The Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Paradox

2024-5-19 00:12

Detractors claim Bitcoin to be a Ponzi scheme. A history of such schemes shows this to be untrue. Yet, paradoxically, Bitcoin is being used to perpetuate the largest Ponzi scheme in history. The second report in the "FUD Fighters" series powered by HIVE Digital Technologies LTD.

Similar to Notcoin - Blum - Airdrops In 2024

origin »

PonziCoin (PONZI) на Currencies.ru

$ 0.0009014 (-0.22%)

Объем 24H $0

Изменеия 24h: 15.77 %, 7d: 9.65 %

Cегодня L: $0.0009014 - H: $0.0009014

Капитализация $776 Rank 2331

Доступно / Всего 861.099k PONZI

scheme bitcoin ponzi history fud report second

52 +

Источник: bitcoinmagazine.com

scheme bitcoin → Результатов: 126

Bitmain’s Alleged Connection With Crypto Ponzi Scheme, BitClub, Could Hinder U.S. IPO Plans

Bitcoin mining giant, Bitmain Technologies, is in the news again for something negative. This time around, there are reports that the bitcoin mining company is involved with a crypto Ponzi scheme, BitClub Network, causing the company to come under the radar of the U.

2020-1-23 00:00	Ponzi scheme
mining company bitclub bitmain bitcoin scheme ponzi

254 +

Bitcoin Lifestyle Review: Scam or Legit?

What is bitcoin? People are saying “It’s a pyramid scheme,” or “It’s a Ponzi scheme. ” They’re right, but this isn’t your typical Ponzi Scheme. The first two are well-known scams.

2020-1-23 17:53	featured
scheme bitcoin ponzi your isn typical scams

214 +

Happy Bitconnect RIP Day Everybody

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
bitconnect crypto scheme prices mass-audience meetings peak

239 +

CFTC Cannot Locate Man Responsible for Over $140 Million Crypto Ponzi

The regulators are unable to find the man responsible for a $140 million Bitcoin pyramid scheme

2020-1-7 18:40	Crimes
140 million responsible man unable find bitcoin

189 +

CFTC Hunts Down Multi-Million Dollar Crypto-Ponzi Scammer

The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and South Korean regulators continue investigating the UK-based company Control-Finance Ltd, and its principal, Benjamin Reynolds, for a $147,000 Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin.

2020-1-7 15:00
cftc principal ltd company control-finance benjamin scheme

153 +

The Best Investment of the Last Decade is a “Pyramid Scheme” With “No Real Utility”: Economist

2019 has come to an end and we have entered a new decade. During the past decade, Bitcoin went through three bull cycles, where each one has been of more than 10,000% of upside, with as much as 300,000%.

2020-1-2 20:39	Bitcoin Innovation
decade cycles three through bitcoin went past

164 +

Here’s Why Bitcoin is Not a Pyramid Scheme

Lending Tree Chier Economist, Tendayi Kapfidze recently commented on Bitcoin, calling it a pyramid scheme, so here is why his view may be wrong. Over the course of the last 11 years, Bitcoin has traveled a long way for an unknown new invention to the largest cryptocurrency in the world, with a market cap of $130 billion.

2020-1-2 19:08	trading
bitcoin scheme pyramid unknown way years new

227 +

Bitcoin, a Pyramid Scheme? Pick Up Those Blocks and I’ll Tell You

Chief economist calls Bitcoin a pyramid scheme, but before you denounce him as a non-believer, ask yourself: doesn't he have a point? The post Bitcoin, a Pyramid Scheme? Pick Up Those Blocks and I’ll Tell You appeared first on CCN.com

2020-1-3 14:49	Bitcoin
bitcoin scheme pyramid pick tell those blocks

170 +

Bitcoin Is a Pyramid Scheme. Prominent Economist Explains Why

Tendayi Kapfidze is certain that Bitcoin is simply a pyramid scheme that struggles to find a use case after making its early adopters rich

2020-1-2 10:33
bitcoin scheme pyramid case use making rich

195 +

Biggest Ponzi Scheme PlusToken Moves $105 Million Worth of Ethereum

The biggest $3 billion Chinese-Ponzi scheme PlusToken might be the reason behind the 50% drop in Bitcoin price from its 2019 high of $13,900. But now, the Ponzi could put selling pressure on Ethereum as well.

