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Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin a 'fraud' and a 'Ponzi scheme' and says the crypto is hopeless as a currency

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon just launched another scathing attack on the biggest crypto and said bitco…

Theron Mohamed   


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Mark Cuban to be deposed over his promotion of Voyager crypto 'Ponzi scheme' in class action lawsuit

Cuban touted Voyager on multiple occasions, previously calling the now-bankrupt crypto lender "as c…

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'O.C.' star and crypto critic Ben McKenzie tells lawmakers that the crypto market is the 'largest Ponzi scheme in history'

Crypto "may well represent a fraud at least 10 times bigger than Madoff," actor-turned-crypto criti…

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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon slammed crypto as dangerous - and called bitcoin a Ponzi scheme

The billionaire banker argued that bitcoin and other speculative tokens don't do anything, and faci…

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Founder of now-defunct BitConnect has been indicted for a $2.4 billion crypto Ponzi scheme.

BitConnect has since ceased trading and its founder, Satish Kumbhani, has been charged with a litan…

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10 countries that banned cryptos calling them threats, ponzi schemes & more

As per the Law Library of Congress, a global research directorate, eight jurisdictions had an absol…

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Indian founder on the run in global $2.4 billion crypto ponzi scheme

A federal grand jury in San Diego last week indicted Kumbhani with orchestrating a global Ponzi …

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Binance CEO files defamation suit against Bloomberg's Hong Kong publisher following 'Ponzi scheme' headline

Zhao also filed a motion of discovery against Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Inc., claiming the English…

Jennifer Sor   


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India should ban 'Ponzi' private cryptos or risk wrecking the country's financial system, a top RBI central banker has warned

Private cryptocurrencies are worse than a Ponzi scheme, and could wreck India's ability to control …

Hamza Fareed Malik   


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A former employee at bankrupt crypto-lender Celsius has sued the company, calling it a 'Ponzi scheme'

Jason Stone, the CEO of a firm that Celsius acquired, says the cryptocurrency lender failed to hedg…

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SEC charges 11 people for running a crypto Ponzi scheme that raised $300 million from retail investors worldwide

A defendant known as Lola Ferrari was among those who created Forsage, a website used to bilk milli…

Carla Mozée   


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A crypto trader known as 'Coin Signals' pled guilty to swindling millions from investors by promising returns of nearly 150%

To hide his trading losses, Jeremy Spence used new investor funds to pay back other investors that …

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The SEC charged a podcast host for running an $11 million Ponzi scheme it says helped fund a lakeside mansion and courtside NBA seats

Matthew Motil, the host of "The Cash Flow King" used social media to lure more than 50 investors in…

Phil Rosen   


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Brazilian police seized $28 million in bitcoin from an alleged Ponzi scheme in the country's largest crypto seizure ever

Police also arrested five individuals and confiscated 21 luxury cars and other high-value goods rel…

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Here's how an accused crypto fraudster known as the 'CryptoQueen' allegedly started a $4 billion Ponzi scheme and went on the run with 230,000 bitcoin

Ruja Ignatova, the cofounder of the now-defunct OneCoin, is wanted by the FBI for allegedly running…

Will Daniel   


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GOP Rep. George Santos raised money for a company that the SEC called a Ponzi scheme: report

The embattled New York congressman raised money for Harbor City Capitol, which the SEC called a "Po…

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