08, 2017 @10:40AM (#15879402)
Almost no one I know buys a whole Bitcoin. You don’t have to put in 10K to get started.
Re:Is Bitcoin surge driven by paid-publicity (similar to US ... by kkotak on Friday December 08, 2017 @10:39AM (#15879392)
It's called market making. Happens on all exchanges. Without them there won't be liquidity.
Re:Is Bitcoin surge driven by paid-publicity (similar to US ... by brucephillips on Friday December 08, 2017 @03:29PM (#15881759)
Huh? OP is describing appreciation, which has nothing to do with market making.