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    US reportedly launches probe into cryptocurrency price-fixing

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    Rob LeFebvre
    Rob LeFebvre
    05.24.2018

    It feels like cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are going mainstream. They're becoming more heavily regulated around the world, in diverse places like Japan and New York. Now people are being investigated for price fixing. According to Bloomberg, the US Justice Department has opened a private criminal probe into traders who may be manipulating the price of Bitcoin and other digital currency products.