Thanks for another interesting insight into a phenomenon about which I knew very little.
I've been following it a bit from a different angle. If you're interested:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-01/chinese-liquidity-crunch-begins-stocks-sink-bankers-begging-friends-deposits-wechat
source: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-01/bitcoin-crashes-below-9000-lowest-thanksgiving
Ooo I didn't realize others were looking at this as well. Thanks for the links @roused!
I appreciated your post because I'd often read about the Lunar New Year, but never really understood how big of a deal it is.