[headsoup]

Indeed, the article is most certainly pro Tether/Bitfinex and handwaves the accusation of doubt from Bitfinex'ed (with the old "yeah but other people do it on other platforms (that are a little different...) so it's all legit!"

The best line is "Harborne said it was more a matter of bull-run optimism than cynical market manipulation"...except the transactions come first...

[benmunster1]

Hardly Bitfinex PR — the guy calls in rabid conspiracy theorist Bitfinex'ed to counter the guy's claims...

[abeaulne]

> ...except the transactions come first...

one need to buy a ticket _before_ boarding the train

here the ticket is Tether, and the train are exchanges (mostly Bitfinex)

[headsoup]

Except the circular argument that their ticket is bought because of optimism, that is created by them buying the ticket... hence the chicken-egg statement in the article.