Bitcoin, Efficient Markets.... and Benford's Law

 From Gary Smith, Benford, bitcoin, and bogus prices:

https://mindmatters.ai/2021/07/using-benfords-law-to-detect-bitcoin-manipulation/

ADDENDUM (7/15):  Andrew Gelman weighs in a bit on Smith's piece here:

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2021/07/15/using-benfords-law-to-detect-bitcoin-manipulation/

Benford & Biden, etc.....

ICYMI, in a timely video, Matt Parker has taken on Benford's Law as it relates to elections:

Ubiquitous Benford

Princeton University Press presents this offering on Benford's law:
http://tinyurl.com/qhfmccy

...and Benford also shines through in this recent video from Numberphile discussing the powers of 2:

Benford's Law vs. Finance and Accounting Data

uhh-ohhh...

http://econerdfood.blogspot.com/2011/10/benfords-law-and-decreasing-reliability.html

"...overall, the picture looks grim."