Wash Trading


Policy

MyTrade Head First to Plead Guilty Among Group of Firms Accused of Gaming Markets

MyTrade was among more than a dozen targets of U.S. authorities in cases earlier this month focusing on crypto market manipulation, including alleged wash trading.

The U.S. Department of Justice grabbed another of the men it alleges moved billions in criminal money at BTC-e.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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.

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Markets

Billion-Dollar Volumes and Then a Steep Drop Prompts Allegations of Wash Trading on Aevo

In response, Aevo says customers suddenly traded more on its decentralized exchange to try to get some of its airdrop.

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Web3

Over $30B of NFT Trading Volume on Ethereum Is Wash Trading, Research Suggests

Based on data pulled from Dune Analytics, the shady trades accounted for over half of the total NFT trade volumes in 2022, and nearly 45% of all-time NFT volume.

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Videos

Wash Trading: How to Protect Yourself

How can you spot when an NFT’s price is being artificially inflated? That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Bitkub, 4 Others Sued by Thai SEC Over Fake Volume Claims

The move comes after the regulator fined crypto exchange Bitkub's CTO $250,000 for insider trading.

Thai SEC clamps down on artificial trading on two Bangkok exchanges. (Waranout Joe/Unsplash)

Learn

Crypto Bear Market Opportunities: Make the Most of a Crypto Downturn

In traditional markets, the wash-sale rule stops people from selling an investment for a loss and then quickly rebuying it. But this is the crypto market.

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Policy

Canada Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Accused of Wash Trading by Watchdog

The Ontario Securities Commission alleges Coinsquare manipulated markets with fake trading volumes between 2018 and 2019.

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Markets

Accel, Coinbase Join $17M Funding Rounds for Institutional Crypto Trading Firm FalconX

The crypto trading firm pitched investors on the basis that its best trade execution platform offers institutions a solution to the wash trading that is rife in the space.

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Markets

For $15K, He'll Fake Your Exchange Volume – You'll Get on CoinMarketCap

A 20-year-old college student explains how he made a business of faking trade volumes at crypto exchanges.

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