Have you ever felt anxious after seeing news of a chart suddenly swinging wildly in just a few minutes, wondering if your own ...

Crypto glitches range from database errors that price Bitcoin at zero to algorithm bugs triggering 87% drops on major exchanges within seconds.

This was what we call a “flash crash”. Analysts ascribed its severity to mechanical, algorithmic trading. Because the price recovered quickly, such episodes are easy to dismiss as harmless noise. That ...