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Exit Scam Fears as Major Darknet Site ICO Promises 700% Growth in 6 Months
13.12.2019
Russia’s biggest darknet community, Hydra, has released a white paper as it prepares to issue an initial coin offering (ICO) that it says will see token growth skyrocket by 700% by June next year.
Hydra’s white paper takes the form of an investment memorandum (link here, although the memo can only...
PlusToken Effect: Alleged Asian Exit Scam to Blame for Market Decline?
3.12.2019
This exit scam purportedly cost investors $3 billion, and now could be dropping the crypto price market
The Darknet Just Had One of Its Wildest Months Yet
3.12.2019
Darknet marketplaces exist on a constant knife edge, never more than an exit scam, LE bust, or DDoS away from going down. Even by their usual frenetic standards, though, November was quite a month for DNMs, with high drama and intrigue aplenty. Despite a number of marketplaces disappearing off...
Berlusconi Admins Disappear — Darknet Users Rush to Find Alternatives
14.10.2019
The darknet marketplace Berlusconi Market has been reportedly down for more than two weeks, according to users who patronize the hidden website. The outage has led many to believe the market administrators exit scammed with all the funds. While others speculate that government agents have...
A Nigerian Wallet Suspected in USD 1M Exit Scam + 8 More Crypto News
27.9.2019
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Satowallet, a Nigerian crypto wallet, allegedly pulled off an exit scam, disappearing with users’...
Users of Nigeria-Based Crypto Wallet Lose $1M in Alleged Exit Scam
27.9.2019
Users of Nigeria-based Satowallet have lost $1 million due to an alleged exit scam
Messaging App Kik’s Legal Battle Shines Light on Past ICO Scams
24.9.2019
Popular messaging app Kik is shutting down due to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit regarding ICO activity for the company’s cryptocurrency, kin. Ted Livingston, Founder and CEO of Kik and Kin, denies the allegations and maintains that the SEC’s case is based...
Exit Scam? Dublin-Based Exchange Bitsane Vanishes With Users’ Funds
28.6.2019
Ireland-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitsane has apparently vanished, taking as many as 246,000 users’ crypto deposits with it
Blockchain Sister Startups Allegedly Pull $8 Million Exit Scam
16.5.2019
RepuX and JoyToken alleged to pulled initial coin offering (ICO) exit scam worth a combined $8 million
Exit Scam in Wonderland: Bitconnect’s Tentacles From Texas to Gujarat
22.9.2018
Cointelegraph traces Bitconnect’s tangle of high crimes and misdemeanours in the Indian state of Gujarat