The DOJ has launched a criminal probe into cryptocurrency price manipulation.

The DOJ has launched a criminal probe into cryptocurrency price manipulation. NHAC NGUYEN/AFP/Getty Images Future Tense is a partnership of Slate , New America , and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society. The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation, along with the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission, into people who may be manipulating cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Sources familiar w…

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