Bitcoin prices have been manipulated, study says

Bitcoin prices have been manipulated, study says

"Tether was used to artificially inflate bitcoin prices, according to John Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas."

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Bitcoin Price was Manipulated by Tether, Researchers Claim

Market manipulators used Tether’s USDT token to artificially inflate the bitcoin price during 2017’s prolonged bull run. That’s according to explosive new research from University of Texas finance processors John Griffin and Amin Shams, best known f...

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Study: Tether Likely Used to Manipulate Half of Bitcoin’s Rises in 2017

Two researchers out of the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) have published a paper arguing they’ve identified patterns that provide further evidence the cryptoverse’s lightning rod dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether (USDT) was used to both man...

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Tether Manipulation Pushed Up Bitcoin's Price, Researchers Find

A new study by the University of Texas at Austin claims that the Tether stablecoin is used to increase bitcoin's price during market downswings.

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Half of Bitcoin’s Price Rise Was Due to Tether Says New Study

A new study claims that bitcoin’s price was manipulated through tether printing after finding that “less than 1% of hours with heavy Tether transactions are associated with 50% of the...

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