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The crypto sphere was awash with gags on April Fool’s day, mostly from rival clans having a dig at each other. What would have been more serious is a manipulated pump for an altcoin and it just so happens that this appears to have occurred with crypto clown...
Market Wrap Crypto markets recover yesterday’s losses but not much more, Ethereum, EOS, NEO and Maker putting on the most. A minor rebound has occurred over night which has pushed total market capitalization back over $120 billion. It is nothing to get excited about though as things are...
Back in the latter half of 2017 many of the cryptocurrencies experienced wild price swings with double digit pump and dumps several times a week. This volatility was seen to be the detractor of wider spread adoption, though easy to make, or loose, a quick buck for day...
A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has revealed that machine learning can identify crypto pump and dump schemes before they happen. It arrived at a figure generated by fraudulent trading which is a tiny fraction of the total trade volume. $7 Million Monthly Volume From Pump...
The crypto market has just entered into another tough period when a lot of coins started losing its value. In the midst of all the chaos, one cryptocurrency exchange announced a new pump scheme on several random coins, while hoping to get a boost itself. YoBit Plans a...
Manipulation in the unregulated cryptocurrency market is a growing problem. It’s thought that so-called “pump and dump” groups have been responsible for over $820 million worth of trading volume over the last 18 months. Market Manipulation Groups Encourage Traders to Play a Game of Financial “Chicken” The huge...
FOMO Moments Crypto land is moving slowly; altcoins gaining today include Bitcoin Diamond, Nem, Bitcoin Gold, and Holo. Monday morning in crypto land is a positive one for Bitcoin as markets have made more gains since the selloff last week. Total market capitalization has climbed back above $285...
A group of Twitter influencers has been accused of scheming to create a cryptocurrency pump and dump scheme by a cryptocurrency blogger. Telegram Group Accused of Planning Pump and Dump Scheme The blogger has gone on to Steemit in order to expose what he says was a plan to create...
The volatility of crypto markets is often exacerbated by social media and the nature of unregulated publishing on a grand scale. When cryptocurrencies started to explode in 2017 pumps and dumps were commonplace, occasionally initiated by a shill on a social platform. Altcoin markets have calmed down a...
The rising popularity of cryptocurrencies is of great concern. Especially when it comes to pump-and-dump schemes, there’s reason to be concerned. As such, the CFTC issued an official warning against this type of market manipulation. They advise customers to avoid such schemes, especially when it comes to small...
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