2019-12-19 16:48	Ethereum (ETH)
ethereum ponzi biggest scheme plustoken 900 high

198 +

Plustoken Cash-Outs Could Be Behind BTC Price Drop, Says Report

On Monday, the blockchain surveillance company Chainalysis published an excerpt from the firm’s upcoming crime report that will publish in January. According to the Chainalysis research, the Ponzi scheme called Plustoken not only defrauded investors out of $3 billion but the scam “may also be driving down the price of bitcoin.

2019-12-17 16:00	Scam
price report plustoken chainalysis defrauded only scheme

311 +

Analysis: Bitcoin price pressured by PlusToken sell-out

According to the Chainalysis study, the current downward movement of bitcoin is caused by a massive sale of BTC by the organizers of the Chinese Ponzy scheme.

2019-12-18 12:24	News
bitcoin massive sale caused organizers scheme ponzy

219 +

Report suggests Ponzi scheme PlusToken may have stolen hundreds of millions, not billions

Blockchain compliance firm Chainalysis has issued a new report suggesting that PlusToken, the multi-billion-dollar Ponzi scheme widely suspected to have been driving down the price of Bitcoin with mass liquidations, could have misappropriated less crypto than previously alleged.

2019-12-17 12:00	#scams
report plustoken ponzi scheme price bitcoin down

206 +

Chainalysis Report on PlusToken ‘Scammers’ Blamed for Monday’s Crypto Selloff

As bitcoin and ether prices fell below technically significant levels, some traders are citing fear emanating from a report about the alleged PlusToken Ponzi scheme as the reason for the plunge

2019-12-17 01:47
report plustoken emanating fear citing traders levels

157 +

Was Bitcoin Brought Down by a Chinese Ponzi Scheme?

The Chinese PlusToken scam may have influenced Bitcoin’s price, Chainalysis hypothesizes in a blog post. Though it’s unlikely to be the main factor, movements of stolen funds correlate very well with market downturns.

2019-12-17 23:17	Fraud
chinese bitcoin factor movements main unlikely funds

196 +

Crypto Tidbits: Bitcoin Mining Still China-Centric, Ethereum Istanbul Live, Banks Use Blockchain For Bonds

Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. Bitcoin, again, saw an effectively flat week, losing a few percent in the past seven days (which isn’t much in the grand scheme of things), according to the latest data from Coin360.

2019-12-14 15:00	Industry
another week crypto tidbits bitcoin isn days

210 +

Alleged Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Assets Frozen as US Judge Grants Injunction

A federal judge has granted a CFTC preliminary injunction against an alleged $11 million Bitcoin Ponzi scheme

2019-12-13 14:13	Court
injunction alleged judge scheme bitcoin ponzi preliminary

201 +

Peter Schiff Says Bitcoin Is Running Out of Buyers to 'Keep Ponzi Going'

Peter Schiff thinks Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme that struggles to find new buyers to inject fresh money into it

2019-12-12 17:11
buyers peter ponzi bitcoin schiff inject new

133 +

Rat Poison? Millennial Investors Prefer Bitcoin To Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

Bitcoin has in the past been called a Ponzi scheme, a scam, a tool for money laundering and criminal activities, and even has been dubbed rat poison by the Oracle of Omaha himself, Warren Buffett.

2019-12-11 20:00	Warren Buffett
rat buffett bitcoin poison even activities criminal

139 +

Bitcoin Hackers Use Ransomware Scheme to Attack Argentinian Data Center

Bitcoin hackers have officially attacked a data center in Argentina called San Luis, reports the Next Web. The end result? A total of 7,700 GB of data were initially compromised since November 25, 2019.

2019-12-9 21:35	Ransomware
data bitcoin center hackers result total 2019

183 +

Brazilian Police Bust Alleged Crypto Fraud That Cost Investors $360M

Brazilian police have shut down a purported bitcoin investment scheme they allege stole 1.5 billion Brazilian reals.

2019-12-10 16:33
brazilian police bitcoin investment purported scheme allege

286 +

Peter Schiff on Bitcoin Price Drop: "Pump-and-Dumpers Are Losing Their Mojo"

Peter Schiff doubles down on his claim that Bitcoin is a "pump-and-dump" scheme in his most recent tweet

2019-12-5 08:59
peter bitcoin schiff pump-and-dump tweet recent claim

131 +

Bitcoin And Crypto Compliance From A US Tax Perspective

One of the things which causes undue consternation for many holders of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency is its taxable status. While some naysayers still consider the whole industry a tax avoidance scheme, most users just want to make sure they comply with the rules.

