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August 10, 2020

Spanish CNMV warns against serial broker scams

The Spanish regulator CNMV today issued investment warnings against some scam broker brands which are operated by serial scammers. They are are "Quick-and-Dirty" mutations of standard scam broker templates and apparently have been produced in the very same scam factory. All of these scams have a strong relationship into the Russian scene and deploy Russian payment processors.

August 5, 2020

Broker scams LincolnFX, ZurixCorp, and its payment processors

The UK watchdog FCA and the Spanish regulator CNMV issued investor warnings against the scam broker LincolnFX operated by Lincolnfx.capital Ltd. It's still online on August 5, 2020. The FinTelegram Research team has received documents from some of the scam's victims and thus has taken a closer look. Consequently, facilitating payment processors like Plus Exchange or Titan Payments as well as interesting connections have been identified.

August 5, 2020

Broker scams LincolnFX, ZurixCorp, and its payment processors

July 30, 2020

Gooood Morning BaFin – it’s time to start protecting, supervising, and cybercrime fighting!

It's stunning. Before the eyes of the world public, the scandal of the DAX listed Wirecard unfolded over years while the BaFin did nothing but file complaints against investigative journalists and traders. BaFin has the legal mandate to protect the capital market and investors. Despite numerous warnings and circumstantial evidence, it has not fulfilled this mandate. BaFin must be accused of gross negligence and embezzlement.

July 29, 2020

Spanish Watchdog CNMV warns against Maxizoption, EXM Solution, and Bitsends

Spanish regulator CNMV issued investor warnings against several broker scams. Among them are the Maxizoption, EXM Solution, and Bitsends. Non of these brokers is registered in any regulatory regime on this planet. These scams are merely slightly different copycats (mutations) of existing scam templates. The scammers currently run massive-scale operations with many scam sites under various domains with the goal of catching and cheating as many small investors as possible.

July 26, 2020

Austrian regulator FMA warns against Joshua Group and its 10CryptoMarket scam

On 25 July 2020, the Austrian Financial Market Authority FMA issued an investor warning against Joshua Development Ltd and its new broker scam 10CryptoMarket (www.10cryptomarket.com). In the past years, the Joshua Group has operated a number of scams via various dummy companies such as Joshua Consulting Ltd, Joshua Partners EOOD, or Joshua Development Ltd. Financial market supervisory authorities have issued corresponding investor warnings against the Joshua Group.

July 25, 2020

Spanish Watchdog warns against DBFX scam broker of Cyprus Belight Capital Group

The Spanish financial market supervisory authority CNMV this week issued an investor warning against the unauthorized and thus illegally operating Forex broker DBFX Limited (www.dbfxtrades.com). According to information on the website, the company is registered in Vanuatu and is a subsidiary of the CySEC-registered investment company Belight Capital Group Ltd. The company's license has been suspended in April 2020.

June 1, 2020

Spanish Watchdog CNMV issued 10 Investor Warnings today

The Spanish regulator CNMV issued 10 investor warnings today. Among them are numerous forex brokers operated by offshore companies from St. Vincent & the Grenadines...

May 20, 2020

Spanish CNMV adds six unauthorized brokers to its warning list

The Spanish Financial Markets Authority CNMV added several broker scams to its investor warnings list earlier this week. These are Markets48 (www.markets48.com) 2Circle (www.facebook.com/2circlefx) FXLifestyle..

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.