Cryptocurrency values and Lunar New Year, popularly known as Chinese New Year, are beginning to reveal hints of a relationship after all—one acting as a seasonal cause for people to travel, and the other as a measure of value that goes up or down in response to human behavior. The next Lunar New Year is a month away, on February 16. This time of year is marked by a Chinese cultural practice called Chunyun, or the Spring Festival travel season. For a period approximately 15 days before Lunar New Year and lasting 40 days in total, so many people shuffle across the Asian continent to visit friends and family that…
