Yes, I am not the only one, and I personally have happened to me many times. For example, ingestive candles caused by whales delude traders that the price will break the support to sell and then raise the price again.
those dastardly manipulators!
tbh, i've never seen the big deal with wash trading. volume is just self-reported data; it's obviously prone to distortion. all that matters is price, which can't be faked given the entire global exchange market.
Why did you choose that platform (Binance,) even though it is the lowest platform that does what is known as the wash trading platform? I do not think that they will risk their reputation to gain thousands of dollars.
i'm pretty sure binance rose to prominence on the back of fake volume. CZ oversaw all the fake volume algorithms at okcoin (now okex) so i don't believe for a second binance always played by the book. they are just better at hiding it.