What's the actual harm done by fraudulent volumes? I've been around crypto for a long time; I basically just ignore trading volumes on most exchanges, and go of

What's the actual harm done by fraudulent volumes? I've been around crypto for a long time; I basically just ignore trading volumes on most exchanges, and go off other signals. I see this kind of thing come up now and then, with lots of hand wringing about the fraudulent nature of crypto and whatever... and I just don't get it. You can't trust the volumes, just move on.