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Chinese Police Freezing OTC Traders’ Bank Accounts Over ‘Tainted’ Crypto Transactions

Thousands of cryptocurrency over-the-counter merchants and their clients may have been affected as police in China freeze bank accounts over crypto and fiat...

After COVID-19, 2020 Could Be the Biggest Year Yet for Crypto Scams

Earlier this week, cybersecurity firm Cipher Trace published a report with findings that so far this year, nearly $1.4 billion dollars...

Goldman Sachs says crypto is “not a suitable investment” on invite-only call

Goldman Sachs outlined reasons why the bank thinks cryptocurrency is “not an asset class” and “not a suitable investment” for its clients on...

CFTC Files Charges Against $10M Ponzi Scheme Involving Derivatives

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged Kentucky-based Turning Point Investments and its principal, William S. Evans, with running a trading...

Cryptocurrency Crime Losses Surge to $1.4 Billion YTD in 2020

Losses from cryptocurrency thefts, hacks, and frauds netted $1.4 billion in the first five months of 2020, swelled by a Chinese-based crypto...

5 Most Common Cryptocurrency Scams to Avoid

Did you know that every year people lost billions of dollars due to cryptocurrency scams? That may sound crazy, but actually, it is...

Coronavirus Digitized Banks — Will It Digitize Currencies Too?

Like a boot to the rear, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the push for banks to digitize, will it also provide the catalyst...

Plus Token Leadership Faces Criminal Prosecution in China

One of the ringleaders of Plus Token is now facing criminal charges in China. Plus Token is one of the largest apparent scams...

Philippines SEC Advisory on PayAdStars

May 20, 2020 – The Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned the public against PAYADSTARS/PAY AD STARS, which is enticing the...

The 10 biggest Bitcoin & crypto hacks of all time

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PlusToken Scam Still Holds 0.7% of Ether (ETH) Supply  

After almost a year since cryptocurrency investors were sucked dry by PlusToken scam, Ethereum on-chain data suggests that the Ponzi Scheme still holds 0.71% of Ether (ETH) in supply.  According to Etherscan, a block explorer, search, API, and analytics platform for Ethereum, one of Plus Token’s Ether wallet addresses (0x997114ca0830e9bee7443368fa27f4af2d4e55a6) dubbed “PlusToken Ponzi 2 address” currently holds 789,535 ETH ($158 million). This makes it a top 8 address with the largest amount of ETH in balance.  The total amount of ETH in the address accounts for more than 19 transactions inflow from several associated accounts and has been on the

Weekly Roundup (4-10 May 2020)

Bitcoin rises but takes dramatic fall before Halving What a week it has been for Bitcoin. The token, which has a halving in 48 hours, saw a surge in price to the $10,000 mark with many commentators calling it a breakout moment and hyping its bullish trend. However, as the price grew, a massive sell-off […]

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