Interesting article. It seems Mt Gox was running bots that were trading non existent bitcoins for the sole purpose of driving up the price. One bot was responsible for 21 percent of all the trades on Mt Gox. I used to feel bad for Mt Gox because they got all that bitcoin stolen, but now they just seem like crooks. It looks like they were trying to cover up a theft and keep the exchange going by getting the price to go way up and collect fees from all the real traders. Regulation is going to come because of this stuff.
https://www.rt.com/usa/416036-bitcoin-manipulated-exchange-rate-price/
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