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title: Determinants of Wash Trading
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4971590/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 4971590
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4971590
featured: 2024-10-03
citations: unknown
topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution
---


# Determinants of Wash Trading

A study finds that wash trading in cryptocurrency markets, influenced by market volatility and public attention, impacts exchange integrity and liquidity.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4971590
- Identifier: SSRN 4971590
- Released: 2024-09-29
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 68 (2024-10-03): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-10-03/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Trading, Microstructure & Execution

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