The crypto market is hot. But is it an illusion?
The Indicator from Planet Money · NPR
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Show Notes
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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