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May 25, 2018

ENVION CASE DISCLOSED – HOSTILE TAKEOVER AND PUZZLE

Reference Case and the Legal Puzzle To us, ENVION not only is one of the biggest ICOs in Europe but also represents a reference case..

May 22, 2018

CRYPTOSWEEP – GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST CRYPTO-CRIMINALS

What sounds a bit scary in the first place is actually excellent news for the crypto-investment place. Operation CRYPTOSWEEP, a massive joint crackdown on Initial..

May 20, 2018

USI TECH – ANOTHER TROUBLED CRYPTO-MLM IN THE DUBAI CONNECTION

USI TECH – A German Crypto-Venture The Crypto-MLM USI TECH sold (or sells) itself as the “future of cryptocurrency” and “the world’s first automated trading..

May 18, 2018

WSJ REPORTS ON HALLMARKS OF ICO FRAUD AND BAD ACTORS

A Wall Street Journal analysis of 1,450 ICOs reveals systematic plagiarism, ID theft and promises of unrealistic returns. In a review of documents produced for..

ICO and Token Placement

May 17, 2018

FRAUD IS UNDERREPORTED SAYS THE SEC AND SETS UP ITS OWN ICO SCAM SITE TO TEACH INVESTORS

That’s something, right? Obviously, the US-regulator SEC has got the full picture of the global ICO scam tsunami. And the regulators go new and unusual..

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..

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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...

March 22, 2018

Statis Report on ICO Quality

Statis Group LLC just published a quite interesting report on its study about ICO Quality on Medium. The study judges the Quality of an ICO..

ICO and Token Placement

March 19, 2018

Protected: ANOTHER BULGARIAN ICO – GAMBLING INVESTMENT FUND AND ITS GIFCOIN

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ICO and Token Placement

March 8, 2018

Report: More than 10% of Investors Money is stolen in ICOs

Ernst & Young, one of the largest accounting and auditing companies, published a report in January 2018 which purports that up to 10% of the..

March 7, 2018

The first SEC-registered ICO offers new level of investors protection

According to a NASDAQ post published today, the US-Praetorian Group filed what appears to be the first SEC-registered initial coin offering (ICO). The newly formed company registered..

March 4, 2018

Blocklancer ICO Successfully Completed

According to the latest market statistics nearly half of all Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) miss their targets and fail to attract investors and their cryptocurrencies...

Wirecard’s Jan Marsalek Confirmed as Russian Spy Mastermind in UK Espionage Conviction

A London court has delivered a seismic verdict in the ongoing saga of Wirecard, the collapsed German fintech giant: six Bulgarian nationals have been convicted and sentenced for spying on behalf of Russian intelligence, acting under the direct orders of Wirecard’s fugitive former COO, Jan Marsalek. This marks the first time a court has definitively established that Wirecard, under Marsalek’s leadership.

Odebrecht Scandal: Former BankerPeter Weinzierl Extradited to U.S., Held Without Bail in Brooklyn Jail

Former Meinl Bank CEO Peter Weinzierl has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States and is currently in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn. The 59-year-old Austrian banker faces charges related to his alleged involvement in laundering over $170 million in bribes connected to the Odebrecht corruption scandal.

KBH Andelskasse Conviction Exposes Deep-Rooted Fintech-Driven Money Laundering Network

The recent conviction of former KBH Andelskasse CEO Bo Stengaard marks a pivotal yet incomplete chapter in one of Denmark’s most alarming money laundering scandals. While Danish media focuses on Stengaard’s four-month suspended sentence, a broader compliance investigation reveals a sophisticated network involving payment firms Clearhaus and FCA-regulated Moorwand.

Speculative Buy (With Guts)

The Invisible Backbone of Web3: Is Aleph.im the Missing Link Between DeFi and AI?

Aleph.im is one of the most underrated infrastructure plays in Web3 — offering decentralized compute, storage, and indexing services that could power the next wave of AI x DeFi applications. Unlike most layer-1 vanity projects, Aleph.im solves real problems for real dApps: it lets decentralized applications operate without relying on centralized backends like AWS.

Startup on Trial

Startup on Trial: Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos – Visionary or Fraudster? The Final Appeal Denied

Elizabeth Holmes, once celebrated as the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, is now serving an 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup, Theranos. In May 2025, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt her what may be the final legal blow, denying her bid to have her 2022 conviction reheard.