1. the market is surprisingly thin, it doesn't take a lot of bitcoin to knock the price down - particularly with the shortage of retail dollars.
2. there's no such thing as "just short" in bitcoin, the venues for doing so are unregulated casinos with an extensive track record of just screwing their own customers over.
this is not an orderly or well-regulated market in any regard
1. the market is surprisingly thin, it doesn't take a lot of bitcoin to knock the price down - particularly with the shortage of retail dollars.
2. there's no such thing as "just short" in bitcoin, the venues for doing so are unregulated casinos with an extensive track record of just screwing their own customers over.
this is not an orderly or well-regulated market in any regard