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The true size of the cryptocurrency market may be as little as 5 percent of its officially reported total. Coinmarketcap (CMC), the leading market data website, has been accused of unquestioningly publishing crypto exchange figures, despite compelling evidence of manipulation by many trading venues including a glut of Asian platforms. Now, a number of market … Read more
The cryptocurrency industry is prone to pump-and-dump schemes for quite some time now. This tends to happen with small-cap altcoins on a regular basis. Things get a lot more confusing when exchanges publicly announce they will pump specific coins as well. It is unclear what YoBit is thinking at this point. YoBit’s Pumping Plans The … Read more
There have always been serious concerns as to whether or not cryptocurrency exchanges fake their volume. New research alleges BitBNS – a trading platform in India – has faked a fair amount of volume, and continues to do so on a regular basis. BitBNS Faces Serious Allegations When dealing with cryptocurrency exchanges, one always has … Read more
Rumors, allegations, and assertions can all be found in today’s news roundup. Specifically, we have rumors of impending trouble with Tether, allegations of another Chinese exchange conjuring up fake volume, and assertions that Bitcoin and blockchain’s mass adoption is “inevitable”. We’ll reveal who made that bold claim, as well as substantiating the others, in this … Read more
You might not have traded on Fcoin or Bitforex, but you’ve probably heard their names mentioned in crypto trading circles. These exchanges are at the forefront of a relatively new business model known as transaction fee – or trans-fee – mining. While innovative, the token model deployed by these platforms is not without its controversies. … Read more
Coinmarketcap (CMC), the web’s most popular cryptocurrency tracker website, has responded to accusations that it is implicit in supporting wash trading. This week, a platform called Crypto Exchange Ranks published detailed allegations of how CMC incentivizes exchanges to report fake volume. In a new blog post, Coinmarketcap has detailed its determination to support “transparency and … Read more
Bitforex, a cryptocurrency exchange that scarcely scraped the top 100 by trading volume until recently, has been accused of generating false trades on a mammoth scale. Crypto Exchange Ranks, which pulls in open source data from exchange APIs, has published a report in which it accuses Bitforex of creating fake volume and Coinmarketcap (CMC) of … Read more
Even though the cryptocurrency industry is of great interest to a lot of people, it has become evident that there are quite a few concerns to contend with. One of the bigger concerns involves fake trading volume on exchanges. One particular story stands out in this regard, although it needs to be taken with a … Read more
May was a bumper month for bitcoin cash and ethereum. Both digital assets saw a major increase in global trading volume compared to the month prior. BTC held steady, averaging $200 billion a month, but ripple didn’t fare so well, recording trading volume that was down 86% since January, mirroring its decline in price. Also … Read more
In the last 24 hours, $7 billion worth of bitcoin (BTC) was traded globally. That’s according to data provided by Coinmarketcap, the industry’s go-to aggregator of cryptocurrency data. Not everyone agrees with that figure however. “Honest Coinmarketcap” is a new project that aims to set the record straight and do away with inflated trade volumes. … Read more
