# Wash Trading
The trading of an [assets](assets.md) in which the same party both buys and sells the product in order to fake transaction or [market manipulate](market-manipulation.md) the price of the asset.

## References
* Cong, Lin William, Xi Li, Ke Tang, and Yang Yang. 2020. ‘Crypto Wash Trading’. Available at SSRN 3530220.
* Vigna, P. 2019. ‘Most Bitcoin Trading Faked by Unregulated Exchanges, Study Finds’. Wall Street Journal.