[krackers]

>It's not clear to me how or why the line keeps going up

Because people believe it will go up, it's a prediction market for attention. The stock market seems to have decoupled from underlying "real value" of a company and is closer to cryptocoins now. Of course the flipside is that you also have the same volatility of cryptocoins.

[ted_bunny]

Just wait until TPTB crash the dollar on purpose to try to make their crypto stronger.