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Investors Intensify Their Complaint Against Stock Traders’ Crypto Ponzi Scheme

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 8:45 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Despite the best efforts of many out there, cryptocurrency investment scams still exist and are running rampant in today’s world. It almost seems like you’ve got one popping up every week.An Age-Old Fraud SchemeAccording to a recent filing with a federal court in Florida, Q3 Investment Recovery Vehicle, a company that represents over 100 investors, has sued a third party company for cheating them out of a deal.As the complaint explains, Q3 I LP was a company that sold itself based on the expertise of its founders. These founders include

Govt. Pauses SEC Suit Against $30 Mln ICO Amid Parallel Investigation Concerns

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 6:04 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Prosecutors have paused a United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against the alleged operators of a $30 million fraudulent ICO amid concerns that proceedings may impact the integrity of a parallel investigation into the defendants.The United States attorney’s office for New Jersey intervened in the case on April 2.SEC suit paused amid integrity concerns over the parallel investigationThe SEC action against defendants Boaz Manor, Edith Pardo, and the associated companies CG Blockchain Inc and BCT Inc has been halted to maintain the integrity of parallel criminal investigations into

7 Crypto Firms Targeted by 11 Lawsuits in New York

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 2:04 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Seven crypto companies have been targeted by 11 lawsuits that were filed in a New York federal court on April 3.The suits were filed by Roche Freedman — the same law firm representing the estate of the late Dave Kleiman in the ongoing dispute with self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright.Eleven lawsuits target seven crypto companiesThe eleven putative class action suits name dozens of parties including cryptocurrency exchanges Binance, KuCoin, BiBox, and BitMEX and parent company HDR Global Trading Limited, and alleged crypto issuers Block.one, Quantstamp, KayDex, Civic, BProtocol, Status, and the

Retail Bought $3.7K Bitcoin Price Dip on Record $76B Volume: Report

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Time Stamp: April 4, 2020 5:54 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Although the Coronavirus pandemic has led many brick and mortar industries to close operations, cryptocurrency exchanges seem to have had their best month in a long time. According to an exchange report released by CryptoCompare, Bitcoin (BTC) trading volume saw record-breaking numbers throughout the month.Cryptocurrency market daily view. Source: Coin360The March 13 market crash that brought the Bitcoin price from $8,000 to a low of $3,800 in 24 hours registered the biggest day for crypto in terms of trading volumes registered at Bitcoin spot markets. On March 13 alone, total daily volumes

April Fools, Celebrity Scams, & Manipulated Markets: Bad Crypto News of the Week

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Time Stamp: April 4, 2020 3:56 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin seems to be settling happily above $6,000 and is currently just north of $6,500 again. Let’s hope we’ve seen the last of those $5,000 movements and we’re ready for a steady climb back to double figures before the halving in mid-May. It’s getting closer.In the meantime, the Federal Reserve now appears to have merged into the federal government. An opinion piece in Bloomberg has described how an alphabet soup of financial programs intended to help the economy through the current crisis is allowing the government to buy up securities

Price Analysis April 3: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, XTZ, LEO

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Time Stamp: April 3, 2020 2:19 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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On April 2 the U.S. Labor Department reported that the U.S. weekly jobless claims skyrocketed to 6.6 million. In the previous week, the claims stood at 3.3 million, meaning over the past two weeks the number of laid off American workers seeking unemployment benefits has reached 10 million. If the numbers continue to grow, the government and Federal Reserve is likely to announce another round of stimulus measures.All the money printing is likely to erode the value of the US dollar. In such a case, the investors will search for

Crypto Traders Allegedly Involved in a $35m Ponzi Scheme

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Time Stamp: April 3, 2020 1:02 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Three alleged cryptocurrency traders ran a Ponzi scheme which scammed more than 100 investors for over $35 million, according to a lawsuit filed by an entity formed by the victims in a federal court of Florida, United States.According to an announcement published on April 2, Q3 Investment Recovery Vehicle, who represents defrauded investors, accused the trio of alleged crypto traders of cheating victims by promising them a winning trading formula. Former NYSE and Wells Fargo workers among the accused The federal securities fraud case names three individuals as the primary perpetrators of

Revolut Reacts To Corona Crisis, Pushes out New Crypto Support

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Time Stamp: April 3, 2020 6:46 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Revolut, a digital banking app, has recently rolled out its cryptocurrency services to all of its standard users. This comes alongside a statement from the app itself that it widened its access earlier due to the current global economic crisis.This Is No April Fools’On the first of April, 2020, the UK-based fintech service provider made the announcement that it will allow for cryptocurrency accounts and trading to all of its standard users, with a 1.5% flat fee per trade. Before this announcement, these services were reserved only to its Premium

Crypto Friendly Laws Help Boerse Stuttgart’s App Top 100,000 Users

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Time Stamp: April 2, 2020 10:27 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The cryptocurrency trading app of Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, Boerse Stuttgart, exceeded 100,000 users on March 30 amid increasingly permissive regulations in the country.The Bison app, which launched on Jan. 31st, 2019, has attracted a six-figure user base in just 14 months.Bison users grow 40% during Q1 2020Ulli Spankowski, the chief executive of Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures subsidiary and developer of the Bison app, Sowa Lab GmbH, notes that the milestone has been reached amid a 40% growth in users since the start of 2020. Boerse Stuttgart’s app supports Bitcoin (BTC),

How the Pressures of the Coronavirus May Open the Door for Tokenization

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Time Stamp: April 2, 2020 2:16 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The coronavirus pandemic is the only thing on most people’s minds right now around the world.The pending economic fallout is only surpassed by the anxiety induced by surging cases in both the United States and Europe. People remain firmly in quarantine around the world, and consumer demand has fallen off a cliff as people are holed up with only basic necessities.Paired with the awful Purchasing Managers’ Index numbers published by the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, as well asearly U.S. indicators, we’re about