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US opens criminal probe into bitcoin price manipulation: Bloomberg

24 May US opens criminal probe into bitcoin price manipulation: Bloomberg

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The U.S. Department of Justice opened a criminal probe into the possibility that traders are manipulating the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to a report from Bloomberg.

The investigation surrounds the practice of spoofing — where an investor places orders that are intended to manipulate the price of an instrument — and flooding the market with fake orders, the report said Thursday, citing four unnamed people familiar with the probe.

Federal prosecutors are also working with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, it added.

The price of bitcoin fell on the news to $7,339, and was down more than 6 percent, according to bitcoin exchange Coinbase.

Volatility in the cryptocurrency market has…

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