Coinbase Under Investigation for Ethereum ‘Flash Crash’
Ethereum Flash Crash - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating Coinbase for an Ethereum “flash crash” that occurred in June. During the crash, the ETH exchange rate plummeted down in an instant, but quickly regained its price. According to Bloomberg , Ethereum dropped from trading at $317.81, down to 10 cents in a split second. However, its recovery was also swift. It regained a $300 price point in mere seconds. The Bloomberg article said, “The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has requested information from Coinbase Inc. about a June 21 incident on its GDAX platform in which the Ether digital token suffered a precipitous drop, falling to 10 cents from $317.81 in milliseconds before quickly recovering, said two people familiar with the matter.” Could Margin Trading have caused the Plunge? The CFTC is concerned that leveraged or margin trading may have precipitated the flash crash. Margin tradin...