Derivatives can be structured to multiply exponential growth, or just as profitably quell it. I find it almost unbelievable that JP Morgan is keeping the price of silver down despite the immense crash of stocks, and at a time when silver is at its all time low relative to gold. It's quite a trick.
Hell, they dropped the price 25%, although it's bounced a bit.
BTC has far less financial interest, and is therefore far more manipulable. When you can conjure infinite amounts of money out of thin air and deploy it however you want, you sure as hell can control the price of anything.
I read Amazon has discovered one of their wagies is infected. Is that not in your neck of the woods? Stay safe.