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 <p>Price manipulation via <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/wash-trading.html">wash trading</a> is a common strategy that entities use to earn profits. Usually, entities buy and sell the same asset simultaneously to create a false impression of market activity. Nevertheless, the trade reflected no change in actual ownership.&nbsp;Liquidity is fragmented in <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a>, and as a result, smaller markets are easier to manipulate via large orders. Solidus Labs recently revealed that the price of billions of dollars worth of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> has been manipulated over the past three years. As far as specific numbers are concerned, the report revealed,</p>
 <p>“<strong>Since September 2020, liquidity providers (LPs) on Ethereum-based decentralized exchanges (DEXs) have wash-traded at least $2 billion worth of <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a>currency, manipulating the prices and volumes of more than 20,000 tokens</strong>.”</p>
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    <p>📢 Major Update! Unveiling Part Two of our Crypto Market Manipulation Report! 🚨 Our data shows a shocking $2 billion #washtrades on DEXs since Sept 2020. That's affecting over 20,000 tokens! 📊⚠️<br><br>👉 Full details here in our report: https://t.co/pcRvMBGfb0</p>
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 <p>A report by the National Bureau of Economic Research [NBER] in 2022 revealed that 70% of unregulated exchange transactions are <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/wash-trading.html">wash trading</a>. In fact, even in the NFT market, <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/wash-trading.html">wash trading</a> is a common occurrence. Over the past month, the Ethereum blockchain has settled $216 million via NFT sales. However, data from CryptoSlam revealed that $125.9 million was wash traded. On Solana, the proportion was comparatively low, while on Polygon, the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/wash-trading.html">wash trading</a> figure was significantly high.</p>
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 <p>Arguably, fair markets are crucial for sustainable growth. Nevertheless, there seems to be a lack of clarity on certain conditions. The report pointed out that there are still question marks regarding who is responsible for <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/wash-trading.html">wash trading</a> prevention and detection. Even so, DEX-based <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/wash-trading.html">wash trading</a> is detectable, and, in many cases even preventable. Solidus’ report asserted,</p>
 <p>“<strong>Wash trading may be a new problem for DEXs, but, much like&nbsp;insider trading, it’s one with a proven solution.</strong>“</p>
 <p><strong>Also Read: Binance: SEC’s Requests Are ‘Burdensome’</strong></p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/over-20-000-crypto-tokens-have-faced-wash-trading-since-2020-tbt62514.html">https://thebittimes.com/over-20-000-crypto-tokens-have-faced-wash-trading-since-2020-tbt62514.html</a></p>

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