The exchange in question is World Exchange Services, better known by its acronym, WEX, where the bitcoin price inexplicably spiked as high as $8,999 during intraday trading. Despite a brief pullback, WEX’s BTC/USD market is currently holding steady at $8,000 — a full $1,600 above the trading pair’s global average.
Surprising article to me, wow, someone paid $9000 for bitcoin while it's trading around $6400 all day?? They got ripped off. And now the exchange still has it around $8000? Has anyone tried to transfer their bitcoin to that exchange and sell it, knowing that they can buy back somewhere else for around $6400?
Read the full article here...
https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-prices-broaches-9000-on-crypto-exchange-wex-critics-cry-market-manipulation/