If selling $2 billion crashes the price of BTC, why don’t you buy $83 billion and send it to space?

In the spirit of stupid questions, Bitcoin influencer Crypto Tea has released a post from X that many people wonder but don’t say it out loud. If a previous dormant whales can sell $2 billion in BTC and crash BTC prices, why is it that one year of unrelenting purchase pressure over $80 billion from Saylor and ETFs not sent to the month?

The bitcoin therapist picked up it:

“Explain how this is possible,” he pondered.

Sudden trading and Argo purchases

Plan C, creator of the Bitcoin Quantile model, came to the rescue immediately and explained this phenomenon. BTC’s $2 billion fat finger sales can launch the market faster than pianos in a 10-storey building.

But did Michael Saylor and the ETF Brigade engulf $83 billion in 2025? Well, it seems to make the BTC price a slow, stable track rather than a moonshot. What gives?

The logic is almost boringly simple, Plan C explains:

“It’s simple. To compare the impact of a transaction, you need to consider the trading rate by dividing the total dollar by the amount of time you generated.”

In other words, prices move on the edge, not on average.

Sudden, large-scale sell orders, especially with thin liquidity, can wipe out orders and cause a sudden price drop. Meanwhile, Algobot purchases are precisely designed to fuse, spread and avoid collisions with parties. Buy $83 billion a year and build a floor rather than a rocket unless the pace is picked up.

“Paper” Bitcoin: X Factor

But wait. How about paper Bitcoin? The Bitcoin therapist asks. Supplies you know, do you think we’re looking at in exchange? Plan C’s view:

“It’s certainly an unknown X factor, but there’s no way to know about paper Bitcoin to some extent. I’ll assume that my answer is nothing.

Reported purchases create an illusion of purchase pressure without actually moving the actual coin out of the market, if a substantial amount of “paper” bitcoin (Ious or synthetic) is traded instead of the actual coin.

What actually drives BTC prices?

Ultimately, the difference comes down to pace, execution, and market structure. ETF and institutional purchases in 2025 were intentional and stable, highly fragmented across exchanges and OTC desks, and even facilitated by algorithmic purchase orders designed to minimize the impact of price.

In contrast, crashes tend to suddenly, concentrate, and yes, panic, especially when they take place on thin fluid weekends.

So next time the headline screams a market meltdown with a $2 billion dump, don’t forget that it’s not just the size, but the speed and source. Slowly build a burn floor. A sudden shock brings flames. And somewhere in between, paper Bitcoin is hiding as the ultimate wildcard in the market.

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