gdamjan
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- AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 4650G / Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black
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- MSI MAG B550m Mortar Wifi
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- NVME: 1TB AData XPG SX8200 Pro / 2x 2TB Samsung NVMe 990 Evo Plus / HDD: 2x 2TB Toshiba P300
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- Gigabyte G750H
- RAM
- DDR4 3200MHz Kingston Fury Renegade Kit CL16 (2x32)
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- Vega 7 on APU
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- Bequiet! PureBase 500
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- Logitech MX Master 3
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- ThinkPad USB Keyboard With TrackPoint (sk-8855) / Keychron Q2
- OS
- ArchLinux
Abstract
We introduce systematic tests exploiting robust statistical and behavioral patterns in trading to detect
fake transactions on 29 cryptocurrency exchanges. Regulated exchanges feature patterns consistently
observed in financial markets and nature; abnormal first-significant-digit distributions, size rounding,
and transaction tail distributions on unregulated exchanges reveal rampant manipulations unlikely
driven by strategy or exchange heterogeneity. We quantify the wash trading on each unregulated
exchange, which averaged over 70% of the reported volume. We further document how these
fabricated volumes (trillions of dollars annually) improve exchange ranking, temporarily distort prices,
and relate to exchange characteristics (e.g., age and userbase), market conditions, and regulation.
