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Comment by PragmaticPulp | Hacker News Reader

Fed contributes, but it's hardly a singular explainer for the current market mania.

The chart you shared hasn't even changed significantly since July.

The Fed didn't print enough money to buoy Tesla 1000% or send Bitcoin up 100% in a month. There's no mechanism directing money straight from the Fed into the riskiest assets. Market mania has taken hold.

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It definitely plays a role in driving overall sentiment though. And indirectly plays a role in people taking more risks. There's a view that the economy won't collapse because central banks will just keep printing money... and it's probably correct because there's no real alternative right now unless you want civil unrest because that's what you'll get once you shut down the economy and then turn off the money taps simultaneously.

But at some point, in order for fiat currency to retain any sort of reliable buying power, there does need to be a rug pull of some sort. Doing it while so many are out of work and so many industries are effectively shut down by government regulation would be extremely dangerous (for the government of the day).

For bitcoin at least, Tether printed enough.

If you assume tether is largely legitimate, the observable behaviors would look indistinguishable from the claims of fraud.

Tether “being printed” is per design. Just like wire transfers and account signups to Coinbase, they align with spikes in price.

That’s not to say they are legitimate either, but the constant conjecture about it is mostly people confused about causation.

Tether FUD Era of this bullrun ended 15 Jan. See you in a few years.

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