2023-6-24 00:11 |
Joseph O'Conner, a British man who made roughly $900,000 in an elaborate Twitter hack and a separate crypto-related SIM-swapping scheme, received a 5 year sentence from a federal judge on Friday, Inner City Press reported. origin »
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KuCoin has announced that its Twitter account was hijacked by bad actors to promote a scam scheme during the early hours of April 24, resulting in crypto asset losses for users. KuCoin will fully reimburse affected users. KuCoin, the world’s…
2023-4-24 11:48 | |
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A heated Twitter debate between Australian computer scientist Craig Wright and David Schwartz, Ripple’s chief technology officer, has caught the attention of cryptocurrency followers
2022-12-27 09:36 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged eight individuals with a $100 million securities fraud scheme involving major social media platforms, Twitter and Discord. The post SEC charges eight in $100M social media securities fraud appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-12-15 20:19 | |
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele took to Twitter to proclaim the Bitcoin protocol as the opposite of FTX and likened FTX to a Ponzi scheme in the wake of the exchange’s collapse on November 14.
2022-11-14 15:00 | |
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Amid reports of Twitter ceasing its crypto-integration scheme, Dogecoin [DOGE] lost over 11% of its value in 24 hours. The memecoin had surged by more than 130% following Twitter's acquisition by outsThe post Why Twitter isn't always Dogecoin's [DOGE] friend on the price charts appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-11-5 03:30 | |
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A group of individuals hacked the official Twitter account of cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io, and proceeded with a fraudulent Tether [USDT] giveaway scheme. The hacking effort has put over one millioThe post Is 2022 the "year of crypto hacks" as this attempt makes it to the "Hacktober" list appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2022-10-23 21:00 | |
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Bad actors have struck again, and this time, the Twitter account of PwC Venezuela fell victim to their elaborate scheme.
2022-9-7 22:23 | |
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Crypto Twitter user FatManTerra explained the fake investment scheme was used to teach people a lesson about investing blindly in crypto schemes shilled by influencers.
2022-9-6 05:37 | |
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Citing “extremely overwhelming demand,” the decentralized trading platform dYdX has ended a deposit scheme promotion which required its users to verify their identity by webcam. The post dYdX Cancels $25 Deposit Bonus Campaign After Twitter Roasts Webcam ‘Liveness Check’ appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-9-3 18:30 | |
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FatMan Terra, in a Twitter thread, revealed how an unnamed “friend” pumped Dock (DOCK) via billboard advertisements and a BitBoy Crypto video. The post FatMan Terra reveals inner workings of alleged DOCK pump and dump scheme appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-7-13 00:00 | |
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Tesla’s chief executive Elon Musk has rubbished allegations that he engaged in a Bitcoin (BTC) price manipulation scheme. Musk took to Twitter on Sunday to refute the claims levied at him by Syngia’s CEO Magda Wierzycka.
2021-6-14 16:01 | |
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The lynchpin of Inksnation, one of Nigeria’s biggest crypto Ponzi Schemes, Omotade-Sparks Amos Sewanu, has been captured. According to Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Sewanu, who was on the run, was nabbed in Sokoto, a city located in the northwest part of the country.
2021-5-29 16:30 | |
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Gold advocate and American stockbroker Peter Schiff implied that bitcoin was a Pyramid scheme and that BTC holders are compelled to convince other users to purchase the crypto. Taking to Twitter, the The post This gold advocate calls Bitcoin a pyramid scheme appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-12-30 01:30 | |
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Replying to a Twitter user who called Bitcoin a Ponzi scheme, Stephen Palley, a digital currency lawyer at Anderson Kill, made a strong case for the popular crypto today. The lawyer said that Bitcoin The post ‘Bitcoin price is manipulated' isn't an argument against it appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-12-29 22:30 | |
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A fake Litecoin Foundation operating on YouTube and Facebook is apparently scamming people out of their LTC. The scheme was recently exposed on Twitter. It’s another day in the cryptocurrency world and yet another scam is making the rounds.
