According to Artem Genkin, Doctor of Economics, Professor and founder of the Invest Foresight business magazine, there is a growing trend of attempts to steer investors toward specific financial decisions through the strategic use of information. He made these remarks while summing up a session at the Kazan Digital Week 2026 forum.
The risk of manipulation grows when investors base their decisions on the authority of prominent figures or on the hype surrounding certain assets. The expert recalled how, over the course of two and a half months, two tweets from Elon Musk sent the price of Bitcoin swinging by 15% – first upward, then downward.
The economist also pointed to the practice of artificially inflating asset values by manufacturing news or information hooks. In dozens of ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings), a pump and dump scheme was employed: investor interest was stoked through various publications, and once the price had risen, the orchestrators would sell off their own tokens.
In light of this, Artem Genkin emphasised the importance of reliable data and the verification of information.
“The role of information and the importance of trusting that information and its sources have grown globally, as has the significance of fact-checking,” the economist noted. “Verifying facts helps to avoid manipulation and ensures that investment decisions are made ethically.”