2019-12-5 16:00	IRS
bitcoin tax avoidance scheme naysayers industry consider

297 +

Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme That Keeps Dumping BTC Blamed for Bearish Price Action

PlusToken could be the real reason why the BTC continues to bleed

2019-12-4 09:00
btc real could reason bleed continues plustoken

160 +

Bitcoin Scam Uses Name of Central Bank Chairman to Lure Gullible Investors

MAS chairman Tharman Shanmugaratnam gets targeted by crypto scammers who use his name to promote their Bitcoin trading scheme

2019-12-4 20:54
bitcoin chairman scammers crypto scheme use promote

180 +

Plus Token Scammers Dumping 1,300+ Bitcoins on the Market (Daily)

The creators of the PLUS token Ponzi scheme were apprehended by Chinese authorities earlier this year for scamming a record $3B in Bitcoin. Recent analysts have discovered that these funds are being regularly dumped on the market.

2019-11-29 20:43	#scams
plus token market scammers ponzi bitcoins daily

189 +

Is PlusToken Behind Bitcoin Bull and Bear Price Actions this Year?

The bitcoin price rally in the summer of 2019 may have been the work of PlusToken investors. The scam, highly influential in China, but largely invisible to Western traders and social media, benefited greatly from the hype and growing BTC prices.

2019-11-27 15:24
bitcoin plustoken price may btc 2019 year

234 +

Hard Problems in Cryptocurrency: Five Years Later

Special thanks to Justin Drake and Jinglan Wang for feedback In 2014, I made a post and a presentation with a list of hard problems in math, computer science and economics that I thought were important for the cryptocurrency space (as I then called it) to be able to reach maturity.

2019-11-25 04:03
one problem proof progress problems see work

1029 +

Bitcoin Breaks $7,000 as Whale Dumps on Huobi

Bitcoin kept bleeding on Friday, extending the gradual losses from the past weeks. BTC broke below $7,000 just around the time US markets opened on Friday, sliding to $6,791. 46. Is the Bitcoin Whale the Plus Token Scammer? The reason for the breakdown of bitcoin may be the wallet of the Plus Token scam, which is once again selling its haul through Huobi.

2019-11-22 19:22
bitcoin huobi whale past token plus dumps

239 +

China Hype Implodes as Bitcoin Completely Retraces to Pre-Rally Levels

Bitcoin shows signs of a pump-and-dump scheme. A renowned analyst says BTC… The post China Hype Implodes as Bitcoin Completely Retraces to Pre-Rally Levels appeared first on CCN.com

2019-11-22 00:08	China
bitcoin levels china retraces pre-rally hype completely

176 +

Bitcoin Is Classic Pump-and-Dump Scheme, Says Peter Schiff

Gold proponent Peter Schiff thinks that Bitcoin evaporating its 40 percent pump proves that it's a pump-and-dump scheme

2019-11-21 20:42
bitcoin peter schiff scheme pump-and-dump percent pump

216 +

This is how the world’s best known Bitcoin ponzi scheme operated

MMM is a Russian-born ponzi scheme that operated for 3 years and moved up to USD 150 million per day. According to recent studies, the MMM member who benefited most from the scheme collected 700 thousand dollars.

2019-11-19 15:55	Crypto Journal
scheme ponzi operated bitcoin years mmm world

235 +

‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ Scamming Senior Citizens With Bitcoin Retirement Plan

Joerg Molt is one of several individuals claiming to be the identity behind the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. He is also still operating what appears to be a Ponzi scheme from 2017, potentially defrauding seniors with a so-called ‘Bitcoin Pension’ plan.

2019-11-15 04:27	Satoshi Nakamoto
bitcoin satoshi plan nakamoto scheme senior retirement

189 +

Iranian Authorities Post Bounty On Bitcoin Miners Heads, Whistleblowers Collect 20% Of The Fees

As reported by PressTV, the Iranian news outlet, on November 13th, authorities in Iran are offering bounties to people who expose unauthorized crypto mining operations. The announcement was made by an Energy Ministry’s spokesman at an interview with IRIB News.

2019-11-14 20:28	Legal & Regulation
interview iranian miners authorities spokesman ministry made

182 +

Fake Bitcoin Ads on Facebook Using Dutch Billionaire’s Likeness Ordered to Be Removed

A Dutch judge has ordered Facebook to remove fake Bitcoin ads using the image of the billionaire owner of the Big Brother franchise, John de Mol. The Dutch tycoon sued Facebook after he found an elaborate scheme that used his likeness to scam investors of millions of dollars.

