2020-5-13 17:29 |
A social media account for the People’s Bank of China is warning citizens against illegal fundraising schemes that involve virtual currencies and blockchain.
origin »
|
Reward schemes are in dire need of a revamp globally. Utilizing blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies to make a meaningful change is a logical option. Rewards4Earth, an Australian company, is even going one step further.
2020-1-28 01:00 | |
|
|
Shenzhen is the blockchain hub of China, but its law enforcement will soon be cracking down on cryptocurrencies. The state has identified some 39 illegal cryptocurrency companies operating within the city.
2019-11-23 00:17 | |
|
|
David Schwartz, Ripple CTO says it’s just an attempt to “get clicks” on the “PR Stunt” by leveraging XRP’s name More than $400 million worth of XRP are traced back to illegal activities, with a large portion of it to Ponzi schemes and scams, Elliptic, a blockchain analytics startup said in its report, released Wednesday. […]
2019-11-21 17:38 | |
|
|
From Bitcoin’s emergence on the deep web in 2008, to the ICO funding craze of 2017, the blockchain/crypto industry has experienced its fair share of ups and downs over the past ten years. Despite a dramatic influx of money and big ideas, the industry has also fallen prey to scams, pump-and-dump schemes, and spectacular price […] The post Why Blockchain Startups Are Badly Lacking In Business Basics appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2019-10-3 17:38 | |
|
|
Popular payments services provider Mastercard is teaming up with blockchain company R3 to create an international payments solutions, CoinDesk reports. In a press statement, the two companies will develop and pilot a fresh blockchain-based cross-border platform.
2019-9-12 21:19 | |
|
|
According to the official website of the Zambian SEC, investors are discouraged from dealing with self-proclaimed cryptocurrency advisors and “experts”. Over the course of the past couple of years, a number of crypto/blockchain scams have emerged from Africa.
2019-8-3 19:14 | |
|
|
PointPay is creating a fundamentally new product that combines three services in a single closed-loop ecosystem: PointPay Crypto Bank, PointPay Crypto Exchange platform and PointPay Multi-currency Wallet.
2019-7-18 11:03 | |
|
|
After a statewide sweep in December 2017, Texas’ securities regulator will begin a second sweep of the entire state to find and shut down any illegitimate cryptocurrency schemes run by unlicensed companies and individuals, as reported by CrowdFund Insider, on July 4, 2019.
2019-7-6 15:00 | |
|
|
Adding to the number of false schemes and scams in the cryptocurrency space, a scheme reportedly run from Argentina and Ukraine has been outed for falsely claiming their investment product was endorsed by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, guaranteeing to “make you rich in seven days”, as reported by The National, June 30, 2019.
2019-7-3 09:00 | |
|
|
The U. S department of Justice is looking to extradite Swedish citizen for money laundering, wire fraud and securities fraud through a crypto scam amounting to $11 million USD. The blockchain world has long been troubled by the scams, thefts and hacks prevalent on the users’ private keys.
2019-6-20 17:25 | |
|
|
Legal & General, a multinational British insurer, has partnered with Amazon to create a blockchain system for corporate pension deals. According to Reuters, Legal & General will be using Amazon Web Services’ managed blockchain system to process bulk annuities – benefit pension schemes sold by companies to insurers in a bid to mitigate risks for policy holders.
2019-6-12 17:49 | |
|
|
Blockchain Business Model In Kazakhstan The main goal of the Facite investment project is to develop the financial and economic environment in Kazakhstan using blockchain technology. The Facite Foundation built and operates a mining center in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan based on geographical conditions, government policies, and electricity schemes for the mining industry.
2019-5-16 06:03 | |
|
|
The Neutro Protocol solves the trilemma of scalability, security and decentralization, allows for anonymous transactions and eradicates the need for centralized oracles. Neutro users can create a decentralized version of almost any real-world market that exists now only in a centralized system that we all use currently.
2019-5-15 14:13 | |
|
|
There are several fraudsters around the world that affect not only individuals but also companies and organizations of all types and sectors. These fraudulent schemes can create large financial losses, fines and deteriorate the reputation of a firm.
2019-5-7 06:25 | |
|
|
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 | |
|
|
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that they have partnered with blockchain security firm CipherTrace to bolster their anti-money laundering (AML) measures. This according to a Binance Blog post on April 11, 2019.
