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Wash Trade

Wash Trade

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A form of market manipulation in which investors create artificial activity in the marketplace by simultaneously selling and buying the same cryptocurrencies.

What Is a Wash Trade?

A form of market manipulation in which investors create artificial activity in the marketplace by simultaneously selling and buying the same cryptocurrencies.

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InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)

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Byron Phase

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Bollinger Band

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A trading technique in which a trader borrows an asset in order to sell it, with the expectation that the p...

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