According to Mars Finance, Mike Alfred, founder of Alpine Fox LP, stated, “Institutions are doing everything they can to manipulate Perptual Futures and other derivations, trying to depress Bitcoin prices and intimidate investors into dumping, which is one of the biggest eyewash in the market.” Tom Lee, chairman of BitMine, retweeted and expressed his agreement.
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