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Re:$365B wiped off cryptocurrency market after Tesla stops a... by belltaco on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:30PM (#27148319)
Telling people that you bought a certain stock isn't illegal wtf. Have you watched CNBC or Bloomberg? They have hedge fund operators come in and praise or criticize stocks that they have bought or sold short.
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Re:$365B wiped off cryptocurrency market after Tesla stops a... by admax88q on Thursday May 13, 2021 @10:04PM (#27149826)
It is when you do it for the purposes of market manipulation.

Intent matters, which also makes market manipulation so difficult to prove.

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Re:$365B wiped off cryptocurrency market after Tesla stops a... by ipaddr on Friday May 14, 2021 @01:25AM (#27151025)
Allowing people to buy cars in bitcoin and telling people might be.
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Re:$365B wiped off cryptocurrency market after Tesla stops a... by belltaco on Friday May 14, 2021 @02:37PM (#27158070)
Then maybe Satya Nadella should've been put in prison first. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/microsoft-starts-accepting...

Start with the guy who started accepting bitcoin for pizza.

https://ln.pizza/myfirstbitcoinpizza/

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