Market Manipulation


Tech

Inside Movement’s Token-Dump Scandal: Secret Contracts, Shadow Advisers and Hidden Middlemen

Movement, backed by Trump's World Liberty Financial, says it was duped into an agreement that experts say incentivized price manipulation.

Movement Labs co-founders Cooper Scanlon and Rushi Manche (Movement Labs)

Finance

How $330M BTC Hacker May Have Doubled Down on Monero Derivatives

Monero rose by 45% after a flurry of spot buys, but open interest increased by 107%.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

Finance

A Vanishing $212M Bitcoin Order Caused Chaos for Traders. Is Spoofing Back in Crypto?

Despite increased scrutiny, spoofing remains a challenge in crypto, highlighting the need for better surveillance and stricter regulations.

A curious case of $212 million vanishing bitcoin order. (Getty Images)

Policy

Gotbit Founder Aleksei Andriunin Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Market Manipulation

Prosecutors are recommending that Andriunin, 26, spends no more than 24 months in a U.S. prison.

Alexey Andryunin

Policy

Gotbit Founder Aleksei Andriunin Extradited to U.S. on Fraud Charges

The 26-year-old Russian national had been living in Portugal.

Alexey Andryunin

Finance

Binance Fired Investigator Who Uncovered Market Manipulation at Client DWF Labs: WSJ

A Binance team found that "VIP" clients – those trading more than $100 million per month – were engaging in pump-and-dump schemes and wash trading, the Wall Street Journal said.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Finance

Market Manipulation May Have Hit Majority of New Ethereum Tokens in 2023: Chainalysis

A new study by the on-chain sleuth found possible pump and dump patterns for 54% of tokens listed in 2023.

(Walking Tour Salzburg/Unsplash)

Finance

Binance Is Contacting Low-Cap Crypto Projects in Bid to Boost Trading

The crypto exchange is conducting a "risk management initiative" targeting some crypto projects with a relatively small market capitalization or whose tokens form lower-liquidity trading pairs.

Two large stacked blocks displaying Binance's logo at a trade show.

Policy

Mango Markets Exploiter Must Stay Detained Pending Trial, Court Rules

Avraham Eisenberg may be a risk to flee the U.S., a judge in Puerto Rico suggested.

Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg said he followed a "highly profitable trading strategy."

Policy

Mango Markets Exploiter Eisenberg Arrested in Puerto Rico

The investor drained $110 million in cryptocurrencies from the platform.

Mango DAO's Discord channel celebrated the news of Avraham Eisenberg's arrest with memes. (Mango Discord)

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