2019-11-13 05:10	Facebook
dutch facebook bitcoin fake ordered billionaire ads

165 +

Deadcoins: BitConnect, The Fallen King of High-Yield Investment Fraud

Once beloved, now forsaken, BitConnect was the hottest thing in the market for a good year before the broader market realized this was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. People all over the world fell victim to the exuberance of the scheme, offering a whopping one percent daily compounded yield.

2019-11-5 20:00	Regulation
btcmanager market bitconnect yield compounded dives nitty-gritty

161 +

Maltese Financial Regulators Warns Investors of New Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme

Maltese financial regulator, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), has made it clear to residents that “Bitcoin Future,” a new Bitcoin Ponzi scheme that claims to be endorsed by popular celebrities and regulators, is a fake investment platform and has not been licensed by the MFSA, according to a press release on October 31, 2019.

2019-11-1 22:00
bitcoin financial mfsa regulators maltese scheme new

184 +

Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Pump and Dump Scheme – Peter Schiff

Peter Schiff trashed hodlers on Tuesday by claiming that whales are simply just offloading their bags. The gold pundit appears to be indirectly suggesting that bitcoin is the ultimate pump and dump scheme.

2019-10-31 05:18	Peter Schiff
schiff bitcoin peter pump dump scheme ultimate

186 +

Final Russian Nuclear Scientist Jailed For Mining Bitcoin At Work

Third Russian nuclear scientist sentenced for role in Bitcoin mining scheme

2019-10-26 18:07	Government
mining scientist bitcoin nuclear russian role scheme

183 +

Is Bitcoin a Better Bet Against ‘Legal Crooks’?

Bitcoin has not had the best of weeks so far but its 8% slide is just a blip compared to what the US Federal Reserve has been doing recently. The central bank has ramped up its bailout or ‘repo’ scheme by injecting more money into the financial system.

2019-10-25 12:00	trump
bitcoin repo federal better reserve system against

189 +

Are Bitcoin Futures One Big Market Manipulation Scheme?

Some still assert that the launch of two bitcoin futures products crashed markets in 2017 as it was the first time investors could short the asset. What they have done has completely changed the landscape two years later.

2019-10-24 11:00
futures bitcoin products markets landscape two changed

239 +

Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Take Down Prompts CFTC Warning

The CFTC has reissued previous advice to help the public evaluate the legitimacy of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency investment opportunities. The warning comes in the wake of a takedown of a company suspected of defrauding $11 million from investors.

2019-10-19 08:46	Ponzi scheme
cftc bitcoin warning scheme ponzi prompts down

219 +

Bitcoin Isn’t a Ponzi Scheme — Negative-Yielding Bonds Are

More than $17 trillion is currently stuck in global negative-yielding bonds, prompting many economists to speculate over the possibility of grave macroeconomic risks in the long run, and potentially moving their money to Bitcoin and other alternative assets.

2019-10-18 09:18	winklevoss
bonds bitcoin negative-yielding isn ponzi scheme winklevoss

195 +

CFTC Crush Fraudulent Crypto-Powered Binary Options Scheme

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken action against Circle Society, Corp and its founder, David Gilbert Saffron for defrauding people through a Ponzi scheme disguised as a bitcoin-powered $11 million binary options trading project.

2019-10-18 09:00	Cryptocurrency
cftc trading scheme binary options octoberread according

263 +

Alleged Las Vegas Scammer Charged for $11 Million Crypto Binary Options Ponzi

A Las Vegas man is charged with raising at least $11 million from cryptocurrency investors he promised to trade binary options for, and make gains of up to 300%. According to the charges the money was sent from new clients to previous ones in a classic Ponzi scheme manner.

2019-10-18 04:26	Scam
million binary options ponzi vegas las charged

249 +

Bitcoin Ponzi Busted: Nevada Firm Charged With $11 Million Crypto Fraud

Circle Society, Corp. , and its owner, David Gilbert Saffron, have been charged with fraud relating to an Bitcoin and crypto asset investment scheme. The Nevada-based firm is suspected of operating an $11 million binary options scheme.

2019-10-18 23:00	Fraud
million bitcoin fraud crypto firm charged busted

248 +

Nevada man charged for allegedly running $11M Bitcoin Ponzi scheme

A man in the US has been charged for allegedly operating an $11 million Bitcoin Ponzi scheme. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a civil enforcement action yesterday, charging David Gilbert Saffron of Las Vegas, and Circle Society, Corp, with “fraudulent solicitation, misappropriation, and registration violations.

