Bitcoin manipulations, flash crashes and wash trading

Are flash crashes in the bitcoin market caused by manipulations? What role do “whale” traders play in these rapid jumps? And is wash trading real, or just a myth?

GFRI’s Prof. Olivier Scaillet shares the insightful findings of his research at the First National Cyber Security Event, organised by the SFI Swiss Finance Institute, SIX and Swiss Risk Association.

Watch the video here (30:30)

The presentation can be found here.