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April 13, 2018

ATTENTION PLEASE: 81% OF INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS (ICOs) ARE SCAMS

FinTelegram readers should not really be surprised with the findings of a study on the quality of ICOs. Satis Group, an ICO Advisory Group, just..

Crypto-Mining

April 10, 2018

WACHSENDE WERTE (GROWING VALUE) – ANATOMY OF A CRYPTO-MINING SCHEME

This is the first of a series of investigative article about Crypto-Mining schemes in general and Wachsende Werte as a case in point in particular...

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April 8, 2018

WE SAW A GREAT CRYPTO-WEEK: ROCKEFELLER AND SOROS ARE SET FOR CRYPTO

Although, or maybe because of, the cryptocurrency market is in a sort of bearish mood these days, the big boys are marching in. Over the..

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April 7, 2018

UPDATE GAINBITCOIN CASE: ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE REGISTERS MONEY LAUNDERING CASE

We already reported that the Indian crypto-entrepreneur Amit Bhardwaj, allegedly a partner for NEXUS GLOBAL’s Crypto-MLM system, and eight others were arrested in Bangkok early April..

April 7, 2018

NASDAQ-LISTED BLOCKCHAIN COMPANY LONGFIN AND ITS FOUNDER UNDER SEC SCRUNITY

The NASDAQ-listed start-up company Longfin Corp, a company with roughly half-a-dozen employees in New York, made its debut in December 2017. After the Longfin announced the acquisition..

April 5, 2018

VELTYCO, NEXUS GLOBAL AND THE ESPORTS.COM PLANS

The ESPORTS.COM Fairytale Once upon a time, that’s how most fairytales start. The German ESPORTS.COM fairytale started out as an ambitious concept engineered by the..

April 3, 2018

ICO PROMOTERS ARRESTED AND ACCUSED OF MISLEADING INVESTORS

Another strike of regulators and authorities against ICO promoters. Two Miami-based founders behind the controversial cryptocurrency startup Centra Tech Inc. were charged and arrested on Sunday. Sam..

MLM Schemes

April 2, 2018

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: IS BERLIN-BASED MLM SCHEME KRYPTOCOMMUNIY LEGITIMATE?

A big “thank you” again to our readers and whistleblosers. We need you to make the financial markets a safer place. Unfortunately, with the dawn..

ICO and Token Placement

April 2, 2018

TELEGRAM ICO RAISED $1.7 BILLION – IT’S THE RUSSIAN’S CRYPTO-BIG BANG

Bitcoin and Co have always been a Russian Play Ever since the very beginning of blockchains and cryptocurrencies, the Russian crypto-innovators have been important players...

April 2, 2018

ESMA PROHIBITS BINARY OPTIONS AND RESTRICTS MARGIN TRADING

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) just recently announced that they will impose regulatory changes in order..

April 1, 2018

LottoPalace – Complaints about Business Practices

We continuously receive whistleblower messages from people around Veltyco since we started the respective reports about Veltyco projects. Yesterday, a whistleblower complaint about LottoPalace.com, a German..

March 31, 2018

Optioment Update: 7 Supects and Christopher RIEDER Missing

Austrian media sites reported yesterday, that the Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office has assigned the possible Fraud case Optioment to the Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office..

The Unraveling of Rabidi and the Rise of the SoftSwiss Network: Our Updated Forensic Report

A few months ago, FinTelegram released a first forensic report on the bankruptcy of Rabidi N.V., a Curacao-registered online casino operator with hundreds of millions in revenues — and no traceable assets by the time of its collapse in May 2024. That report already raised serious questions about the opaque structures behind Rabidi’s operations and its successor, Liernin Enterprises Ltd.

DeFi Decoded: Smart Contracts – The Code Behind the DeFi Revolution

Smart contracts are the invisible architects of decentralized finance. These self-executing lines of code run everything from token swaps to lending platforms without middlemen. But while they offer autonomy, they also introduce new risks—bugs, exploits, and irreversible mistakes. In this fourth installment of our FinTelegram DeFi Series, we explain what smart contracts are.

CFTC

Despite New Crypto Friendlyness: No Settlement Between U.S. CFTC And KuCoin?

A planned settlement between the U.S.CFTC and crypto exchange KuCoin is now in limbo due to a reported policy shift within the CFTC. This change is attributed to the Trump administration’s new approach, which deprioritizes enforcement actions against crypto companies. As a result, a CFTC attorney said that it is "unlikely that such authorization will be granted in the near term" regarding the settlement approval.

SEC’s New Era: Paul Atkins Sworn In—Will Crypto Finally Get the Regulatory Clarity It Deserves?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has entered a new chapter with the swearing-in of Paul S. Atkins as its 34th Chairman, a move widely anticipated to mark a dramatic pivot in how the agency approaches crypto and DeFi regulation. For years, the financial industry—especially the burgeoning digital asset sector—has bristled under the SEC’s “Regulation by Enforcement” strategy.

Crypto Mogul Changpeng Zhao – Fallen, Rich, and Rising Again?

As spring 2025 blooms and Easter’s themes of rebirth fill the air, Changpeng Zhao emerges as one of the most controversial figures of startup mythology: a man who fell spectacularly, paid a price—then rose again, wealthier and louder than ever. Once the almighty architect of Binance, CZ now resides in Dubai with a net worth that Forbes estimates at $63 billion.