In January, the Financial Supervisory Service reportedly indicated it was investigating possible
insider trading of cryptocurrencies by its own staff and that it would make public any findings on the allegations.
A Korean financial regulator has reportedly indicated it is investigating possible
insider trading of cryptocurrencies by its own staff.
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Research by Morgan Stanley bank published in a Business
Insider report on Sunday, April 29, 2018, concludes that Malta now accounts for the largest proportion
of cryptocurrency trading in the world by volume, followed by Belize.
CryptoCurrency exchange Coinbase has stated that they are investigating possible
insider trading on the release
of Bitcoin cash on their
trading platforms.
The guidelines also require the tracking
of ICO projects, with
cryptocurrency exchanges being required to come up with industry - wide standards for listing ICOs and prohibit
insider trading.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been hit by a class action lawsuit over alleged
insider trading during its launch
of bitcoin cash
trading.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been hit by a class action lawsuit over alleged
insider trading during its launch
of bitcoin cash.
Entrepreneur and
cryptocurrency enthusiast Albert Renshaw is claiming that he has discovered additional evidence pointing to
insider trading of Bitcoin Cash related to its recent adoption by Coinbase and their
cryptocurrency exchange, GDAX.
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The move led to a big fall in the price
of Bitcoin and a surge for rival Bitcoin Cash, leading to speculation about
insider trading on the
cryptocurrency trading platform.
Because new
cryptocurrencies such as an ICO are often even more illiquid and thinly
traded than say bitcoin (which itself is relatively illiquid), whales and
insiders without vesting and lock - up periods can quickly move the market up and down due to the large amounts
of coin holdings they have.
Cryptocurrency exchange startup Coinbase has announced it will commence an investigation into whether any employees may have violated its
insider trading rules in the run - up to its surprise listing
of bitcoin cash yesterday.
The piece's author, Wei Liang, even hints at possible
insider trading, suggesting bitcoiners with a large amount
of bitcoin manipulated investors to fuel speculation and further drive the
cryptocurrency's price up.
Coinbase quickly halted
trading of bitcoin cash on Wednesday as allegations
of insider trading quickly spread The value
of BCH spiked immediately after the exchange announced it was rolling out support for the recently forked
cryptocurrency.
This is pretty significant — because as usual, people are saying something happened that isn't actually the thing that happened (IE:
insider trading)-- kind
of like when people call
cryptocurrency «a ponzi scheme» when it's actually «dumb as shit.»
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The extreme market turbulence came days after the alleged
insider trading at Coinbase, one
of the biggest
cryptocurrency exchanges.
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Coinbase is currently willing to play it completely safe especially after the
cryptocurrency exchange facing multiple lawsuits from its customers with alleged charges
of insider trading by Coinbase during the surprise launch
of Bitcoin Cash on its platform on December 19, 2017.
In January 2018, South Korean officials from the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) were accused
of insider cryptocurrency trading.
In mid-December 2017, the Korean Blockchain Industry Association announced that it plans to «establish a set
of specific ethical codes on the virtual currency bourses, including
insider trading and market manipulation» after the South Korean financial authorities began considering
cryptocurrency regulations.
The
cryptocurrency is now
trading at $ 9,324.54 per coin, which is 20 % below its peak
of $ 11,413.03, according to data from Markets
Insider.
For many weeks, the majority
of South Korean investors in both the traditional finance sector and
cryptocurrency market have been outraged by
insider trading initiated by government officials working for the South Korea Financial Services Commission.
This also comes after reports
of hackers meddling with
trading or stealing bitcoin assets, coupled with allegations
of insider trading in the
cryptocurrency market.
Large
cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been accused
of insider trading, resulting in them being hit with a class action lawsuit, during their launch
of Bitcoin Cash.
On March 6 the Ministry
of Personnel Affairs imposed a de facto ban on all government officials from holding and
trading cryptocurrencies after officials from the FSC were caught
insider trading cryptocurrencies, before forthcoming announcements were made about
cryptocurrency regulations — which was tantamount to corruption.