To the moon: defining and detecting cryptocurrency pump-and-dumps

Abstract Pump-and-dump schemes are fraudulent price manipulations through the spread of misinformation and have been around in economic settings since at least the 1700s. With new technologies around cryptocurrency trading, the problem has intensified to a shorter time scale and broader scope. The s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Josh Kamps, Bennett Kleinberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Crime Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40163-018-0093-5