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5. Ironic, but highlights the dangers of an online economy and the dangers of information being ...
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 03:06 PM
Jan 2020

leaked advertently or not. Most reputable traders base their trading decisions based on data generally available to others (they may or may not pay for subscription services on analysis of such companies, etc., all have the right to do so or not).

Basing their trading decisions on illegally obtained data is not legal, but with the arrival of online systems, the data stored within these platforms is subject to thief, or worse.

Also, rump himself is impacting the markets by broadcasting what's he is going to do, while he's probably already told his buddies about what he was going to do in advance, giving them a heads up prior to anyone else knowing about this events. At least Ted Lieu is looking into...

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