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[–] SpaghettiYeti 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So is there no way to buy your own crypto without this issue? Who is to say he did it to artificially inflate vs he wanted a piece of the pie?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why would you need to buy your own crypto? The only purpose of these trades is to mislead others.

[–] SpaghettiYeti 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why wouldn't you buy your own crypto for the same reason others would buy a coin?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You already own your own crypto though, without buying it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

when you buy from yourself instead of from a different market participant that is considered wash trading and it is fraud