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0 pointsnoja9y ago0 comments

Can you go into more detail on what kinds of market manipulation ploys exist?

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socialist_coder9y ago· 2 in thread

Buy coins, create positive news & watch the price go up, sell coins at the new high.

Sell coins, create negative news & watch the price go down, buy coins at the new low.

Same as what unscrupulous people have been doing since the beginning of commerce.

sneak9y ago

Back when bitcoin was pennies, I bought BTC and then listed a bunch of nonexistent desirable drugs shipping from a convenient location for sale on the silk road, then dumped the BTC a few cents higher, without ever taking an order.

I only made a few bucks, but I was curious if it were possible then to move such a tiny market. It was.

pierrepoutine9y ago

i'll send you some doge coin for those drugs

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