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Exchange wash trading enforcement actions

This library records 1 enforcement action tagged exchange wash trading. Exchange wash trading is a trading venue reporting volume that did not genuinely occur, or permitting others to generate it, in order to appear more liquid and rank higher than it is.

Actions are listed newest first. Each row links to a case page carrying the regulator's own release and, where one was published, the complaint. For how this technique works and what statute it engages, read the exchange wash trading technique page.

Actions
1
Total penalties
$6.5m
Median penalty
$6.5m
Largest
$6.5m
Criminal parallel
0%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
CFTC v. Coinbase Inc. (exchange wash trading, 2021) CFTC 2021-03-19 $6.5m judgment