{"id":127206,"date":"2025-04-15T12:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127206"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:17:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:17:47","slug":"crypto-uninvestable-if-exchanges-ignore-manipulation-defiance-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127206","title":{"rendered":"Crypto \u2018uninvestable\u2019 if exchanges ignore manipulation: DeFiance CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsA crypto investment executive said the biggest problem with digital asset markets is price manipulation, claiming that collusion between market makers and exchanges distorts token prices.\u00a0<br \/>\nArthur Cheong, founder of crypto investment firm DeFiance Capital, said in an X post that market makers and crypto projects work together to create artificial prices that can be sustained for long periods. Cheong wrote:\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cYou don\u2019t know whether the price is a result of organic demand &amp; supply or simply due to projects and market makers colluding to fix the price to achieve other objectives.\u201d<br \/>\nHe added that if the industry\u2019s players don\u2019t step up and improve the situation, a big part of the crypto market will remain \u201cuninvestable for the foreseeable future.\u201d<br \/>\nCentralized exchanges turning a \u201cblind eye\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\nCheong said it was strange that centralized exchanges (CEXs) are \u201cturning an absolute blind eye\u201d to the issue. He described the altcoin market as a \u201clemon\u2019s market,\u201d a term in economics that describes a market where low-quality products drive out the good due to information asymmetry.<br \/>\nIn addition, Cheong described most token generation event pricing in 2025 as an \u201cabsolute joke\u201d where the assets\u2019 prices went down by 70% to 90% a few months after listing. \u201cAnyone that bought is down massively,\u201d Cheong added.\u00a0<br \/>\nRelated: Binance, KuCoin, MEXC report service issues due to AWS network interruption<br \/>\n88% of crypto tokens listed on Binance in 2025 declined after listing\u00a0<br \/>\nData compiled by crypto analyst Miles Deutscher showed that among crypto tokens listed this year on the trading platform Binance, only 3 out of 27 are performing well. This means that 88% of the tokens have declined since listing.\u00a0<br \/>\nThe price drops ranged from 19% up to 90%. Deutscher said this was the reason why retail investors were quitting.\u00a0<br \/>\nOnly 3 out of 27 tokens listed in Binance in 2025 are in the green. Source: Miles Deutscher\u00a0A community member responded to the data saying that this is where the industry is currently at. The X user added that they hoped Binance would realize starting at a high valuation wasn\u2019t good for users.\u00a0<br \/>\nBinance co-founder Changpeng Zhao previously admitted that Binance\u2019s listing process needs reform. On Feb. 10, the former Binance CEO said that the current system is flawed and suggested that CEXs should automate listings similar to how decentralized exchanges (DEXs) work.\u00a0<br \/>\nMagazine: New \u2018MemeStrategy\u2019 Bitcoin firm by 9GAG, jailed CEO\u2019s $3.5M bonus: Asia Express<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-uninvestable-if-exchanges-ignore-manipulation-defiance-ceo?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsA crypto investment executive said the biggest problem with digital asset markets is price manipulation, claiming that collusion between market makers and exchanges distorts token prices.\u00a0 Arthur Cheong,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127206"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}