Yeah it's a distinct possibility. Chatter increases among insiders before major news. I'm not sure we have enough bitcoin price cycles in this data to say for sure but it's a plausible hypothesis 

SimpleStacker

Curiously, SN's growth appears to precede Bitcoin price.  Could SN growth be a leading indicator for Bitcoin price???

This is a pretty cool idea. Momentum building in advanced bitcoin tools like SN and then "spilling over" into wider society? Probably not the right story, but I wouldn't at all be surprised of this was a durable finding.

econ

Research in Public #01: Got the data

> Curiously, SN's growth appears to precede Bitcoin price.  Could SN growth be a leading indicator for Bitcoin price??? 

This is a pretty cool idea. Momentum building in advanced bitcoin tools like SN and then "spilling over" into wider society? Probably not the right story, but I wouldn't at all be surprised of this was a durable finding. 