Brian Armstrong 
Messari 
Jameson Lopp 
Bitcoin · Monero › U.S. › Scams 
Chainalysis 
Jonathan Leong
“Why not Monero?” asks hacker who took over Twitter with Bitcoin scam
Hackers behind the Twitter breach early on Thursday embedded a Monero (XMR) centric message on several of their Bitcoin transactions—paying $11 in costs to do so.
Shaurya Malwa · 4 weeks ago · 3 min read · Insights via Chainalysis Jonathan Leong 
Bitcoin › Scams
Twitter pages of Kanye West, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Apple share Bitcoin scam
Twitter has been ablaze over the past two hours as notable accounts within and outside of the crypto space have tweeted suspicious messages.
Bitcoin › United Arab Emirates › Scams
Rolls-Royce, Gucci-flaunting scammers caught after FBI analyzes Bitcoin trail
Two Nigerian scammers were held last week after hatching an elaborate fraud to steal “$435 million around the world” using illicit emails, luxury brand showoffs, and Bitcoin.
Cardano › Scams 
Charles Hoskinson
Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson blasts YouTube over crypto scams
Cryptocurrency scams are a recurring aspect of the market.
Shaurya Malwa · 1 month ago · 2 min read · Insights via Charles Hoskinson 
Exclusive › Bitcoin › Scams
Texas authorities crackdown on Bitcoin MLM scheme spanning 170 countries
Texas commissioners cracked down on an alleged Bitcoin scheme spread over 170 countries and 76,000 members.
Bitcoin · Ethereum › China › Scams
China: $15 million Ethereum scam ends in Ferrari showdown
A scam involving fake crypto exchange tokens, fast sports-cars, and mansions had all the ingredients of a Hollywood thriller—minus the bad guys going scot-free in the end.
Ethereum › DeFi
There are Ethereum scammers attempting to impersonate top DeFi projects
As Bitcoin has stalled over recent weeks, decentralized finance has ripped higher.
Cardano › China › Altcoins
Cardano Foundation and Charles Hoskinson address a purported ADA scam in China
If you’ve been on Crypto Twitter over the past few days, you’ve likely seen the video seen below.
Scams
Research finds cryptocurrency startup Kuailian is a Latin BitConnect
Cryptocurrency research firm Tulip Research has found an alarming number of inconsistencies in Kuailian, a masternode startup that has raised more than $100 million from investors.
Ethereum › Analysis
$170m in PlusToken Ethereum is now “mixed” but not all hope is lost
The infamous PlusToken Ponzi scheme is back in the crypto news once again.
EOS · XRP › Scams
Infamous $2 billion crypto scam PlusToken just moved millions worth of EOS and XRP
It’s been many months since PlusToken, the $2+ billion Bitcoin scam, has out of the cryptocurrency news cycle.
Ethereum › Scams 
Vitalik Buterin 
Glassnode
Ethereum co-founder: Blackmail may be primary factor behind $5.0M ETH transaction fees
The crypto community was captivated by two anomalous Ethereum transactions that took place earlier this week.
Cole Petersen · 2 months ago · 2 min read · Insights via Vitalik Buterin Glassnode 
Bitcoin › Scams 
CipherTrace
Crypto scams are alive and well; CipherTrace reveals $1.4 billion in crypto stolen in 2020
Cryptocurrency scams were a hot topic in 2018, courtesy money-grabbing ICOs, Twitter impersonations, and ever outright disappearances.
Shaurya Malwa · 2 months ago · 2 min read · Insights via CipherTrace 
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.