The U.S. Department of Justice brought charges against several entities, including Gotbit and CLS Global, claiming they engaged in wash trading and fraudulently misled investors.
Alexey Andryunin admitted to creating a company to artificially inflate the trading volume of small-cap cryptocurrencies, asserting such practices were not entirely ethical.
In a curious twist, the FBI created a fake crypto token, NexFundAI, which aimed to mirror typical AI-focused tokens' promises, showing the prevalence of misleading information in the space.
Investigations into wash trading in crypto signal potential fraud, highlighting the need for transparency and ethical practices within the cryptocurrency market.
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