New PlusToken Report Shows KYC May Be Smoke and Mirrors

A new report on the PlusToken Ponzi scheme shows regulated exchanges are being used to dump coins, despite stringent Know Your Customer (KYC) identify verification rules. Investigative company OXT Research has released a second edition of their in-depth blockchain analysis on the PlusToken scam. The report explained PlusToken funds generally moved from unmixed allotments and locations, to mixers. After mixers, the funds saw consolidation, and then finally distribution. OXT’s report said: “Approximately 80% of coins entering mixing have been distributed while up to 33,872 BTC remain in the mixer and…

Analyst Who Called Bitcoin’s Brutal Crash to $7,500 Thinks This is Next

It’s not a secret that Bitcoin hasn’t done well over the past few days and weeks; since the weekend’s $9,200 peak, the cryptocurrency has lost nearly 18%, and since the $10,600 peak in February, BTC has shed over 25%. In the process of this brutal move, hundreds of millions worth of leveraged positions have been liquidated. Furthermore, with a harrowing macro outlook and Bitcoin seemingly becoming correlated with the stock market, some have been wondering if BTC could enter back into a bear market. One analyst, in fact, warned of…

Analyst Who Called Bitcoin’s Brutal Crash to $7,500 Thinks This is Next

It’s not a secret that Bitcoin hasn’t done well over the past few days and weeks; since the weekend’s $9,200 peak, the cryptocurrency has lost nearly 18%, and since the $10,600 peak in February, BTC has shed over 25%. In the process of this brutal move, hundreds of millions worth of leveraged positions have been liquidated. Furthermore, with a harrowing macro outlook and Bitcoin seemingly becoming correlated with the stock market, some have been wondering if BTC could enter back into a bear market. One analyst, in fact, warned of…