2020-8-4 18:00 |
'Bitcoin' and 'Ponzi schemes,' at one point were used interchangeably. When the cryptocurrency first started making waves early in the previous decade, all everyone could talk about was the price. origin »
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Explore the Bitcoin Ponzi scheme debate. Check the criticisms, Ponzi explanation, and why Bitcoin isn't one.
2024-4-3 16:25 | |
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Bitcoin maximalist Max Keiser accuses Ripple of being a "Ponzi scheme" and says CEO Brad Garlinghouse's efforts to save the company are futile
2023-6-25 13:15 | |
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The tired argument that Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme is really more applicable to fiat, which makes it impossible for us to retain savings.
2022-12-10 16:00 | |
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U.S. authorities are trying to return $6.5 million in bitcoin and tether to the victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme.
2020-8-3 12:00 | |
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According to Primitive founder, Dovey Wan, the latest Bitcoin sell-off is down to a major Chinese ponzi scheme. Little known outside of China, PlusToken scammed over 200k BTC and 800k ETH, which are now hitting exchanges in batches.
2019-8-15 13:00 | |
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Like all Ponzi schemes, South Africa’s cryptocurrency investment scheme Bitcoin Wallet is reportedly on the verge of collapse. The Bitcoin scam which was initially based in Kwa-Zulu Natal’s rural town of Ladysmith has allegedly run out of money to pay out to investors.
2019-7-9 13:47 | |
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The CFTC has won a legal battle against a New York resident and his company for running a Ponzi scheme centered around bitcoin.
2018-10-19 00:03 | |
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According to recent court documents, an Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint has been filed at a U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against BitConnect.
2018-10-19 22:58 | |
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Nouriel Roubini Couldn’t Convince With Absurd Data on Bitcoin The recognized economist, Nouriel Roubini, has been recently attacking the crypto space and blockchain technology. He had some discussions with Vitalik Buterin and was present at the Senate Banking Committee hearing on cryptocurrencies.
2018-10-18 20:55 | |
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BTC purchasers bear the responsibility themselves, justice Nancy Orr wrote in the verdict regarding a $48,000 Ponzi scheme.
2018-10-15 15:28 | |
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In a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry, a federal judge has ruled that a cryptocurrency caught in the midst of a lawsuit is a commodity, court documents reveal.
2018-9-28 23:15 | |
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Amit Bhardwaj, whose scheme was cracked during the summer months, sees properties seized in connection to the investigation of a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme.
2018-9-26 19:46 | |
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Money attracts thieves and masterminds of what could be the largest Bitcoin Ponzi scheme in history are facing justice. Vivek Bhardwaj, a software developer and brother of Gain Bitcoin founder and CEO Amit Bhardwaj, was brought to Delhi, India on Sept.
2018-9-24 21:30 | |
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AWS Mining Outed As A Ponzi Scheme Popular scam watchdog site “Behind MLM” published a lengthy article recently outlining their belief that the AWS Mining company is an overt Ponzi scam selling unregistered, illegal securities to unknowing victims.
2018-9-21 19:01 | |
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Just recently Josh Garza was sentenced to 21 months of prison and six months of home confinement for his role in the many Ponzi scams like Gaw Miners, Zen Miners, Hashlets, and of course the controversial Paycoin that appeared in 2014.
2018-9-15 04:15 | |
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Amit Bhardwaj, the arrested self-proclaimed Bitcoin entrepreneur accused of duping thousands by promising hefty returns on Bitcoin investment, has told investigators that he is willing to return the principal amount owed to investors.
2018-8-29 21:00 | |
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Calls to rebuild the community and activity on Steemit are getting more active, pointing to a potential relaunch for the Ponzi scheme.
2018-8-25 16:36 | |
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Fomo3D, a controversial but highly popular ethereum gambling game, has its first jackpot winner. The aim of the game is to purchase the last key before the timer goes to zero, whereupon it rests for 24 hours.
2018-8-23 22:45 | |
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The man behind the Asian branch of the $2. 4 billion cryptocurrency scam operation Bitconnect has been arrested by police officers on August 18, 2018, from the Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department at Delhi Airport on his return to India.
