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The coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, and scammers are exploiting the crisis to defraud you. Scammers are soliciting bitcoin donations to help “fight the virus,” while investors in U.S. microcap stocks are another easy target. Don’t fall prey to any of these five scams. A good scammer never lets a crisis go to
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Last week’s news.Bitcoin.com post warning about common bitcoin scams like “The Bitcoin Code” elicited a plethora of comments and suggestions from readers,
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Those new to crypto and with money signs in their eyes can easily be taken in by scams, and there are many,
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Greater regulations and enforcement can deter some crypto crimes, blockchain forensics provider Chainalysis said in a new report.Chainalysis’ 2019 Crime Report, published Wednesday, details its analysis of illicit activities last year, contrasting 2019 actions with previous years. It found that while the amount of bitcoin sent from criminal entities doubled
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Cryptocurrency analytics firm CipherTrace has launched “Defenders League,'' a program designed to provide students with the training and tools necessary to investigate crypto-related scams. On Jan. 13 CipherTrace announced partnerships with the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Middlesex University London, and the Blockchain Acceleration Foundation (BAF). The Defenders
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Brazilian Congressman Aureo Ribeiro, author of a bill that purports to regulate the Brazilian crypto market, requested the opening of a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (PCI) to investigate crypto-related fraud in Brazil. CryptoX got access to a document that asks for a deep investigatigation into companies like Atlas Quantum (and CEO
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Four out of the first five results presented when querying Google for a “bitcoin qr generator” lead to scam websites.The findingsCryptocurrency wallet ZenGo wrote the findings in a blog post published on Aug. 29. Reportedly, when researching prior to implementing QR Code support in their wallet, ZenGo learned of
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While researching on their new QR code project, the “keyless” crypto wallet firm ZenGo found that scammers have littered this sphere already. Alarmed by the numerous QR-related scam reports, ZenGo conducted a wide survey on the issue before releasing its QR code.To their surprise, ZenGo’s researchers found that scammers are
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Crypto market aggregator CoinGecko has joined the network of blockchain analytics and anti-money laundering (AML) company Coinfirm. This partnership will reportedly allow CoinGecko to improve its exchange Trust Score algorithm, as well as provide users with a means to report scams and hacks.The companies shared a press release with
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