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‘Get a Horse!’: What Crypto Can Learn From Early Automakers' Struggle for Acceptance
Automotive pioneers were surrounded by fraudsters, hated by banks and attacked by trolls. Sound familiar?
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Jul 19, 2023 at 4:38 p.m. UTC
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Swedish National Sentenced to 15 Years in Crypto Fraud Case
Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson will also have to forfeit a Thai resort and over $16 million in restitution to his victims.
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Cheyenne Ligon
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Jul 8, 2021 at 10:06 p.m. UTC
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How to Spot a Crypto Scam
Another scammer is impersonating the CoinDesk website and offering impossible investment returns. We did some digging.
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Jun 24, 2020 at 6:49 p.m. UTC
Jun 24, 2020
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Bitcoin Escrow Firm Bilked Investors for $7 Million, DOJ Says
U.S. prosecutors have charged the head of a bitcoin escrow company with defrauding investors for $7 million.
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Daniel Kuhn
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Jul 25, 2019 at 8:45 p.m. UTC
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Crypto and Cannabis Investment Promoter Hit With Cease-and-Desist
The Texas State Securities Board filed an emergency cease and desist against a cryptocurrency and weed investment platform on alleged fraud charges.
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Apr 6, 2018 at 7:35 p.m. UTC
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