Police in Hong Kong and Macau announced four more arrests stemming from the apparent rug-pull by the Dubai-based JPEX, which left over 2,400 Hong Kong-based customers fearing a combined loss of US$191.5 million in assets held on the exchange.
AirBit Club lured investors with promises of guaranteed profits from BTC mining and trading, but the money went to lavish mansions, travel, and luxury cars.
India's Ministry of Home Affairs is developing CIAT, a tool to monitor digital currency transactions, combat fraud, and enhance security, focusing on dark web activities.
After the JPEX implosion, Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has listed the four exchanges that have applied for a license, with Huobi and OKX missing from the list despite public claims.
While controversial influencer Andrew Tate's instincts about JPEG NFTs being scams were correct, it's incorrect to say that all NFTs are scams as a whole world of utility is being built.
Hope remains alive for Mark Cuban, whose $870,000 digital assets were stolen by phishing hackers, so long as the right steps are taken to reclaim what's his, a path initially taken by Dr. Craig Wright.
Karl Greenwood was Cryptoqueen Ruja Ignatova’s right-hand man and the chief promoter of the $4 billion scam, and he’s alleged to have personally made $300 million.
Thodex went bust with over $2.6 billion, according to blockchain sleuths, and Turkish prosecutors requested the court imprison the founder for 40,000 years.
Ben Armstrong, like most people, got into Bitcoin because it was an intriguing tool for internet business, but he let himself get sucked into the seedy underbelly of the ‘crypto’ economy.
Mirror Trading allegedly scammed 30,000 BTC from over 23,000 American investors, which it misappropriated, and CFTC imposed restitution of over $1.7 billion.
The articles presented in this annotated bibliography demonstrate a comprehensive argument regarding the impact of deception and misinformation in various domains.
A digital currency exchange gets hacked. The owners launch their own token. They repay the affected users with this new token minted out of nothing. Sound familiar?
