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October 11, 2021

Spanish CNMV warns against ElComercio24 powered by AirSoft

FinTelegram issued an investor warning against forex & CFD broker scam El Comercio24 (www.elcomercio24.com) in June 2021. At that time, the scam deployed the fraudulent Crypto Engine marketing campaign to chase victims in Europe. Today, the Spanish regulator CNMV shared FinTelegram's opinion and issued an investor warning against El Comercio24. The scam is a white-label solution on the Israeli AirSoft platform, about which we recently published a Request 4 Information (R4I).

June 28, 2021

Alert! Crypto Engine fraud campaign promotes Victoria Coins and El Comercio24 broker scams

Today, we find an email from Katiusha Zhukova informing us about the possibilities of making money through Facebook. The email was forwarded to us via Google Slides, where Katiusha commented on a presentation. In the comment, a link, which redirects to a fake article about a Crypto Engine from Facebook presented on https://wphff.naxnah.xyz. Using this Crypto Engine, we are supposed to earn up to $2,900 per day. Via the Crypto Engine website (https://en.cryptoengine.we-trck.com), potential victims finally land at the broker scams Victoria Coins or El Comercio24.

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.