2018-8-21 00:00 | |
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Nearly eight months to the day after the ponzi scheme BitConnect exit scammed, the sins of the project have caught up to one of its figureheads. Divyesh Darji, the alleged leader of BitConnect’s Asian team, was arrested this Saturday, August 18, 2018, in the Delhi airport by the Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
2018-8-20 19:54 | |
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Indian Police Dismantles Two Bitcoin Ponzi Schemes and Arrests Suspects Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin Ponzi schemes spread all over the world. This time, the Indian police was able to arrest two individuals that were involved in the ‘GainBitcoin’ Ponzi case.
2018-8-19 06:33 | |
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The ethereum network has another pair of smash hit dapps. The decentralized applications have proven to be a viral success over the past week, amassing more transactions than IDEX and accruing seven-day trading volume of 180,000 ETH.
2018-7-24 01:40 | |
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In a somewhat surprising twist, Amit Bhardwaj, the man behind the notorious Bitcoin Ponzi scheme, has pledged to pay back his victims in Indian rupees (INR) according to report on July 18, 2018. The Schemer’s Path Towards Prison Bhardwaj caught the attention of police and global media houses in April 2018, when the police arrested him for setting up an.
2018-7-20 19:00 | |
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Amit Bhardwaj, the Ponzi scheme kingpin accused of scamming thousands by promising outlandish returns on investments in Bitcoins, has offered to pay back investors their initial investments in Indian rupees even as one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Zebpay, has been roped in to help with the investigation. What Was Bharadwaj's Ponzi Scheme? Over […]
2018-7-20 13:06 | |
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News The alleged bitcoin Ponzi kingpin, Amit Bhardwaj, has reportedly offered to pay back the initial investments in Indian rupees to those who lost money through his scheme. However, victims want the current value of their cryptocurrencies, not the initial investments.
2018-7-19 07:46 | |
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The alleged bitcoin Ponzi kingpin, Amit Bhardwaj, has reportedly offered to pay back the initial investments in Indian rupees to those who lost money through his scheme. However, victims want the current value of their cryptocurrencies, not the initial investments.
2018-7-19 05:30 | |
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Today, the Bitcoin price is much higher than what it was when we invested. Amit Bhardwaj and brother Vivek Bhardwaj after their arrest by Pune Police Efforts by FactorDaily to reach Zebpay for comment have been futile so far.
2018-7-18 10:00 | |
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And the crypto community promptly had a field day with those remarks. Back in February, he called bitcoin “a combination of a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster” during a lecture.
2018-7-14 14:56 | |
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YouTube, a video-sharing site owned by Google, just found itself involved in a lawsuit filed with the Southern District Court of Florida, on July 3, against BitConnect, which is a cryptocurrency lending platform built over a Ponzi scheme.
2018-7-11 16:19 | |
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BIS Whales Reveal Their True Thinking In a strongly-worded statement, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) head Agustin Carstens has said that young people must “stop trying to create money. ” Carstens said that cryptocurrencies are “ponzi scheme[s]” destined to “fail dramatically.
2018-7-9 21:05 | |
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Police in Istanbul has arrested the founders of Hipper, a company that launched the Turkish “national” coin Turcoin. The two arrested were involved in a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme and cheated over 10,000 victims.
2018-7-6 16:14 | |
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The general manager of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) Agustin Carstens has renewed the institution’s attacks on cryptocurrency, calling them “a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster.
2018-7-5 17:00 | |
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The New York Posts John Crudele has published an article that discusses some reasoning for his theory that Bitcoin is about to fall out of itself and totally lose all value. Whilst this is a bold and frankly unrealistic claim, this is something that we should explore.
2018-7-5 12:30 | |
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The mainstream media narrative that Bitcoin is a “ponzi scheme” and bagholders are selling is false, new data showing Bitcoin user ‘hodl’ behavior claims. Whales Are ‘Hodling’ The findings, uploaded to Twitter by commentator and researcher BambouClub June 25, focuses on so-called ‘Bitcoin days destroyed’ (BDD) as a variable by which to judge investor sentiment, which he explains is “totally unaffected” by bitcoin price .
2018-6-25 19:00 | |
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Charles Hoskinson calls out the mainstream media’s constant predictions on the death of the cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme – scam bubble on Twitter predicting an influx of trillions of dollars from institutional markets once the next round of regulation is settled.
2018-6-22 12:30 | |
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Turkey’s so called “national” crypto, Turcoin, has turned out to be a classical example of a Ponzi scheme, local media reported. The founders of the “alternative” digital currency are believed to have fled the country with millions of dollars collected from defrauded investors.
2018-6-20 01:50 | |
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