Ravencoin Pump Price Action Suggests Insider Trading

Earlier today, Binance added margin trading for Ravencoin (RVN). The announcement itself caused an expected uptick in price, bumping up the cryptocurrency by 19 percent on the daily timeframe — at the time of writing. However, it seems like some insiders knew about the announcement in advance. RJ (@RJ_Killmex) recently tweeted out a graphic demonstrating Ravencoin’s strange market activity in the hours preceding Binance’s announcement:

• RVN was trading along a relatively flat line for seven days straight.
• 12 hours before the Binance announcement, we see a small uptick with a negligible increase in trading volume. The uptick continues for hours until the announcement itself.
• Within an hour preceding the actual announcement, RVN explodes upward and then Binance’s unveils that it will support margin trading for Ravencoin.

Altogether, the situation is suspicious — and many have been quick to point out that it clearly demonstrates insider trading.

Describe the state of the altmarket – RVN pic.twitter.com/tk6jvcHAS8

— RJ (@RJ_Killmex) December 3, 2019

Ravencoin Pump: Insider Trading or Coincidence?

The coincidences in the chart seem too clear to be disregarded and we can safely say that some in the cryptocurrency industry bought RVN beforehand — knowing about the announcement in advance. Altogether, if insider traders bought in the day before and sold at the height of the announcement, they would have made some 20 percent in profits. However, some took this to be a relatively paltry sum for such an apparently extensive insider trading operation.

What's that? A pump for ants?

ALL THAT FOR A CRUMB OF 20% https://t.co/fxJbqhEgAw

— Romano (@RNR_0) December 3, 2019

Common Practice in Cryptocurrency

It’s unclear who is supplying traders with insider information, but the story is incredibly believable given how unregulated the cryptocurrency market remains. Market manipulation continues to be relatively common. Just recently, BeInCrypto reported that a pump-and-dump sent one altcoin soaring by over 7,000 percent. Storeum, another altcoin, managed to reach a $300M market capitalization with just $40,000 in trading volume. Both of these cases point to more extreme forms of insider trading and collusion compared to Ravencoin — but, nonetheless, demonstrate a malicious tendency within the industry.