2019-4-12 11:45 | |
|
|
Conventional retail loyalty schemes offer little value for consumers or businesses. A blockchain reward system can change that, as… The post Blockchain Loyalty Can Fix Much More Than Broken Customer Rewards appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-4-4 16:07 | |
|
|
Special thanks to Glen Weyl, Phil Daian and Jinglan Wang for review Over the last few years there has been an increasing interest in using deliberately engineered economic incentives and mechanism design to align behavior of participants in various contexts.
2019-4-5 04:03 | |
|
|
Crime isn’t supposed to pay, but sometimes the wages of sin are paid in bitcoin. Last week, Japanese police reported that 2018 saw a tenfold increase of cryptocurrency money laundering.
2019-3-20 16:49 | |
|
|
Waves is the fastest blockchain platform with real-world solutions for end users, businesses and developers, whether they need to store or exchange tokens, trade swiftly and securely (DEX) or run fraud-proof business logic (Waves smart contracts). - Medium
2019-3-2 15:19 | |
|
|
A recent CNBC news report has highlighted that cybercriminals are using sophisticated methods to launder money. Their nefarious schemes include using services like Airbnb and Uber to help turn fraudulent funds into cash.
2019-2-8 15:39 | |
|
|
ETH scams trends have changed dramatically over the past 24 months, and this seems likely to continue
2019-2-4 15:55 | |
|
|
While 2017 was the year of crypto gains, 2018 was the year of crypto theft, according to new data. Crypto-related thefts increased roughly 260% from 2017 to 2018, largely fueled by a number of high-profile cryptocurrency exchange hacks.
2019-1-29 23:00 | |
|
|
Many major oil companies such as Chevron, the major Indian refiner Reliance and Total have decided to join the oil blockchain platform Vakt. Vakt is already being used by many companies since last year and it is already launching blockchain pilot schemes.
2019-1-16 20:46 | |
|
|
According to MIT Technology Review’s on December 4, 2018, security researchers have discovered a machine learning algorithm that can spot cryptocurrency pump-and-dump schemes in advance, which can help prevent and stop any pump-and-dump projects from developing further.
2018-12-7 02:00 | |
|
|
Shell and BP are now using a blockchain-based trading platform for crude oil, which they hope will solve trade and settlement inefficiencies. Shell & BP Hope Blockchain Will Solve Inefficiencies Vakt is first to market of several pilot schemes which have been in development, which Bitcoinist reported on back in January 2018.
2018-12-1 04:00 | |
|
|
On November 27, 2018, a California judge turned back the SEC’s request for an injunction against token company BlockVest, a company the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing for allegedly conducting an unregistered securities offering.
2018-12-1 22:36 | |
|
|
On November 16, 2018, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a public statement clarifying its intent to regulate activities involving the issuance and trading of digital assets.
2018-11-21 01:44 | |
|
|
According to a report by Bloomberg, published November 13, 2018, U. S. resident named Joseph Kim has been fined $1. 1 million and sentenced to 15 months in prison for orchestrating fraudulent schemes related to bitcoin (BTC), and litecoin (LTC), thus duping his employer and several other customers of their money.
2018-11-16 00:00 | |
|
|
$68. 42 Million Stolen In Bitcoin Scheme Since Bitcoin’s inception, a mere decade ago, malicious users of the world’s first blockchain have sought to capitalize on the pseudonymous and anti-governmental nature of the Bitcoin Network and other crypto platforms.
2018-11-15 09:00 | |
|
|
Mounting pump and dump schemes, scamming cryptocurrency investors with phony embezzlements, false claims, and misleading allegations, all are among a list of actions Ezekiel Osborne is suspected to have carried out.
2018-10-30 20:29 | |
|
|
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 | |
|
|
Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it.
2018-10-24 19:38 | |
|
|
Email and phone frauds are very common in the crypto world. In France, over 700 people were lured by crypto fraudsters through a well-known duping premise. Scamsters in the country called several people and talked them into making cryptocurrency investments.
2018-10-9 18:39 | |
|
|
An exchange-traded bitcoin fund (ETF) would signal greater acceptance of bitcoin as a mainstreet investment, while also making it much easier for both institutional and retail investors to get involved.
