The crypto market is hot. But is it an illusion?
There has been an inordinate amount of trading activity recently in the crypto markets. But what if much of that activity was an illusion? A smokescreen? A fraud? Today on the show, we look at the practice of wash trading, and how it’s evolved in the crypto world.
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The Indicator from Planet Money — The crypto market is hot. But is it an illusion?
