Cryptocurrencies: scams and skullduggery

[brewski1984]

Everything is getting battered... I dread to think how many people are losing everything at the moment...

Then again... buying opportunity?

 

[counter_violent]

Everything is getting battered... I dread to think how many people are losing everything at the moment...

Then again... buying opportunity?

It will be at some point for sure.

 

[Quantt]

The BS artists are coming out from the wood work to defend bitcoin, this is one of the biggest idiots, not long ago he was against bitcoin and now is selling a "report" for $3000 on how you can put $100 and retire with the profits in few years... I really hope he did load the boat at the top...

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/james-altucher-on-bitcoin-regulation.html

 

[Quantt]

US regulators charge three bitcoin operators with fraud

https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/19/cftc-charges-three-cryptocurrency-operators/

 

[Quantt]

The Tether Conundrum: A Quick Backstory

https://tonyarcieri.com/the-tether-conundrum

this is what is going to bring the biggest exchange down...

 

[timsk]

The BS artists are coming out from the wood work to defend bitcoin . . .

Hi Quantt,
Further down the same page that you link to there's a short and very clear video well worth watching entitled: 'Digital currency has real value — Here's why'.
Tim.

 

[Quantt]

Hi Quantt,
Further down the same page that you link to there's a short and very clear video well worth watching entitled: 'Digital currency has real value — Here's why'.
Tim.

Yep, told you, everyone is coming out of the woodwork...

Just think about it, who do you believe: Warren Buffett or Bitcoin Jesus?

 

[Quantt]

90% of bitcoin's value could get wiped out, Wall Street veteran Peter Boockvar warns

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/19/bit...its-value-wall-st-veteran-boockvar-warns.html

 

[Quantt]

Here’s How Scammers Are Using Fake News To Screw With Bitcoin Investors

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/he...with-bitcoin?utm_term=.exPnAXQlqP#.yfkXz7VBPp

 

[Quantt]

Why you can’t cash out pt 3: Bitcoin is not a Ponzi scheme! It just works like one

https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchai...is-not-a-ponzi-scheme-it-just-works-like-one/

 

[Quantt]

Why you can’t cash out pt 3: Bitcoin is not a Ponzi scheme! It just works like one

https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchai...is-not-a-ponzi-scheme-it-just-works-like-one/

Actually the other 2 points in this series are also must read for any newbie crypto investor/trader:

Why you can’t cash out pt 1: Why Bitcoin’s “price” is largely fictional:
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchai...pt-1-why-bitcoins-price-is-largely-fictional/

Why you can’t cash out pt 2: Bitcoin and Know Your Customer/Anti-Money Laundering laws (KYC/AML)
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchai...-customer-anti-money-laundering-laws-kyc-aml/

 

[Quantt]

Bitcoin May Split 50 Times in 2018 as Forking Craze Accelerates

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...50-times-in-2018-as-forking-craze-accelerates

 

[Quantt]

Stripe ending bitcoin support

https://stripe.com/blog/ending-bitcoin-support

 

[Quantt]

SEC Looking Into Companies With Vapid Blockchain Hype

http://www.ibtimes.com/sec-looking-companies-vapid-blockchain-hype-2644217

 

[Quantt]

Coincheck Says It Lost Crypto Coins Valued at About $400 Million

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...rop-after-japanese-exchange-halts-withdrawals

 

[Signalcalc]

Regardless its greatness; crypto is vapid

 

[Quantt]

How to read a crypto market depth chart, and why people went “HOLY CRAP” at the overnight Tether chart

https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchai...went-holy-crap-at-the-overnight-tether-chart/

 

[Quantt]

I really hope everyone interested in the blockchain technology reads this article:

Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100

 

[Quantt]

SEC halts one of the largest 'ICOs' ever as it wades deeper into the murky world of cryptocurrency offerings

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/30/sec-halts-one-of-the-largest-icos-ever.html

https://www.americanbanker.com/news/arisebank-raises-questions-about-ico-fraud-decentralized-banking

 

[Quantt]

Facebook is banning all ads promoting cryptocurrencies — including bitcoin and ICOs

https://www.recode.net/2018/1/30/16...ans-crypto-advertising-bitcoin-james-altucher