Analysis · Investment schemes
EminiFX: a regular weekly number can be a designed display
Consistency in a dashboard is not evidence that the underlying trading result exists.
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Analysis of crypto fraud cases, custody risks and market claims, grounded in the available evidence.
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Analysis · Investment schemes
BitConnect: a trading-bot story did not explain the source of returns
The useful question was where payouts came from, rather than how sophisticated the software sounded.
Analysis · Investment schemes
Trade Coin Club: transaction speed was a distraction from payout funding
An impressive throughput claim does not establish profitable execution or the source of customer withdrawals.
Analysis · Mining claims
HashFlare: a mining dashboard is not evidence of mining capacity
The case separates contract sales, displayed output and the physical ability to produce that output.
Analysis · Market manipulation
Gotbit: trading volume is not automatically independent demand
The record explains how a popularity signal can be produced by coordinated activity rather than distinct investors.
Analysis · Mining claims
BitClub: recruitment rewards did not verify mining economics
A sales network can grow without establishing the revenue or regulatory status of the investment it promotes.
Analysis · Investment schemes
HyperFund: daily reward arithmetic is not a business model
The alleged membership pitch illustrates the gap between a payout schedule and evidence of underlying revenue.
Analysis · Custody & lending
Celsius: why withdrawal promises need their own evidence
Yield, liquidity and deposit protection are separate claims, even when one product markets them together.
Analysis · Recovery & reporting
OneCoin: separate a compensation notice from a recovery pitch
An official process has a defined authority and terms; scammers can imitate its appearance without acquiring that authority.
Analysis · Custody & lending
FTX: the gap between custody promises and privileged access
How an affiliated trading firm's permissions undermined the exchange's promises about customer deposits.
Analysis · Investment schemes
Forsage: transparent code does not make an economic model sustainable
A contract can execute its rules while the rules still depend on a continuing supply of new participants.
Analysis · Recovery & reporting
AirBit Club: asset recovery and victim compensation are different stages
A large forfeiture figure is meaningful, but it is not an individual payout statement.