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Bitcoin price manipulation puts trust in cryptocurrencies at risk

  • Written by Neil Gandal, Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have grown in popularity in large part because they can be bought and sold without a government or other third party overseeing everything. But there’s a flipside: Unlike in markets for other assets such as stocks or bonds, it makes it much harder to uncover price manipulation and fraud.

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