If I were the Bitcoin sharks, I would have been driving up the price patiently and slowly, like what they have been doing for the past few years. This recent madness attracts attention, which is the last thing they want. This puzzled me until I realized that they had been waiting for the futures all alone. The assets obviously cannot be liquidated all at once at its full price, but they can sell covered futures. Financial instruments really accelerates the market, even a fraudulent one.