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Does Crypto Need Circuit Breakers? Last Week’s Price Crash Ignites a Debate

A longtime feature of stock exchanges, circuit breakers throw sand in the gears of a plummeting market like last week’s. Should crypto adopt them?

By Lawrence Lewitinn

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 8:19 a.m. Published Mar 16, 2020, 12:00 p.m.

This is what happens without properly functioning circuit breakers. (Credit: Shutterstock)