> However, this doesn’t stop Bitfinex from tripping over their shoelaces to immediately list a fork which doesn’t exist, in order to make money off of suckers.
That is not correct. Bitfinex didn't list Bitcoin Gold. They listed a future contract of Bitcoin Gold (though the naming "token" is a bit confusing). You can create a future contract about anything, like the weather or soccer.
> Prior to publishing this post I was informed that Tethers are on the rise. Today, at the time of this post there has been another 25,000,000 USDT printed.
First, a new creation of Tether doesn't result in a pump. That would be too obvious for traders to arb the effect.
Second, Tether is not used by Bitfinex heavily. Tether biggest clients are Polonix and Bittrex. And there is blockchain proof for that: https://wallet.tether.to/richlist