Back to collectionA Thin Order Book Fuels Rumors
Raijin's monthly report had just shown that registered players had passed one million, while the studio was still calculating how long it could afford the lawsuit. There was no new announcement, yet an afternoon buy order swept through a thin order book. The spike and reversal showed him that a brief warning would not settle the speculation.
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Raijin's monthly report had just shown that registered players had passed one million, while the studio was still calculating how long it could afford the lawsuit. The Night Watchman, a longtime community member who operated a Sentry node, also had to contend with people in the group treating price moves as inside information.
There was no new announcement, yet an afternoon buy order swept through a thin order book. The price surged from $0.0067 to $0.0092, fell back within an hour, and closed at $0.0069. The group erupted, then went quiet; someone posted a screenshot and asked whether anybody knew something in advance. After checking his node logs, the Night Watchman replied: the book was too thin to treat a trade as news.
The spike and reversal showed him that a brief warning would not settle the speculation. He planned to explain the difference between verifiable announcements and ordinary trades so the group would have something to refer to next time. The reason for the buy order remained unknown, and the studio's financial strain had not eased.