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November 19, 2021

Goodbye! Notorious Israeli crypto scheme operator Moshe Hogeg arrested!

The Israeli Police arrested the notorious crypto scheme operator Moshe Hogeg, who also owns the Beiter Jerusalem soccer club, and seven other people on suspicion of involvement in alleged massive fraud related to cryptocurrencies. Law enforcement said that Hogeg and the other suspects stole millions of dollars. In addition, Hogeg is also suspected of sexual offenses. Most recently, a model had claimed that she was raped by him at the age of 17, The Times of Israel reported.

August 1, 2021

Initial Review – Israeli crypto exchange INX and its binary options and crypto legacy

In April 2021, the Israeli INX Group closed its IPO with $83.6 million in gross proceeds from over 7,300 retail and institutional investors. 92.9M INX Tokens were sold in the IPO for $0.90. The first SEC-registered security tokens offering in the U.S. INX acquired I.L.S Brokers and Openfinance and recently launched its INX Securities crypto trading platform and approved the listing of its own INX Token. INX co-founder Shy Datika is a binary options veteran and used to run Anyoption until he sold the binary options scheme to notorious Israeli crypto activist Moshe Hogeg.

November 29, 2018

MOSHE HOGEG – THE MAN WHO TRANSFORMED STARTUP NATION ISRAEL INTO A CRYPTO BOILER ROOM

The Israeli entrepreneur and investor Moshe HOGEG entered the online trading business in 2014. He and his venture capital vehicle SINGULARITEAM allegedly paid over $5 million to buy the domain invest.com. The goal was to penetrate the forex industry with an all assets brokerage site. The website was finally launched in 2016 after its operating entity IDC INVESTDOTECOM HOLDINGS LTD ("IDC") secured $20 million in funding.Sometime in 2017, Moshe HOGEG and his people recognized the potential of cryptocurrencies and blockchains. They saw that naive crypto investors were literally throwing their funds into ICOs.

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.