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		twayamznacct on Nov 30, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: BTC addresses whose private keys are from SHA256 o... For your question in (2)... Wash trading? Some of the exchanges have zero fees for high enough volume on some trading pairs... and if an exchange themselves are running wash trades it's not like they'd be paying their own fees anyways.

jstanley on Nov 30, 2017 [–]

And how does that increase the price?

twayamznacct on Nov 30, 2017 | [–]

I was going to be smarmy and post a lmgtfy link with the contents "Wash trading price increase" but decided against it.

There's a reason why wash trading is regulated against.

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