Do VPNs Spell Market Manipulation For Crypto Exchanges?

By Richard Malish ( October 12, 2018, 1:20 PM EDT) -- The Office of the New York Attorney General recently issued a report on its fact-finding inquiries to multiple virtual currency trading platforms believed to be operating in New York. One of its many interesting findings was how virtual private networks, or VPNs, may permit market manipulation. VPNs are a critical tool for privacy-minded cryptocurrency traders, as well as the only method for some traders to access these markets in countries such as China. Based on the NYAG's report, should crypto exchanges assume that VPN access is no longer permissible?...

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