My point is that, just because the futures are not directly linked to Bitcoin, they can still have a direct effect.
And I'm not suggesting that they're listing futures in order to attack Bitcoin. I have no reason to believe that.
However, it is notoriously hard to prove general price manipulation. It is much easier, and more common, to prove specific price manipulation. In practice this usually means an extraordinary anomaly e.g. a flash crash or a targeted anomaly. The latter is almost always due to a specific event such as a rate setting or a close price.
And I'm not suggesting that they're listing futures in order to attack Bitcoin. I have no reason to believe that.
However, it is notoriously hard to prove general price manipulation. It is much easier, and more common, to prove specific price manipulation. In practice this usually means an extraordinary anomaly e.g. a flash crash or a targeted anomaly. The latter is almost always due to a specific event such as a rate setting or a close price.