There's also the complexity of USDT in this mix. Even if it is some stablecoin, it's ultimately pegged to the USD. If the USD is being printed away wildly and maliciously (illegally isn't the correct word, because it's not illegal to infinitely print more currency). What keeps the USD in play despite the Fed wildly printing it away? First the consent of US citizens. Second, the petrodollar. Third, constant wars and the military industrial complex. Fourth, almost everyone in the world has been in a way bullied into using the USD.

I'm saying put yourself in the foot of an "elite". How would you devise a way to scam people if you were in control of the USD printing press and the Fed and also had ways to gather, pump and dump the price of bitcoin in a short time?