Coinbase Alleges Price Manipulation by Binance

Head of Product Business Operations at Coinbase, Conor Grogan, has made serious accusations against Binance for front-running altcoins over the last eighteen months.

In a tweet thread published on January 22, Grogans details several connected and anonymous wallets that appear to have engaged in coordinated pump-and-dumps of altcoins listing on Binance. The accounts bought hundreds of thousands of dollars of tokens from small, lesser projects and quickly sold them for big profits following listings on Binance. Grogan claims to have found six suspicious transactions and ponders if there could be more.

The accounts caused raise eyebrows and caused suspicion about the behavior of Binance. Grogan specifically calls out the increased scrutiny over Centralized Exchanges (CEX) by regulators in recent months, even highlighting a case from Coinbase that resulted in employees facing prison for insider trading.

Listings on CEXs are well known to be catalysts of positive price action. Sometimes called the “Coinbase Effect,” small projects often experience a sharp rise in price as demand increases from the listing.

In mid-January, Binance CoFounder, He Yi, confirmed that all Binance employees are subject to a 90-day hold on any investments made. Binance’s leaders must also report all trades every quarter.

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