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Meet the ICO Pumper Who Makes His Living Manipulating Crypto Markets

In this excerpt from our exclusive interview with Alexey Andryunin the Russian trader talks about the origins of his business.

Updated Sep 13, 2021, 11:17 a.m. Published Aug 5, 2019, 4:00 a.m.
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How do you get into the business of market manipulation? It’s easy if you try.

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Alexey Andryunin, a 20-year old college student from Moscow, became a sensation after he quite openly told CoinDesk how his company was helping little-known token projects get traction via inflated trading volumes.

You can watch the full interview here.

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  • GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
  • Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.

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Monday once again emerges as a pressure point for bitcoin, aligning ETF outflows with recurring bitcoin lows.

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  • U.S. spot bitcoin and ether ETFs recorded the largest net outflows since Nov. 20.
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