CRA-13.2.1

Past version: Effective from 01 Apr 2019 to 31 Mar 2023
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Market abuse means the manipulation or attempted manipulation of an accepted crypto-asset through the employment of a strategy that may be carried out (whether by one person alone or by two or more persons jointly or in concert) by any available means of trading or other means and:

(a) Which occurs in relation to accepted crypto-assets traded on a licensed crypto-asset exchange;
(b) Which satisfies any one or more of the conditions set out in Paragraph CRA-13.2.2; and
(a) Which is likely to be regarded by a regular user of that market who is aware of the behaviour or conduct as a failure on the part of the person or persons concerned to observe the standard of behaviour or conduct reasonably expected of a person in his or their position in relation to the market;
Added: April 2019