According to Roger James Hamilton, a 120-session period with 2.5 million average daily volume totals about 300 million shares traded versus a 60 million tradeable float, implying roughly 500 percent float turnover, source: Roger James Hamilton on X, Nov 18, 2025. He states the price range was 0.80 to 1.58 with an estimated VWAP around 1.10 to 1.20, meaning buyers across five full float cycles were in above 1.00 on average with a minimum cost near 0.80, source: Roger James Hamilton on X, Nov 18, 2025. He adds that after a lawsuit alleging spoofing and naked short selling, the stock moved after-hours from 0.84 to 1.30 on 10 million volume, then to 1.56 overnight before a limit, and on Monday pre-market there were no shares left to borrow, source: Roger James Hamilton on X, Nov 18, 2025. He reports that despite the borrow constraint, price fell from 1.56 to a 0.66 after-hours low on Monday, a 58 percent one-day drop on 72 million volume that exceeded the tradeable float, source: Roger James Hamilton on X, Nov 18, 2025. He characterizes the outcome as Hanky Panky in his hypothetical, source: Roger James Hamilton on X, Nov 18, 2025.

According to @rogerhamilton, Genius Group (NYSE American: GNS) filed a federal securities class action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging Citadel Securities LLC and Virtu Americas LLC manipulated GNS through spoofing and naked short selling in violation of Sections 9(a)(2), 9(e), 10(b), and 20(a) of the Exchange Act, aiming to protect shareholders and the company, source: Roger James Hamilton on X, Nov 14, 2025; Genius Group investor relations press release. The complaint defines a class period from April 12, 2022 to May 30, 2025 and seeks at least $250 million in damages on behalf of investors who sold at allegedly artificially deflated prices, with Genius Group seeking appointment as lead plaintiff to manage the litigation, source: Roger James Hamilton on X, Nov 14, 2025; Genius Group investor relations press release. Allegations include spoofing on 98% of trading days during the class period, frequent placement and cancellation of dozens to thousands of orders within 100 milliseconds, building large short positions off-exchange followed by significant short sales less than a minute after baiting orders, and substantial naked short-selling activity coinciding with major price declines, source: Roger James Hamilton on X, Nov 14, 2025; Genius Group investor relations press release. Genius Group describes itself as a leading AI-powered, Bitcoin-first education group and states the class action is intended to recover damages for both the company and harmed shareholders, source: Roger James Hamilton on X, Nov 14, 2025; Genius Group investor relations press release.

According to @52kskew, BTC order flow on Binance shows a predatory two-step pattern: bid-side spoofing on perps to hold or lift price, followed by large ask-side spoofing on spot to trigger algorithmic selling, enabling selective firms to scale into shorts before leading price lower, source: @52kskew. The mechanism relies on perps temporarily propping price while spot books quote above-market asks that algos avoid lifting, which cascades into market sells and a spot-led selloff, source: @52kskew. For informed counterparties, forcing price above the stacked asks can push the sell-side actor offside and provide exit liquidity higher, implying squeeze risk above, source: @52kskew. Near term, the tell is a perp-led uptick paired with heavy spot asks above price, which indicates distribution risk and short setups in BTC, source: @52kskew.

According to GreeksLive, the community shows a bearish tilt with traders planning to fade any scam pump and add short calls at higher levels, signaling downside risk after a brief squeeze, source: GreeksLive Community Daily Digest on X, Sep 29, 2025. According to GreeksLive, participants flagged spoofing with 1k-size orders stacked above and below current levels and pointed to liquidity imbalances that may need market maker partnerships to stabilize order books, source: GreeksLive on X, Sep 29, 2025. According to GreeksLive, active pair traders are getting squeezed as the pump materializes and many are monitoring BTC on 1m and 15m charts for potential retracement entries, source: GreeksLive on X, Sep 29, 2025.

According to @52kskew, BTC price action was dominated by order book spoofing both higher and lower. According to @52kskew, the only genuine buy flow was a TWAP bid supporting price during the move up. According to @52kskew, additional upside came from shorts closing into the rally rather than fresh spot demand.

According to @52kskew, Bitcoin (BTC) is seeing potential for a second round of large-scale activity, with multi 9-figure quotes appearing on both the spot and perpetual futures markets. Historically, such significant order book activity has often resulted in spoofing, where orders are pulled at the last minute. Traders should remain cautious, as these patterns can trigger short-term volatility and price manipulation risks in BTC markets (source: @52kskew).

According to Material Indicators, a significant block of buy orders for Bitcoin (BTC), referred to as a 'Big Buy Block' (BBB), was observed being pulled from the order book. This removal of a large bid wall is considered a bearish signal for traders, as it can indicate 'spoofing'—a tactic where large orders are placed to create a false sense of support and then canceled. The source noted, "There is nothing beautiful about this so called BBB," suggesting the move was deceptive and could lead to downward price pressure on BTC as the perceived support vanished.