[U.S. Department of Justice: Crypto Market Maker MyTrade Founder Fined $10,000 for Market Manipulation] The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Liu Zhou, founder and primary operator of the crypto financial services company MyTrade, has been fined $10,000 in Boston federal court for participating in a crypto market manipulation scheme. Prosecutors stated that MyTrade, through its 'MyTrade MM' platform, provided so-called 'Volume Support' services to crypto projects, using bots to execute wash trading on multiple crypto exchanges. This artificially created trading volume and market activity, misleading investors.