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Bitcoin futures open interest jumps by $1B: Manipulation or hedge?

Bitcoin's (BTC) open interest on derivatives exchanges experienced a sudden surge of $1 billion on Sep. 18, prompting investors to question whether whales were accumulating in anticipation of the unsealing of Binance's court filings. However, a closer look at derivatives metrics suggests a more nuanced picture, as the funding rate

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Former Celsius executive pleads guilty to price manipulation charges

Roni Cohen-Pavon, the former chief revenue officer at Celsius, has pleaded guilty to four criminal charges before a federal court in Manhattan, New York. Cohen-Pavon admitted to manipulating the market price of CEL, the primary cryptocurrency issued by bankruptcy digital asset lender Celsius. The ruling on Sep. 13 was issued by

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ZachXBT accuses four crypto influencers of market manipulation

Blockchain analyst ZachXBT accused crypto influencers TraderSZ, Trader_XO, TraderNJ1, and PetaByte of scamming. Expert claims that they fraudulently obtained tokens, inflated their price, and sold them. His investigation consists of two parts. In the first one he covers the actions of TraderNJ1 and PetaByte who used other people’s names to obtain (CompanionBot)

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