Stablecoin issuer Tether, the largest company in the crypto industry, has announced its investment in Singapore-based crypto payment processor Oobit, a mobile payment application. The Series A funding round has concluded with $25 million raised for Oobit's ongoing development, supporting its goal of mainstream cryptocurrency adoption. This aligns with Tether's vision of a financially inclusive world.
Singapore-based crypto payment processor Oobit Technologies Pte. Ltd d/b/a Oobit announced a partnership with hospitality software provider BookingExpert. The integration of its booking engine into the Oobit payment gateway will give BookingExpert clients access to the fast-growing demographic of crypto owners. As a result, any hotel using the BookingExpert service will now be able to accept crypto payments within their booking systems.
The well-known crypto exchanges like Coinbase, Binance, Crypto.com, or FTX seem to have a problem with their customers. On Trustpilot, most of the top crypto exchanges have scam ratings with customers complaining about unfounded blocked accounts and problems with customer service. Exceptions are CEX.io, Oobit, or BitPanda, which stand out like a lighthouse on Trustpilot. With 4.7-stars and 4.1-stars respectively, CEX.io and BitPanda apparently perform incredibly better than their international competitors.
In February 2022, FinTelegram warned against the StakingTrades, allegedly operated by STG CONSULT PLC or STG CAPITAL LIMITED. We have not found this company. Victims can lose their money via the licensed Estonian crypto exchange Oobit. Stay far away, and protect your money and data. Then in May, the German BaFin issued a warning against StakingTrades. Sometime in the last few weeks, the broker scam disappeared with the victims' money. We would like to know who the operators were.
The Israeli crypto payment processor Oobit Technologies Pte. Ltd d/b/a Oobit announced that it has registered as a digital asset service provider in Italy. This will allow Oobit to offer crypto products and services to its growing customer base in Italy. The payment processor's Estonian crypto license was archived as of August 3, 2022. Over the last few weeks, we have discovered the licensed Estonian crypto payment processor Oobit as a scam facilitator with the broker scams ExpressFX and StakingTrades.
In February 2022, FinTelegram issued a warning against the broker scam StakingTrades, which was promoted by fraud marketing campaigns. The scam's website names STG CONSULT PLC in the UK as the operator. We have not found this company. In our initial review, we found the licensed Estonian crypto exchange oobit. The German BaFin announced investigations into StakingTrades and its operators. Please stay far away and protect your money, your data, and your mental health.
Over the last few weeks, we have discovered the licensed Estonian crypto payment processor Oobit as a scam-facilitator with the broker scams ExpressFX and StakingTrades. We, therefore, took a closer look at the payment processor and discovered that it is actually an Israeli venture operating through legal entities in Singapore and Estonia. While these scam clients may be an exemption, Oobit appears professional in its appearance and receives excellent reviews on Trustpilot. We would like to know more about this crypto venture.
The fraud marketing campaign Bitcoin Prime today promotes the scam broker ExpressFX (www.expressfx.com). Anyone who registers with the Bitcoin Prime campaign is also automatically created as a future victim of ExpressFX. After registering, one is directly redirected to the scam's payment page. There, victims can make deposits to the scam via credit and debit cards through OOBIT and lose their money. We did not discover any reference to the legal entities and people behind the scam on the website. Stay far, far away.