Fox News host Tucker Carlson has put forward a remarkable conspiracy theory that the rise of Bitcoin (BTC) is related to ransom attacks in the United States.
Tucker Carlson published a January 17 in the program, USA and CanadaHe came up with an interesting conspiracy theory linking the airline delays in . Carlson on January 11 causing thousands of flights to stop. computer outage from ransomware the U.S. government, claiming that that he may have bought a large amount of Bitcoin to pay the ransom put forward a theory.
Expressing that all these events cannot be a coincidence, Carlson did not provide any evidence for these claims.
Almost all ransoms like this are paid in Bitcoin. So if the US government had bought large amounts of Bitcoin to pay the ransom, Bitcoin prices would of course rise. The real question is: Did something like this happen? Yes it’s okay. Bitcoin price has risen by nearly 20% since the nationwide outages last Thursday. Is this a coincidence?
Cryptocurrency investors on social media did not hesitate to make fun of Carlson, who made such a claim without providing any evidence. Many famous crypto money phenomenon joked about this conspiracy theory put forward by Carlson. “Cyberpunk” Adam Back also got involved. Back to a post reply aspect, “Is this a coincidence? Yes, it’s a coincidence” made statements.