Chinese law enforcement recently busted 72 individuals connected to the Cloud Token (CTO) scam. The Ponzi was similar to the Plustoken fraud and CTO scammers made off with $500 million. According to regional press, the CTO scam artists are likely connected to the Plustoken swindlers. Moreover, after the Cloud Token arrests in China, police in...Read More
During the last two weeks as cryptocurrency prices slid below long term foundational support, speculators assumed Plustoken scammers may be behind the dump. Blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis published a report which claimed Plustoken coin sales might be dragging BTC prices down. Moreover, on December 19, Plustoken scammers moved 789,525 ETH ($101 million) from one address...Read More
A recent “whale” transaction of 789,525 Ethereum (ETH) was claimed to belong to the wallets of the PlusToken scam. The exact holdings of ETH for the scheme are unknown, but this tranche alone is worth $105 million. PlusToken Still Holds onto Part of BTC, ETH Haul PlusToken, despite the law enforcement crackdown against the team,...Read More
Nobody needs reminding that Bitcoin has plunged to a seven month low today. It has all happened before though and a recovery has followed as it will again. There are several bullish factors building up that will cause a BTC trend reversal next year.Bitcoin Revival Factors and TrendsThis time last year BTC had dumped to...Read More
It has been a while since an update on the PlusToken scam was provided. According to Chainalysis, this may be the reason why the Bitcoin price is dropping hard. It is evident that PlusToken has caused a lot of damage. PlusToken is on the Radar of Chainalysis Not only did investors in this project lose...Read More
On Monday, the blockchain surveillance company Chainalysis published an excerpt from the firm’s upcoming crime report that will publish in January. According to the Chainalysis research, the Ponzi scheme called Plustoken not only defrauded investors out of $3 billion but the scam “may also be driving down the price of bitcoin.” Also read: Mystery Surrounds...Read More
Bitcoin price broke down below the psychological level of $7,000 late on Monday. The cryptocurrency updated the December low after blockchain researcher Chainalysis said that PlusToken scammers were selling coins to cash out. Bitcoin Dragging Down Crypto Market At the time of writing, the cryptocurrency fell 3.11% in the last 24 hours, touching the daily...Read More
The second most popular digital asset by market capitalisation led a crypto industry wide plunge in prices today. Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency on the Ethereum network, fell by around 10 percent in just a matter of minutes.The market wide dump follows a Chainalysis report referenced by Bloomberg earlier today. It claims that PlusToken, a...Read More
Over the past few months, the crypto industry has been awash with news about the PlusToken Bitcoin scam, which allowed scammers to accrue billions worth of digital assets over the course of a year-long operation.For some context, PlusToken was a cryptocurrency “wallet” and storage solution that gave users returns on their deposits and also gave...Read More
In the last few months, media reported on several occasions that Singapore-based crypto exchange, Huobi, had processed a huge amount of PlusToken withdrawals. Crypto market data firm, Coin Metrics, has recently presented some on-chain data to back those findings. Data Confirms Huobi Has Been Used by PlusToken Scammers PlusToken was one of the greatest ponzi...Read More
The Coinjer scam is one of the latest cons to hit crypto-related social media recently. The scam primarily operates across Telegram channels and tricks people into coughing up bitcoin in order to receive more. The Coinjer Scam Promises BTC Rewards The Coinjer scam is a relatively small-scale attempt to syphon away Bitcoin (BTC). The scheme...Read More
Since PlusToken’s wallet team was confirmed to be on the run, global blockchain market has been paying close attention to the $2.9 billion in assets involved. PlusToken’s running funds involve a huge amount of money, and frequent capital changes and possible crushing will become the trigger for panic in market. According to PeckShield Platform, some...Read More
According to new research, the recently alleged crypto asset Ponzi scheme PlusToken may be the largest in history. The study, conducted by Elementus, shows that around $2 billion worth of Ether (ETH) tokens were involved in the scheme.Given that the operation accepted payments in a range of other cryptocurrencies, as well as by the Ethereum...Read More
On June 27, 2019, a handful of leaders for a wildly popular ponzi scheme that spread across Asia were arrested by Chinese authorities after they managed to fleece unwitting customers out of roughly $3 billion. PlusToken, as it was called, promised its “investors” monthly returns of anywhere from 10 to 30 percent in its eponymous...Read More
Wednesday’s Bitcoin flash crash was not due to a sell-off from Chinese ponzi scam, PlusToken, a researcher has claimed. Sid Shekhar, the co-founder of London-based, TokenAnalyst, said the disputed coins were moved earlier on the blockchain. We Can All Relax, It’s A False Alarm As Bitcoinist reported on Thursday, cryptocurrency influencer, Dovey Wan, brought the $3 billion...Read More
This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. Bitcoin’s recent dip under the $10,000 mark is alleged to be directly related to the incessant bitcoin sell-off caused by a $3 billion Chinese Ponzi scheme, and the dump may continue. The scam project, dubbed PlusToken, went bust early in July 2019 after...Read More
