A crypto team generated $4M in 48 hours with ponzi games after 4 years of failed products, predicting 2026 as the Year of Ponzi.

Ponzi and pyramid schemes depend on new money and recruitment to survive. These schemes promise returns from new participants, not real economic activity. Bitcoin does not require recruitment or ...

"Black Swan" author Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Friday criticized bitcoin as a "gimmick," telling CNBC he believes it's too volatile to be an effective currency and it's not a safe hedge against ...

Strategy's business model results in wild swings, but since it hasn't sold any bitcoin, these are just paper losses ...

Strategy Inc. holds around 650,000 BTC as of December 2025, over 3% of total Bitcoin supply. Bitcoin accumulation has been funded primarily through equity and high-yield perpetual preferred issuances.

A Chinese woman who ran a $5.6 billion Ponzi scheme and laundered billions in bitcoin was jailed in the UK for nearly 12 years. A Chinese woman who orchestrated a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme and ...