What bot tools did the DOJ say GotBit used to split trades?
Research question: What specific technical architectures or bot frameworks were identified in the DOJ filings as enabling the 'splitting into small amounts' described in the GotBit case?
The records show that Gotbit used an algorithm to inflate volume by simultaneously entering buy orders from one account and sell orders from another 1, and that its market making agreements included a 'trading volume system' to meet exchanges' minimum volume requirements 2. The records also show that employees used multiple cryptocurrency wallets to execute and conceal the source of manipulative trades 3, and that Gotbit acquired reduced-fee exchange accounts to lower clients' costs 4. The verified facts do not describe splitting into small amounts or name any specific bot framework, so the question is only partly answered 1234. The newest fact covers conduct from February 2022 to May 2024 5, so it is over two years old as of October 2026.
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"ANDRIUNIN explained that he created an algorithm that inflated trading volume by entering a buy order from one account while simultaneously entering a sell order from another account, thus describing how wash trades deceptively created the appearance of increased trading activity."PDF USA v. Gotbit - Plea Agreement - United States Department of Justice
"GOTBIT’s “market making agreements” with clients listed services that included a “trading volume system … in order to fulfill the minimum trading volume requirements of the [cryptocurrency] exchanges” and “price and market management system and trading volume”"PDF USA v. Gotbit - Plea Agreement - United States Department of Justice
"GOTBIT and its employees used multiple cryptocurrency wallets to carry out and conceal the source of the manipulative trades."PDF USA v. Gotbit - Plea Agreement - United States Department of Justice
"GOTBIT and its employees acquired for clients reduced trading fee accounts offered by exchanges in order to engage in manipulative trading of clients’ cryptocurrencies at lower costs."PDF USA v. Gotbit - Plea Agreement - United States Department of Justice
"advised the promoters to increase volume in a manner that looked “organic”"PDF USA v. Gotbit - Plea Agreement - United States Department of Justice
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