Altcoin markets are highly prone to
price manipulation because they have such low market caps.
Not exact matches
Unregulated digital entities, created by just about anyone out of nothing, that assume some value denominated in fiat currency simple
because they're being traded between anonymous people or bots whose only desire is to make
prices go up, on unregulated opaque exchanges where everyone thinks
price manipulation is good as long as it pushes up the
price....
Some traders also will prefer CME contracts over Cboe's
because they're based off four exchanges, instead of just one, reducing risk of disruptions
because of outages, attacks or
price manipulations.
Walter Kemmsies, managing director, economist and chief strategist at JLL Ports Airports and Global Infrastructure, notes that that many of the job losses that are popularly blamed on NAFTA would likely have taken place even in the absence of NAFTA, in part
because of growing competition from China - based manufacturers, many of which have taken advantage of currency
manipulation by the Chinese government that has rendered China - made products more
price - competitive in the U.S. Likewise, Mauro Guillen, head of Wharton's Lauder Institute, agrees that without NAFTA, many American jobs that were lost over this period would probably have gone to China or elsewhere.
As such, CBOE's bitcoin futures contracts could be vulnerable to
manipulation because the 4 p.m. ET Gemini auction is the sole determinant of the benchmark
price.
In retrospect, the scheme was clumsy
because the
manipulation of the gold
price was accomplished by the exchange of physical gold for dollars held by foreign creditors who saw the writing on the wall.
Also, regardless of whether or not its purpose is
price manipulation, government involvement in the financial markets is generally unethical
because governments operate with stolen money.
For example, in a regular stock exchange, you're not allowed to trade with yourself
because that's
price manipulation.
The reason why this trade exists is
because there is little volume in futures (relative to other asset classes) and
because the strike
prices for expiration can be subject to
manipulation.
Low trading volume stocks spell trouble
because they're subject to
price manipulation and mutual funds can't buy them.
Because of our financial acumen and our credibility in the courtroom, we have been appointed lead counsel in virtually every major recent financial
manipulation case — including those asserting
manipulation in CDS markets, ISDAfix, gold
pricing, Interest Rate Swaps, and sub-sovereign and agency bonds.
Although none of these CFTC - registered entities are currently including Bitfinex in the calculation of their Bitcoin reference rates (CME used to), it is well understood and could be easily established (partially
because of the transparency of Bitcoin blockchain) that Bitfinex - initiated
price movements ripple through all exchanges via manual and automated trading.3 CFTC could then have grounds to investigate Bitfinex's possible
manipulation of Bitcoin
price via Tether.
Also, such practices could lead to investors and crypto enthusiasts losing trust in cryptocurrencies
because among other things, such
price manipulations count as one of the reasons people believe in cryptocurrencies than Fiat currencies.
Members of RACIB are inclined to believe that this is may be considered market
manipulation because cryptocurrency
prices have dropped substantially since ad ban announcements were made.
«The Winklevoss ETF proposal was rejected
because the SEC found that the significant markets for Bitcoin tend to be unregulated overseas markets that are potentially subject to
price manipulation,» Jerry Brito, the executive director at CoinCenter, said earlier in 2017.