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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Fake volume in exchanges
by
billygarrison
on 28/08/2018, 00:58:42 UTC
Found an interesting article in which one guy did some datamining on some popular exchanges and their volumes:

https://medium.com/@sylvainartplayribes/chasing-fake-volume-a-crypto-plague-ea1a3c1e0b5e

Apparently a few of these giants are falsifying their volumes. Maybe because a higher market cap would make people think it's a more trustworthy exchange? I don't know if it's really worth going through all of that effort.

Would this have a major effect on the prices? I know we used to see huge differences in prices in the past, but now you won't see much more than a few percent here and there between exchanges.
If the volume is fake, it might not affect the price, I also see some crypto markets, having high volume and low volume, but still not affecting prices.