2019-12-26 11:15 | |
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According to an announcement made on Twitter by venture capitalist Dovey Wan on August 14, 2019, the recent dump in bitcoin price is due to a mass liquidation of 200 thousand BTC by collapsed China-based Ponzi scheme PLUS Token.
2019-8-16 09:00 | |
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The latest buzz on Twitter is the supposed police raid of the TRON offices in China. This was eventually found to be false, however, as the police were instead called to protect employees from the wrath of an angry mob.
2019-7-9 11:00 | |
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Ponzi schemes in the crypto ecosystem can be traced back to every single bull run that attracted a new wave of naive investors. Although such scams maintain its stronghold within the budding markets, Tron made headlines after being linked to a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme with Chinese investors.
2019-7-8 18:02 | |
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Blockchain network Tron is at the center of controversy July 8 after footage emerged of Chinese police raiding its offices in Beijing. Users: Tron Turned Blind Eye To $30M Ponzi Scheme According to social media users sharing the footage, officers are present at Tron’s headquarters along with members of the public calling the operation a “scam.
2019-7-8 15:24 | |
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Hackers took control of British multinational retailer Tesco’s Twitter account yesterday, urging followers to send Bitcoin to a wallet address and promising to return twice the value received. Luckily, though, Tesco’s followers did not fall for the Bitcoin scheme as no funds were deposited in the wallet address shared by the hackers.
2019-6-25 19:32 | |
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Crypto News – 24 May – Binance CEO CZ accused of causing ‘pump and dump’ by analyst, SEC busts Ponzi scheme utilizing diamond-backed cryptocurrency and more Don’t forget to follow us for our daily videos#binance #SEC #CryptocurrencyNews @cz_binance pic.
2019-5-24 19:00 | |
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The return of notorious cryptocurrency ponzi scheme Bitconnect is closer than ever, its mysterious organizers claim after revealing a July launch date. Bitconnect: Unapologetically Fraudulent A fresh tweet from the Twitter account of the so-called ‘Bitconnect 2.
2019-5-20 12:00 | |
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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants.
2019-5-18 22:14 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. The bitcoin price has broken $8,000 for the first time since July 2018, with most cryptocurrencies trading in the green.
2019-5-15 19:01 | |
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Chinese crypto exchange Binance suffered a major hack on Tuesday, which the company’s CEO responded to by proposing a rollback of the Bitcoin blockchain to rectify — a suggestion that riled up the community.
2019-5-8 21:39 | |
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Bitfinex and the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) legal sparring in relation to $850 million in missing funds escalated with another round of court filings this past weekend.
2019-5-7 01:42 | |
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John McAfee, creator of “McAfee virus,” was in the news after a news media outlet falsely accused him of a “pump and dump” scheme with the privacy coin, Apollo. However, the outlet later retracted the accusation, offering McAfee an apology.
2019-4-5 22:30 | |
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Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey has revealed a major scheme to pay developers to build out the Bitcoin ecosystem with open source technology. Dorsey Plans To ‘Give Back’ To Open Source In a move which underscored the tech mogul’s appreciation of both cryptocurrency and freely accessible innovation, Dorsey said he will hire “3-4 crypto engineers and 1 designer” to contribute to crypto full time – and pay them in BTC.
2019-3-21 11:00 | |
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Компания Blockstream представила код решения под названием MuSig, который позволяет разработчикам тестировать технологию подписей Шнорра и находить возможные ошибки. We’re excited to announce #MuSig code is now merged into secp256k1-zkp! MuSig is a new #Schnorr multisignature scheme for more compact and private multisig transactions.
2019-2-19 09:32 | |
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Although digital assets have had their fair share of issues with recognition and legitimacy and even being termed as a Ponzi scheme, they are currently in vogue and more people are embracing the reality of digital transformation.
2019-2-3 19:34 | |
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Every time the overall market momentum swings in either direction, enthusiasts on Twitter will change their opinion accordingly. Where the XRP price is concerned, it is evident there are a lot of various opinions on this asset and its role in the grand scheme of things.