2018-10-6 01:07 | |
|
|
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 | |
|
|
Today marks the official release of Bitcoin Core 0. 17. 0, the 17th generation of Bitcoin’s original software client launched by Satoshi Nakamoto almost 10 years ago and still the dominant Bitcoin implementation on the network today.
2018-10-3 16:28 | |
|
|
Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles has issued emergency ordinances against three separate fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes linked to Russian scammers. The orders were issued on September 18, 2018, against DGBK Ltd.
2018-9-20 00:05 | |
|
|
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 | |
|
|
Tax evasion, money laundering, and terrorist funding schemes are all major categories of blockchain fraud. So how can legislation and technologies soon be used to stop crypto criminals? The post Blockchain Fraud: New Policies and Technologies to Stop Crypto Criminals appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-9-6 17:08 | |
|
|
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 | |
|
|
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 | |
|
|
China’s central bank has provided insight into fraudulent blockchain schemes and how to avoid falling prey to them. It also asked retail investors to report criminal clues to relevant departments.
2018-8-27 01:00 | |
|
|
The car industry is going through a seismic shift as we change our relationship with the open road. Electric cars are here, full autonomy is on the way, ride sharing schemes could consign the very concept of ownership to history and we’re set to see a revolution.
2018-8-21 18:23 | |
|
|
Earlier this year in July, products that have been resembling ‘Ponzi Schemes’ have been ‘topping the charts’ amongst decentralised applications (dapps) which are running on the globes second biggest blockchain.
2018-8-20 23:00 | |
|
|
Long Blockchain Corp. , the drinks manufacturer turned blockchain startup, announced that it had again changed its line of business and will now also focus on loyalty schemes, local news outlet Long Island Business News reported July 31.
2018-8-1 20:23 | |
|
|
Two dapps on ethereum that bear all the hallmarks of Ponzi schemes are the most popular games on the site now.
2018-7-24 11:00 | |
|
|
As nations around the globe roll out crypto regulations and tax schemes blockchain startups eagerly eye the next crypto-friendly destination. Malta has modeled itself as exactly that and firms have been flocking there in droves.
2018-7-21 13:32 | |
|
|
Award-winning comedian, actor, writer and director Jason Attar is once again heading for the big screen with his new project KevCoin: The Movie. A follow-up to his previous film One Night in Powder, Attar will don the guise of his infamous character Kevin Powder — a rock star “fixer” who’s constantly trying to reinvent himself through wild schemes — and take on the world of digital finance as he seeks out fame and riches.
2018-6-11 22:31 | |
|
|
India has intensified efforts to curb crypto-related scams by collaborating with tech giants Google and Meta (formerly Facebook), according to the Ministry of Home Affairs’ 2024 annual report.
T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU) has frozen criminal assets valued at $100 million across five continents. Formed by Tether, TRON, and TRM Labs in August 2024, the group collaborates with law enforcement worldwide to disrupt organized schemes that rely on blockchain transactions.
The demand for fresh narratives in the crypto space has ignited a booming trend—AI-inspired memecoins. These tokens, blending artificial intelligence with the viral appeal of meme culture, have surged to a collective market capitalization of over $10 billion, as per Coingecko data.
Pig butchering scams led to $3. 6 billion in crypto losses in 2024, emerging as the most significant fraud scheme of the year, according to a report by web3 security firm Cyvers. The long-term fraud method, where victims are groomed over time to make substantial investments, outpaced other forms of crypto scams in 2024.
The rise of crypto has become a breeding ground for financial scams in France, contributing to a surge in fraudulent activity that has authorities scrambling to protect consumers. The Paris Public Prosecutor’s Office, along with regulatory bodies like the AMF and ACPR, are particularly concerned about the growing number of schemes involving bogus crypto investments.
Crypto frauds and hacks in 2024 caused $2.3 billion in losses, with Ethereum and multisig wallets most affected, exposing critical vulnerabilities. The post Over $2.3 Billion Stolen in Crypto Hacks and Frauds in 2024 appeared first on BeInCrypto.
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged three individuals on Dec. 11 with impersonating securities brokers and investment advisers to execute a scheme involving digital assets. The complaint names three Nigerian nationals and alleges that their actions diverted more than $2.