2023-2-1 21:57 |
Sophos, a cybersecurity firm, has revealed that operators of high-yielding investment schemes known as 'pig butchering' have discovered a way to evade security measures. origin »
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British tycoon Sir Richard Branson, a known bitcoin advocate, targets tech firms publishing fraudulent crypto schemes using his name. The post Richard Branson Targets Tech Firms Hosting Fraudulent Crypto Ads appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-6-14 06:30 | |
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One of the ringleaders of the largest crypto Ponzi schemes, Onecoin’s Ruja Ignatova, otherwise known as the “Cryptoqueen,” allegedly owns 230,000 bitcoin worth over $11 billion today.
2021-5-15 21:30 | |
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On July 17, the well known Dark Wallet creator and early Bitcoin developer, Amir Taaki, criticized bitcoin privacy methods on Twitter. Taaki claimed that UTXO mixing concepts like Coinjoin were “absolute garbage.
2020-7-21 07:38 | |
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Bitconnect, one of the most notorious and widespread pyramid schemes in crypto history, crashed two years ago today. BitConnect Scheme Unraveled as Bitcoin Moved Away from Peak Prices The crypto lending scheme, known for its mass-audience meetings and pervasive messages, promised huge rates of return, depending on always-booming BTC prices.
2020-1-16 17:30 | |
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Special thanks to Justin Drake, Karl Floersch, Hsiao-wei Wang, Barry Whitehat, Dankrad Feist, Kobi Gurkan and Zac Williamson for review Very recently, Ariel Gabizon, Zac Williamson and Oana Ciobotaru announced a new general-purpose zero-knowledge proof scheme called PLONK, standing for the unwieldy quasi-backronym “Permutations over Lagrange-bases for Oecumenical Noninteractive arguments of Knowledge”.
2019-9-24 04:03 | |
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A US state regulator is cracking down on two New Jersey-based initial coin offerings (ICO) offering “fraudulent unregistered securities. ” The Bureau of Securities issued emergency cease and desist orders as part of “Operation Cryptosweep” – an international crackdown on fraudulent ICOs and cryptocurrency-related investment schemes – against Zoptax LLC (also known as Zoptax) and Unocall.
2019-8-8 11:34 | |
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Several major cryptocurrency traders have reportedly begun discussing plans to enact an industry-wide blacklist of suspicious actors, to stem the tide of scams, theft and fraud in the crypto space.
2019-5-10 15:52 | |
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Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are one of crypto's more novel and ambitious applications — one that Bitcoin, until recently, has had nothing to do with.
2019-4-19 18:33 | |
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On December 18, the analysts of Social Science Research Network (SSRN) published the research about a pervasive tactic known to crypto market – pump and dump schemes. The paper quantifies the scope of cryptocurrency pump and dump on Discord and Telegram, two widely popular group messaging platforms with 130 million users and 200 million users […]
2018-12-20 13:34 | |
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Crypto Pros does not have an active website. Surprisingly, the platform registers new clients using Google forms and links on YouTube. Although the payments are supposedly made through cryptopros. biz, no website is registered under this domain name.
2018-11-23 05:02 | |
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Crypto-jacking schemes are getting more intricate by the day. It appears hackers are now disguising cryptocurrency mining malware and passing it off as legitimate Windows installation packages.
2018-11-8 18:20 | |
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US SEC Launches Strategic Hub For Innovation and Financial Technology; What is It? Back on October 18, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided to announce a new arm in charge of protecting investors from fraudulent schemes.
2018-10-26 19:57 | |
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North Korean cybercrime hacking group The Lazarus Group is currently the biggest crypto hacking syndicate in the world, having stolen millions worth of cryptocurrencies from online exchanges.
2018-10-20 00:22 | |
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Financial savings have long been the foundation of wealth and asset building. However, we are now in a time when the growing obsolescence of financial institutions has forced certain technologies out of date, created high fees, revealed structural inefficiencies and, ultimately, meant that some standard investment solutions now fail to place consumer needs first.
2018-10-6 16:37 | |
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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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Thomas Carter, a fintech startup veteran and serial entrepreneur, is on a mission to disrupt the traditional finance model capital raising by leveraging cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Although ICOs are known for their scams and Ponzi schemes, Carter has found a new way to leverage the ICO model and create an alternative to bank financing without the messy scams.
2018-9-14 19:00 | |
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Jordan Belfort’s story of stockbroking and scamming investors is one of the most popular tales from Wall Street. Known as the “Wolf of Wall Street,” his story was depicted by Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie by the same name.
2018-8-28 20:48 | |
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One of the key tradeoffs in blockchain design is whether to build more functionality into base-layer blockchains themselves (“layer 1”), or to build it into protocols that live on top of the blockchain, and can be created and modified without changing the blockchain itself (“layer 2”).
2018-8-28 04:03 | |
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A data analysis shows crypto press release wires are dominated by scam-linked projects, hype-driven content and low-impact announcements, raising concerns about credibility and media trust.
Fasial Tariq, co-founder of Paradox Metaverse dubbed a “Ponzi” by crypto investigator Coffeezilla, has been linked to what UK authorities call the world’s largest seizure of illegal weight-loss drugs.
How did the Chinese cryptoqueen build a $6.5 billion Bitcoin empire before her arrest exposed one of the largest crypto crimes in history? Chinese cryptoqueen’s billion-dollar scam exposed Crypto’s long history with scams has added another chapter, one that stretches…
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Binance warns of scammers impersonating its support after $91 million BTC theft.
A case from Australia saw 15 victims lose $2.5 million. Scammers target the elderly.
Scammer stole $4 million from Coinbase, but was not very diligent in covering up his trail.