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On Sunday evening, John Oliver devoted 25 minutes to cryptocurrency on his eponymous HBO Show. The comedian and political commentator treated viewers to a whistle stop tour of crypto – the good, the bad, and the ugly – during Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO. Topics included decentralization, Bitconnect, and blockchain. Also read: Study … Read more
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2018 has been rough for cryptocurrencies as a whole, with coins across the board seeing significant losses and general interest in the sphere gradually declining. However, there are a number of projects that have stuck out as performing particularly badly in the first quarter. Here are five of the biggest fails: 5. Verge (XVG) Wraith … Read more
BitConnect was one of the biggest scams in the cryptocurrency world over the past few months. Unfortunately, it is not the only project that people need to be very wary of right now. MasterCoin+ shares a lot of similarities with how BitConnect operated, even though it seems the projects are not directly related. The Worrisome Signs of MasterCoin+ … Read more
Markets are comprised of a wide variety of traders of differing success levels and intents. While charts can clearly show which trades are winners and losers, it’s much more difficult to assess the value of a trader. As a result, there is often bad information spread, due to either malice or lack of knowledge, that should … Read more
In the time it takes you to read this sentence, $850 will have been lost to cryptocurrency scams. In the time it takes to complete this article, that figure will have risen to $17,000. Phishing; fraud; theft; hacking; it’s all rife. In the first two months of 2018, there were 22 separate scams involving thefts … Read more
Pewdiepie may be late to the Bitconnect bashing party, but he’s made up for it in a searing 15-minute sketch. “Finally I can quit making Youtube videos, this is the answer BITCONEEEEEECT!” the world’s most popular Youtuber cries to his 60 million subscribers. In “How I Made My Millions! (and so can you)”, Pewdiepie also … Read more
Scammers are a dastardly, low down bunch. Preying on the gullible, extorting the vulnerable, and hoodwinking the hoodwinkable with their promise of free bitcoin if you send a little first and daily interest on your Bitconnect loan. It’s an indisputable fact that if the cryptocurrency space were cleansed of scammers, the web would be a … Read more
Lawsuits filed in the US last week against BitConnect promoters and executives were released to the public. The identities behind the alleged ponzi scheme including director Glenn Arcaro were unraveled, and several plaintiffs have claimed that the founders of OneCoin, another large-scale ponzi scheme, were involved in BitConnect. Several lawsuits filed earlier this month suggested … Read more
Scams and Ponzis are easy to come by in the world of cryptocurrency. It is, unfortunately, the price we pay for a popular industry in the financial sector. DavorCoin is one of those projects which draws a lot of parallels to BitConnect, another Ponzi scheme which recently shut down after a few months of action. … Read more
