Econ One finance and economics experts have assisted clients with cases involving benchmark manipulation stemming from anticompetitive price-fixing and artificial price setting in financial and commodity markets.

As data-driven statistical and econometric methods for detecting manipulation have become acceptable ways to detect manipulation, Econ One has been at the forefront of applying rigorous methods in a variety of regulatory and legal matters. Cryptocurrency markets have the added benefit of massive granular data that, together with the appropriate methods, yields insights and compelling evidence about benchmark behavior, including possible collusion.

Econ One has successfully used publicly available data to assist clients through pleading stages on antitrust and artificial price manipulation in financial market cases.

Much of investors’ trading in cryptocurrencies occurs through centralized exchanges. Investors, in turn, range from sophisticated hedge funds to asset managers to corporations and individuals.  Econ One experts have analyzed cryptocurrency exchange data, wallet data, and an array of investor metrics to understand trading patterns and estimate:

• Likelihood investors suffered damages, such as rescission damages
• Value of investors’ potential loss claims

Over the last 20 years, Econ One finance and economic experts have estimated damages and apportionment in complex securities, derivative and commodities cases worth billions of dollars and individual claims ranging from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of dollars.

Econ One can assist companies and government agencies involved in regulatory-led claims around cryptocurrencies, digital tokens, and digital platforms. Econ One’s experts can evaluate, among others, claims related to unregistered securities, harm to investors, and market manipulation. Our approach is multidisciplinary with a blend of expertise in finance, economics, statistics, data science, and computer science, and experience in financial and securities markets.