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Edge › Scams
These on-chain fundamentals will prevent you from investing in a scam token
Bitcoin was born to disrupt the global financial system at its core.
Bitcoin › China › Scams
PlusToken 2.0? Yet another Bitcoin Ponzi scheme begins to garner millions
Underneath the noses of the Western crypto world, PlusToken — a “wallet” promising to provide its users with high ‘investment’ returns on their deposits of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies — managed to garner billions of dollars of digital assets throughout 2019.
Bitcoin › U.K. › Scams
Latest data shows hundreds of victims blackmailed for Bitcoin in the U.K.
Throughout 2018 and 2019, the United Kingdom police forces received a total of 562 reports of blackmail for Bitcoin, research from Parliament Street think tank has shown.
Ethereum › Scams
Live streaming Elon Musk Ethereum scam emerges on YouTube
A new Ethereum scam has popped up on YouTube and is using Tesla founder Elon Musk as bait.
Bitcoin › China › Scams
Chinese scam PlusToken is moving $117m in Bitcoin: research firm
The PlusToken scam has deposited around 13,000 BTC to a mixer in the past 24 hours, reports blockchain research firm Ergo.
Bitcoin › U.S. › Regulation
The DOJ just busted a massive money laundering scheme, and it’s bad for Bitcoin
The growth of Bitcoin and the crypto market has long been inhibited due to its perceived ties to the dark web and the criminal underworld, a perception that is primarily rooted in the technology’s genesis as a payment method on dark web marketplaces.
Bitcoin › China › Scams
A major crypto scam’s Bitcoin is moving and if history repeats, it may start a correction
A Chinese multi-billion dollar scam known as PlusToken is moving their holdings of Bitcoin once again.
Ethereum · Libra › Scams
Libra scammers are promoting fake ICO on Twitter
A Libra scam has appeared on Twitter to conduct a fake initial coin offering (ICO) of its coin LIBT.
Ethereum › Altcoins
HEX origin address emptied out, almost $7 million withdrawn
Around $7 million worth of ETH has been withdrawn from an address associated with the HEX cryptocurrency after weeks of speculation that it was headed towards an exit scam.
Bitfinex › Altcoins
Is this the beginning of the HEX exit? 800 ETH withdrawn and sent to Bitfinex
Around 800 ETH has been withdrawn from an address associated with the HEX cryptocurrency, leading many to suspect it was the beginning of an exit scam.
Ethereum › Scams
PlusToken scammers could be behind the recent pump; moves $100m in Ether
Over the past 24 hours, the market experienced high levels of volatility.
Bitcoin › China › Scams
Report suggests Ponzi scheme PlusToken may have stolen hundreds of millions, not billions
Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has issued a new report suggesting that PlusToken, the multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme widely suspected to have been driving down the price of Bitcoin with mass liquidations, could have misappropriated less crypto than previously alleged.
Bitcoin › Scams
Did major exit scams drive down the price of Bitcoin in 2019?
Two of the largest Ponzi schemes in the history of the cryptocurrency industry could be behind the bearish momentum that Bitcoin has seen in the last few months, according to a renowned fund manager.
China › Scams
IDAX ‘exit scam’ shows the problem with exchange centralization
The disappearance of the CEO of Chinese crypto exchange IDAX shed a light on the ever-growing problem of crypto exchange centralization.
Bitcoin › Huobi › China › Scams
Analyst: Multi-billion dollar PlusToken scam could be what caused Bitcoin’s drop to $6,600
The third-largest Ponzi scam in history, Plus Token Wallet, could be responsible for the drop in price Bitcoin saw last week.
Cardano › Scams
Be careful what you wish for: the first Cardano copycat emerges
The Cardano Foundation, an independent entity dedicated to promoting the Cardano project, warned the community about a copycat that was infringing on the company’s trademark.
Partnerships
Coinfirm partners with Kroll to help users recover lost or stolen crypto
Pawel Kuskowski, CEO at London-based Coinfirm, a company focused on developing regulations technology, or Regtech, for blockchain-based financial assets, estimates that there’s $10 billion in stolen cryptocurrencies.
Scams
Crypto impersonation scammers migrate from Twitter to Instagram
Scammers impersonating high-profile figures in the crypto industry have been rampant on Twitter for years but recently began migrating to Instagram as well.
Scams
OpenLibra announcement overshadowed by core team member’s questionable past
The launch of OpenLibra, a permissionless and open-source fork of Facebook‘s cryptocurrency, was overshadowed by fraud accusations toward one of the core team members.