2019-1-31 16:39 | |
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On 1 January 2019, Ripple moved XRP worth over one billion US dollars in seven transactions. Fears that XRP whales would manipulate the market were already being voiced. The transactions seem to be related to the ripple escrow.
2019-1-3 21:14 | |
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2018 saw a new scam epidemic that gradually took over Twitter – and eventually the entire cryptocurrency and blockchain space: the Bitcoin giveaway scheme. It all started in January, at the height of the cryptocurrency mania.
2018-12-29 12:00 | |
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Everyone loves predicting what the future holds for Bitcoin these days. “Filthy nocoiners” like your family member you are having dinner with or that friend who just had a beer too many will often tell you it’s all a bubble, it’s just “neckbeard” Ponzi scheme controlled by a single entity which will crash soon enough […] The post Crypto “experts” from Twitter and YouTube are harming new BTC owners with their predictions.
2018-12-2 02:20 | |
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The mysterious Twitter handle @satoshi had the cryptoworld buzzing after a recent tweet. Anything that is tied to the famous yet unknown creator of Bitcoin always causes a stir amongst cryptocurrency enthusiasts, and on November 16th, a tweet regarding SegWit sent the cryptocurrency community into a frenzy.
2018-11-18 09:35 | |
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In a blatantly fraudulent turn of events, a small-time cryptocurrency exchange has decided the best way to beat the bear market is to just throw morality to the wind, and ‘pump and dump’ random coins.
2018-10-11 15:48 | |
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The founder of cryptocurrency exchange OKEx was detained for questioning on September 10, 2018, by Shanghai police to investigate a case of suspected digital currency fraud related to WFee coin.
2018-9-12 23:42 | |
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Controversy has begun on Twitter as approximately 18,000 Bitcoins (BTC) were recently transferred to a wallet suspected to be tied to popular cryptocurrency derivatives platform BitMEX. The large transfer, currently totaling $114 million in value, is leading some to think BitMEX might be involved in a suspected market manipulation scheme, CryptoGlobe reports.
2018-8-15 20:36 | |
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On 4th August, the official Twitter handle of Dash posted that the government of Queensland, Australia is allegedly shaping a scheme to fit Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency payments into the system. This program could help cryptocurrencies see a wider adoption in Queensland.
2018-8-5 06:05 | |
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William Shatner, the Captain Kirk of the world famous original series Star Trek, recently tweeted in the response of a fake Ether giveaway being promised by a fake Twitter handle created in the name of Shatner.
2018-7-10 00:00 | |
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Legendary actor William Shatner who is beloved around the world for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk on the original Star Trek series has been righting some wrongs of his own in the crypto universe as he called out a ‘pump and dump scheme’ using his name on a fake twitter account.
2018-7-9 13:00 | |
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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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What role do privacy tools play in crypto, and how does this discussion develop? Those were some of the questions at a panel I moderated last week at the DC Privacy Summit.
Gobit and ZM Quant were secretly offering market manipulation services to projects that wanted to artificially inflate their trading volume, prosecutors allege.
Decentralized crypto exchange Mango Markets has already weathered a debilitating multimillion-dollar hack and the expensive regulatory investigations it spawned. The group may soon take another blow: a six-figure settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Trump believes the US needs to be involved and take the lead in crypto development; otherwise, another country, likely China, will. The post Trump says US must lead in crypto or risk China’s takeover appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The U.K. is set to hold its first election in five years on Thursday and crypto is not a campaign-trail issue.
Juan Tacuri, oe of the top promoters in the Forcount crypto ponzi scheme – a Brazil-based scam that bilked Spanish-speaking investors around the world of a collective $8.4 million – has pleaded guilty to his role in the operation, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.
CoinDesk held its annual Consensus conference in Austin, Texas last week, where we heard from lawmakers and regulators, developers, company execs and all sorts of other people in and around this sector.