Whether arbitrage or manipulation, the Jane Street episode highlights a critical truth: markets need more transparency, more accountability, and more human judgment.

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India has been a money machine for Jane Street, netting the trading giant more than $4bn in profits in just over two years. But it is now the source of a scandal that is imperilling the Wall Street firm’s golden run.