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2017 Bitcoin and Altcoin Hacks [Part 9]
This article is part of our complete guide to Bitcoin and altcoin hacks. Here we cover Bitcoin and altcoin security incidents from the year 2017. BitGrail In late 2017, Ital...
ELI5 Jeremy Spence [Coin Signals] Lawsuit
Note: This post reproduces information contained via publicly available documents. All quoted sections are taken straight from these documents and do not constitute an editorial o...
2020 Bitcoin and Altcoin Hacks [Part 12]
This article is part of our complete guide to Bitcoin and altcoin hacks. Here we cover Bitcoin and altcoin security incidents from the year 2020. 2020 has been an unusual year ...
2018 Bitcoin and Altcoin Hacks [Part 10]
This article is part of our complete guide to Bitcoin and altcoin hacks. Here we cover Bitcoin and altcoin security incidents from the year 2018. Monacoin and Monappy In May...
2019 Bitcoin and Altcoin Hacks [Part 11]
This article is part of our complete guide to Bitcoin and altcoin hacks. Here we cover Bitcoin and altcoin security incidents from the year 2019. Binance Binance's impressiv...
Understand Bitconnect [BCC] : Is it legit?
Update 1: Bitconnect was shut down shortly after this article was published. At the time of writing we did not know the extent of the Bitconnect scheme. While the official Bitc...
ELI5 Altex Exchange [Formerly BTCPool.Exchange]
Altex was a cryptocurrency exchange active from 2016 to 2018. Before 2016 Altex used to be called BTCPool.Exchange The exchange presented itself as an innovative offering th...
ELI5 Was Usi-Tech a Ponzi scheme?
Usi-Tech was a Dubai-based cryptocurrency platform that is surrounded by controversy and is, by some, considered a Ponzi scheme. Starting with the State of Texas, several US an...
Is Bitcoin a Ponzi scheme?
tl;dr; No. Here's the longer version A system where the early birds made billions of U$ and the newer investors who entered in late 2017 are losing money, a system where...
Reddit detectives bust Venezuela Bitcoin donation fraud
Reddit detectives have done it again. A fake charity which requested donations for Venezuelans during hardship has been busted using a fake image as proof that children had su...