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Information asymmetry and front-running behaviors are migrating from token markets to institutional products like DATs, warns Shane Molidor of Forgd.<\/p>\n
Crypto\u2019s chronic insider trading problem is expanding from token launches to digital asset treasuries (DATs), as investors exploit early knowledge of upcoming corporate coin purchases.<\/p>\n
The issue runs deeper than a few bad actors, according to Shane Molidor, founder and CEO of the blockchain advisory firm Forgd. He described insider-style behavior as a structural feature of crypto markets, where prices often detach from fair value.<\/p>\n
A veteran of both Western and Asian trading desks, Molidor told Cointelegraph that many of crypto\u2019s early institutions still treat regulation as an afterthought. \u201cIn the West, it\u2019s ask permission rather than forgiveness,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the East, it\u2019s move fast, make as much money as possible and deal with the consequences later.\u201d<\/p>\n
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