It is, if they work for the government and are close to the fiat spigot.
They couldn't break Bitcoin. But they could just buy it all up and take it off the market. Even if they never got a return on it, killing it would drive people into other assets, which they already own, pushing up the price of those.
Laeserin
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2026-05-12 15:59:14 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…llea
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