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FTX's Bankman-Fried to face market manipulation probe, Do Kwon chimes in
8.12.2022
As part of a broader inquiry into FTX's collapse, federal prosecutors are looking at the role that FTX and Alameda may have played in the fall of Terra LUNA
Report Suggests FTX’s Tokenized Stocks Might Not Have Been Backed 1:1, Synthetics May Have Been Used to ‘Manipulate’ Real Stock Prices
6.12.2022
On Dec. 4, 2022, a report details that FTX-based synthetic stocks may have been used to manipulate the value of AMC shares. In May 2021, FTX offered 36 tokenized stocks but speculators believe it’s questionable whether or not the firm actually held the real stocks in the first place....
Proof-of-Reserves Are at ‘Best Incomplete, at Worst Misleading and Deceptive’ Says Crypto Analyst Martin Hiesboeck
2.12.2022
While many crypto exchanges have seemingly embraced the use of proof-of-reserves (PoR) to showcase their transparency and reassure nervous users, crypto analyst Martin Hiesboeck insists such so-called proofs are susceptible to manipulation or misrepresentation. He added that PoRs alone are not...
Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, Alameda Were Accused of Conspiracy, Racketeering, and Market Manipulation 3 Years Before FTX Collapsed
17.11.2022
Amid the latest bankruptcy case filed by FTX Trading Ltd., U.S. regulators want to crack down on crypto exchanges, and a class action lawsuit has been issued against former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and 12 celebrities. However, this is not FTX’s and Alameda Research’s first...
Prosecutors: We Have Proof Do Kwon ‘Ordered Crypto Price Manipulation’
4.11.2022
South Korean prosecutors say they have evidence that proves the missing Terraform Labs Co-founder Do Kwon told an employee to manipulate coin prices. But Kwon has suggested that he is ready to hold a “meetup,” with “cops from all over the world welcome” to attend....
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South Korean prosecutors accuse Do Kwon of manipulating Terra's price
4.11.2022
Prosecutors have reportedly secured a "messenger conversation" in which Kwon ordered an employee to manipulate Terra's market price
Compound pauses 4 tokens to avoid price manipulation: Finance Redefined
28.10.2022
The last week of October turned bearish for the DeFi market despite the string of hacks, as the majority of the DeFi protocols registered bullish weekly gains
After Mango Market exploit, Compound pauses four tokens to protect against price manipulation
25.10.2022
Compound users can no longer use yearn finance (YFI), 0x (ZRX), basic attention token (BAT) or maker (MKR) tokens as collateral for loans
DeFi Exchange Mango's $114M Exploit Was 'Market Manipulation,' Not a Hack, Ex-FBI Special Agent Says
20.10.2022
Chris Tarbell, co-founder boutique investigative firm NAXO, discusses why the $114 million exploit of Mango Markets was more about market manipulation, rather than hacking
Celo Protocol Moola Market Loses Over $10M in Market Manipulation Attack
19.10.2022
Over 93% of the stolen funds were returned to the protocol shortly after the attack, developers said
Moola Market attacker returns most of $9M looted for $500K bounty
19.10.2022
The attacker has scored about a half-million dollar “bug bounty” after choosing to return a majority of the cryptocurrency they exploited from the Celo-based lending protocol
Mango Markets exploiter said actions were ‘legal,’ but was it?
18.10.2022
A crypto lawyer believes the Mango Markets exploiter Avraham Eisenberg could still face consequences despite users supposedly agreeing not to pursue legal action
Crypto Boutique Law Firm Roche Freedman Removed From Class Action Against Tether
14.10.2022
After a Manhattan federal judge blasted Roche Freedman LLP founding partner Kyle Roche’s public statements, the judge has removed the crypto boutique law firm from the market manipulation lawsuit against Tether and Bitfinex. The recent hearing has shown that U.S. district judge, Katherine...
How Market Manipulation Led to a $100M Exploit on Solana DeFi Exchange Mango
12.10.2022
A rogue crypto trader utilized millions of dollars to manipulate the prices of Mango’s MNGO tokens on the namesake decentralized exchange (DEX)
Report: Zimbabwe Tertiary Learning Institution Developing Central Bank Digital Currency
12.10.2022
Harare Institute of Technology, a Zimbabwean higher learning institution, is reportedly developing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Quinton Kanhukamwe, the institution’s vice chancellor, said the digital currency is expected to help eliminate vices such as currency manipulation...
$100M drained from Solana DeFi platform Mango Markets, token plunges 52%
12.10.2022
The platform’s treasury was drained of over $100 million worth of cryptocurrency after an attacker manipulated price data of its native token to take out loans against their holdings
Market manipulation claims will be hardest 'nut to crack' in Bitcoin ETF approval — WisdomTree
30.9.2022
“We’re all kind of watching this and seeing what’s going to happen,” said WisdomTree's Will Peck on spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States
GMX Falls Concerning AVAX/USD Price Manipulation
22.9.2022
GMX, the popular decentralized derivatives exchange, recently faced a sudden 20% drop in value, falling below $40, concerning the price manipulation of AVAX/USD. Despite the crypto market facing issues overall, the factors accounting for GMX’s fall differ. Several analysts turned to Twitter...
GMX DEX Falls Victim to $400k Price Manipulation That Made Use of its No Slippage Feature
19.9.2022
The decentralized exchange (DEX) GMX has fallen victim to an exploit by a large and sophisticated trader who reportedly was able to “siphon all the liquidity” from its avalanche (AVAX) market and profit from the manipulated price....
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Decentralized exchange GMX suffers $565K price manipulation 'exploit'
19.9.2022
A founder of a DEX competitor to GMX said on Sept. 2 that an exploit could be pulled off on GMX which could leave GLP holders short. 16 days later, it happened