Market Manipulation


Policy

Gotbit Founder Aleksei Andriunin Extradied 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.

Market manipulation persists on Ethereum (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)

Opinion

Wall Street’s Latest ‘Market Manipulation’ Scandal Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Crypto

Archegos levered a small basket of equities to the moon before it imploded - and took big stocks down with it. Similarly overlooked risks in crypto could leave traders holding the bag.

Archegos Capital management owner Bill Hwang was arrested for fraud and conspiracy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Videos

Former CFTC Chairman: Crypto Regulation, Market Manipulation and More

Chris Giancarlo, Willkie Farr & Gallagher senior counsel and former CFTC chairman, joins “First Mover” to discuss the crypto regulation landscape in the United States, looking specifically at the the CFTC chair Rostin Behnam’s request to Congress asking for additional funding to oversee the crypto spot markets.

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