{"id":862,"date":"2018-11-22T15:19:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T15:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icoholder.com\/blog\/?p=862"},"modified":"2025-06-12T16:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:21:59","slug":"crypto-regulation-hits-hard-on-cryptocurrency-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icoholder.com\/blog\/crypto-regulation-hits-hard-on-cryptocurrency-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Regulation Hits Hard on Cryptocurrency Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_75 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/icoholder.com\/blog\/crypto-regulation-hits-hard-on-cryptocurrency-markets\/#Crypto_Regulation_Hits_Hard\" >Crypto Regulation Hits Hard<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/icoholder.com\/blog\/crypto-regulation-hits-hard-on-cryptocurrency-markets\/#In_conclusion\" >In conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The troubles surrounding Bitcoin are not letting up anytime soon. In fact, it seems they are just starting to come up. Crypto regulation hits hard as the price of the cryptocurrency continues its bearish run. Investigations have begun by US regulators to ascertain if market manipulation led to its record-breaking prices last year.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">The US Justice Department is investigating whether tether, a stablecoin claimed to be backed 1:1 by the US dollar, was used to support Bitcoin prices. Bloomberg reports that federal prosecutors launched a criminal probe earlier this year. They suspect Bitfinex traders may have used tether to coordinate illegal Bitcoin price moves.<\/p>\n<p>Bitfinex and tether, which share many executives, were subpoenaed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in December. They must prove the tokens are backed by US dollar reserves. Alleged market tricks include \u201cspoofing,\u201d where fake orders are placed to push prices to a certain level before being withdrawn.<\/p>\n<h3 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crypto_Regulation_Hits_Hard\"><\/span>Crypto Regulation Hits Hard<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In recent weeks, certain aspects of digital currency have come under the sledgehammer of US agencies. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for one, announced its first-ever civil penalties against crypto founders for failing to register their initial coin offerings (ICOs). The incident, which took place last Friday, was just one in a series of a regulatory and legal campaign aimed at fraudulent activities and abuses in the crypto industry.<\/p>\n<p>It is not only regulators that are side-eyeing the role of tether on Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>John Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas, who is renowned for identifying financial fraud and Amin Shams, a graduate student, published a study back in June that said: \u201cat least half of the jump in Bitcoin was due to coordinated price manipulation.\u201d<br class=\"yoast-text-mark\" \/>&gt;The authors stated in their paper that \u201ctether was used to buy Bitcoin at key moments when it was declining, which helped stabilize and manipulate the price of the cryptocurrency.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_conclusion\"><\/span>In conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>More woes continue to surround Bitcoin and this time it involves last year\u2019s record-breaking rally. US regulators are currently investigating whether tether was used to illegally prop up the prices of the Bitcoin. Federal prosecutors who began probing early this year suspect that traders on <a href=\"https:\/\/icoholder.com\/en\/bitfinex-29215\">Bitfinex<\/a> may have been moving Bitcoin prices illegally.<\/p>\n<p>For more on this story and other developments in the crypto-sphere, subscribe to the ICOholder\u2019s newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The troubles surrounding Bitcoin are not letting up anytime soon. In fact, it seems they are just starting to come up. 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