{"id":394096,"date":"2019-08-23T18:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T18:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=394096"},"modified":"2019-08-23T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T17:18:08","slug":"33-cent-ethereum-and-100-eos-whats-going-on-at-one-crypto-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/33-cent-ethereum-and-100-eos-whats-going-on-at-one-crypto-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"33 Cent Ethereum and $100 EOS, What\u2019s Going On At One Crypto Exchange?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The crypto market is highly volatile and assets such as Bitcoin<\/a>, Ethereum<\/a>, and EOS<\/a> experience wild price swings. On cryptocurrency margin trading exchanges, these wild price swings are further amplified by traders trading on up to 100x leverage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last night on one crypto margin trading platform, some strange behavior occurred that caused flash crashes and flash pumps across a variety of the crypto assets available for trading on the platform.<\/span><\/p>\n

Flash Crashes and Pumps Galore at BitMax <\/span><\/h2>\n

Overnight, BitMax traders were able to load up on Ethereum at a low of 33 cents. EOS, spiked to over $100, and some lucky crypto investors were able to scoop up Bitcoin at a $1 per BTC on the USDC trading pair. Litecoin was yet another asset impacted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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To avoid a million retweets, I accumulated all pics into 1 tweet.
Looks like @BitMax_Official just became a MAJOR shitshow.
$BTC<\/a>, $ETH<\/a>, $EOS<\/a> & $LTC<\/a> are all exhibiting flash crash\/pumps.
Anyone on margin using them, are just absolutely
#REKT<\/a>.
https:\/\/t.co\/ToUuOQIuGA<\/a> < Use this pic.twitter.com\/z2fqClINtD<\/a><\/p>\n

— ImNotTheWolf (@ImNotTheWolf) August 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n