Price Manipulation in the Bitcoin Ecosystem

@article{Gandal2017PriceMI,
  title={Price Manipulation in the Bitcoin Ecosystem},
  author={Neil Gandal and J. T. Hamrick and Tyler W. Moore and Tali Oberman},
  journal={CEPR: Industrial Organization (Topic)},
  year={2017}
}
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