2019-10-17 14:34	hard fork
bitcoin least million ponzi allegedly charged scheme

223 +

Could Texas Become the Western Home of Bitcoin Mining?

A San Francisco-based cryptocurrency startup has just announced that is has raised $50 million from investors. Layer 1’s aim is to operate an all-in-house Bitcoin mining facility in West Texas.

2019-10-16 01:00	texas
mining bitcoin texas home layer western could

204 +

New Bitcoin Revolution Scam Touts Bogus Celebrity Endorsements

When your favorite celebrities appear to be raking in the cash, it can be hard to sit back and avoid being swept up by yet another get rich quick scheme being promoted by one. The latest of these ploys is Bitcoin Revolution, an app that claims to generate money on autopilot.

2019-10-15 13:14	#scams
revolution bitcoin claims new being scam touts

170 +

дальше еще 77 новостей →

Партнеры Currencies.ru

Аналог Notcoin - Blum - Играй и зарабатывай Монеты

Реклама на Currencies.ru

Самое свежее на Currencies.ru

Bitcoin Retail Inflows Hold Steady as Whales Pile In at Start of Historically Bullish October

Data from crypto exchanges OKX and Binance, popular among retail market participants, show minimal activity compared to bull markets in 2021 and 2022, and even lesser than the bear market of 2019 to 2020.

Bitcoin’s Bearish September May Be Its Best Since 2013 Ahead of Bullish October

BTC is close to ending September up 9%, its best since 2013, ahead of a seasonally bullish October.

Solana Sees Arrival of Nomura, Brevan Howard-Affiliated Tokenization Firm Libre

Libre is unveiling a new tokenized offering, the blockchain-based Hamilton Lane SCOPE senior credit fund, which will be available on Solana and Ethereum-compatible chains.

Long Bitcoin and Short Bitcoin Cash to Benefit From Mt. Gox Repayments: Trader

Both assets are being distributed in an ongoing process to creditors of the defunct Mt. Gox crypto exchange. Here’s how some traders are playing it out.

Bitcoin Climbs Over $57K, With Some Saying Mt. Gox Sales Already ‘Priced In’

Markets have priced in Mt. Gox’s ongoing repayments and U.S. policies could now start influencing the market, one trading desk said.

Bitcoin Traders Position for ‘Bullish July’ as BTC ETFs Record $124M Inflows

Bitcoin has a median return of 9.6% in July and tends to bounce back strongly, one trading firm said.

Japan’s Metaplanet Wants to Buy Another $6M Bitcoin

The firm will purchase over $6.2 million worth of bitcoin using proceeds from an upcoming bond issuance, adding to its BTC coffers.

2024-5-19 00:12

scheme bitcoin → Результатов: 126

2020-1-23 00:00

2020-1-23 17:53

2020-1-16 17:30

2020-1-7 18:40

2020-1-7 15:00

2020-1-2 20:39

2020-1-2 19:08

2020-1-3 14:49

2020-1-2 10:33

2019-12-19 16:48

2019-12-17 16:00

2019-12-18 12:24

2019-12-17 12:00

2019-12-17 01:47

2019-12-17 23:17

2019-12-14 15:00

2019-12-13 14:13

2019-12-12 17:11

2019-12-11 20:00

2019-12-9 21:35

2019-12-10 16:33

2019-12-5 08:59

2019-12-5 16:00

2019-12-4 09:00

2019-12-4 20:54

2019-11-29 20:43

2019-11-27 15:24

2019-11-25 04:03

2019-11-22 19:22

2019-11-22 00:08

2019-11-21 20:42

2019-11-19 15:55

2019-11-15 04:27

2019-11-14 20:28

2019-11-13 05:10

2019-11-5 20:00

2019-11-1 22:00

2019-10-31 05:18

2019-10-26 18:07

2019-10-25 12:00

2019-10-24 11:00

2019-10-19 08:46

2019-10-18 09:18

2019-10-18 09:00

2019-10-18 04:26

2019-10-18 23:00

2019-10-17 14:34

2019-10-16 01:00

2019-10-15 13:14

Партнеры Currencies.ru

Реклама на Currencies.ru

Самое свежее на Currencies.ru

Add news: propose for publication, Submit ICO