Mastodawn

#RaveDAO’s token, #RAVE, plummeted in value after blockchain investigator #ZachXBT called for exchanges to investigate potential #pricemanipulation. The token’s market cap dropped over $6.6 billion, wiping out nearly 98% of its value, following ZachXBT’s allegations of suspicious trading activity linked to RaveDAO’s team. Exchanges like Binance, Bitget, and Gate are investigating the matter. https://decrypt.co/364911/ravedao-token-crashes-sheds-6-6-billion-exchanges-probe-alleged-manipulation?eickercrypto.com #crypto #blockchain

RaveDAO Token Crashes, Sheds $6.6 Billion in Value as Exchanges Probe Alleged Manipulation

RaveDAO's token cratered this weekend after blockchain sleuth ZachXBT called on exchanges to investigate trading tied to its surging token.

Decrypt

N-gated Hacker News Feb 25

Oh, look! #Amazon, the benevolent overlord of online shopping, allegedly gets caught playing puppet master with prices. 🙄 But wait, before you dive into the juicy details, make sure your #cookies are fresh and JavaScript is enabled—because, you know, the real #scandal is your browser settings! 🍪🔧
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/amazon-busted-for-widespread-price #OnlineShopping #BrowserSettings #PriceManipulation #HackerNews #ngated

Amazon BUSTED for Widespread Scheme to Inflate Prices Across the Economy

California Attorney General Rob Bonta alleged Amazon led a price-fixing conspiracy of online retailers to inflate prices across the entire economy. And he's demanding an immediate halt.

BIG by Matt Stoller

PPC Land Jan 13

Google's shopping AI sparks surveillance pricing debate: Google faces accusations about personalized upselling in Universal Commerce Protocol after January 11 announcement, while company denies claims about price manipulation. https://ppc.land/googles-shopping-ai-sparks-surveillance-pricing-debate/ #Google #ShoppingAI #Surveillance #PriceManipulation #Ecommerce

Google's shopping AI sparks surveillance pricing debate

Google faces accusations about personalized upselling in Universal Commerce Protocol after January 11 announcement, while company denies claims about price manipulation.

PPC Land

Hacker News Oct 10, 2025

I tracked Amazon's Prime Day prices. We've been played

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/09/amazon-prime-day-prices/

#HackerNews #AmazonPrimeDay #PriceTracking #ConsumerAwareness #PriceManipulation #ShoppingTrends

I tracked Amazon’s Prime Day prices. We’ve been played.

Here’s what you should do to actually get a good deal on Amazon.

The Washington Post

rood Apr 30, 2023

Foreign investment in domestic residential real estate is an international clusterfuck. Maybe wind that shit back!

Edit: interstate too for some nations.

#PriceManipulation #Poverty #RegulateHousing

John Brophy Apr 3, 2023

What!? That cartel that manipulates the production of oil to maintain high prices is, again, manipulating production to maintain high prices? Well, colour me shocked!

#OPEC #OilCartel #CrudeOil #PriceManipulation

Dick Smiths Fair Go Supporters Nov 26, 2021

We've all been taught that for every buyer their must be a seller, right? Well not exactly.

Enter a #cartel.

If a cartel serves almost every single online #bitcoinExchange, as does #Cloudflare, then at the very least they can #frontRun trades.

Beyond that they can do a range of things at key moments to manipulate prices that would make true #priceDiscovery far more difficult — maybe impossible.

#priceManipulation #cloudflareIsTheMalware #microTransactions #algorithmicTrading

K. Latham Jul 6, 2021

Rep. Frank Lucas, others seek release of DOJ cattle industry investigation report
https://nondoc.com/2021/07/03/frank-lucas-doj-cattle-industry-report/

#oklahoma #okag #doj #pricemanipulation #beef #cattle

Rep. Frank Lucas, others seek release of DOJ cattle industry investigation report

U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas wants the U.S. Department of Justice to release a final report on disparities in the cattle industry.

NonDoc