# Crypto Wash Trading Risk and Exchange Data Quality

Inspect reported exchange-pair anomalies, stale quotes and rating coverage before interpreting trading volume.

Canonical: https://vultax.com/features/wash-trading-detection
JSON: https://vultax.com/features/wash-trading-detection/data.json

Availability: Market-quality tools are part of the crypto workspace. Available signals depend on source coverage and plan access.

## Exchange-pair quality flags

CoinGecko anomaly, stale-pair and rating coverage reported in Vultax’s existing venue pack.

Status: fresh. Within this table’s source-time freshness window; prices can change between observations.
Source observed at: 2026-09-18T21:00:04.000Z
Coverage: The fetched ticker sample for each configured exchange; not every pair on each exchange.

| Exchange | Sampled pairs | Anomaly flags | Stale pairs | Unrated pairs |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Binance | 79 | 13 | 0 | 79 |
| Coinbase | 39 | 15 | 6 | 39 |
| Kraken | 77 | 16 | 2 | 77 |
| OKX | 21 | 4 | 0 | 21 |
| Gate | 64 | 6 | 0 | 64 |

- These are upstream data-quality flags, not Vultax wash-trading detector output or proof of misconduct.
- An unrated pair is unknown; it is not evidence of good or poor quality.
- Source: [Vultax crypto pack · CoinGecko pair flags](https://vultax.com/live/crypto.json)
- [JSON](https://vultax.com/features/wash-trading-detection/data.json?dataset=exchange-quality) · [CSV](https://vultax.com/features/wash-trading-detection/data.csv?dataset=exchange-quality)

## Reported BTC market depth

Reported cost to move the market by 2%, alongside the corresponding BTC pair and reported turnover.

Status: fresh. Within this table’s source-time freshness window; prices can change between observations.
Source observed at: 2026-09-18T21:00:04.000Z
Coverage: CoinGecko tickers for the configured exchanges; the pack selects each venue’s highest-volume BTC USD, USDT or USDC pair.

| Exchange | Pair | +2% depth (USD) | −2% depth (USD) | Reported 24h volume (USD) | Pair status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Binance | BTC/USDT | 27220492 | 16822832 | 1870459483 | No flag reported |
| Coinbase | BTC/USD | 30447519 | 13028372 | 983133273 | No flag reported |
| Kraken | XBT/USD | 26385879 | 22331251 | 350706663 | No flag reported |
| OKX | BTC/USDT | 17969493 | 8343378 | 706397061 | No flag reported |
| Gate | BTC/USDT | 23868756 | 26497094 | 740129124 | No flag reported |

- Depth and turnover are reported by the upstream source, not independently verified executable liquidity.
- The upstream pack rounds amounts and may convert missing depth or volume to zero; a reported zero is not proof of no liquidity.
- Source: [Vultax crypto pack · CoinGecko exchange tickers](https://vultax.com/live/crypto.json)
- [JSON](https://vultax.com/features/orderbook-heatmap/data.json?dataset=btc-depth) · [CSV](https://vultax.com/features/orderbook-heatmap/data.csv?dataset=btc-depth)

## Related research

- [Crypto Wash Trading and Real Liquidity: Fake-Volume Estimates Run From 51% to 95%](https://vultax.com/research/crypto-wash-trading-what-the-research-shows) — published 2026-09-02
- [Crypto Exchange Feed Latency and Coverage: 16 Venues Measured](https://vultax.com/research/crypto-exchange-feed-latency-september-2026) — published 2026-09-02

Continue: [Open the Vultax workspace](https://app.vultax.com/predictions/crypto/BTCUSDT)

- Public tables mirror existing Vultax source packs. They do not include account data, private watchlists or the complete app dataset.
- Source time, coverage and limitations apply to each table. Missing values are unavailable, not zero.