First, let's look at a few figures: $BTC 24h trading volume of $1.251 billion, 24h -0.41%.
Background: Trending topic and heated discussion: “U.S. chip stocks plunge across the board” (U.S. stocks).
The simplest way to judge whether a hot topic has brought in real buying is to compare trading volume before and after interest picked up. Only a significant increase counts as effective.

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