Is speculation in virtual currency a fraud
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many departments, such as the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, the central office of information technology, the Ministry of public security and so on, issued risk tips, saying that some criminals, under the banner of "financial innovation" and "blockchain", absorbed funds by issuing the so-called "virtual currency", "virtual assets" and "digital assets", thus infringing the legitimate rights and interests of the public
this kind of activity is not really based on blockchain technology, but on the hype of blockchain concept, illegal fund-raising, pyramid selling and fraud. In essence, it is a Ponzi scheme of "repaying the old by borrowing the new", which is difficult to maintain the long-term operation of funds
the public should treat the blockchain rationally, not blindly believe the promises, establish a correct monetary concept and investment concept, and effectively improve the risk awareness. Report to the public security organ in time after being cheated
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the first is the obvious networking and cross-border of virtual currency. Relying on the Internet and chat tools for transactions, and using online payment tools to balance funds, the risks spread widely and spread quickly. Some lawless elements set up websites by renting overseas servers to carry out activities for domestic residents and control illegal activities remotely
some indivials claim that they have obtained the investment quota of overseas high-quality blockchain projects in the chat tool group and can invest on their behalf, which is most likely fraud. Most of these illegal funds flow overseas, which makes it very difficult to supervise and trace
followed by deception, temptation and concealment. They use hot concepts to hype, fabricate various "tall and tall" theories, and some also use celebrity "big V" platforms to publicize. They use airdrop "candy" as temptation to claim that "currency value only rises but not falls", "investment cycle is short, income is high, and risk is low", which has strong bewitching
in practice, criminals illegally make huge profits by manipulating the price trend of the so-called virtual currency, setting profit and withdrawal threshold. In addition, some criminals also issue tokens under the guise of ICO, IFO, IEO, etc., or hype virtual currency in the way of IMO under the banner of sharing economy, which has strong concealment and confusion
finally, there are many kinds of illegal risks in this kind of behavior. Through public publicity, the illegal elements attract the public to invest funds, lure investors and development personnel to join, and constantly expand the fund pool with the t of currency appreciation and development offline profits, which has the characteristics of illegal fund-raising, pyramid selling, fraud and other illegal acts
bitcoin is a fraud, so we must be cautious in investment and financial management
even if it is called "hard currency", the price of gold will not only rise but not fall. There is no bubble in gold, but the price is too high, there is a bubble, and the bubble will eventually burst, such as virtual currency such as bitcoin. The more general virtual currencies, the closer bitcoin's value is to zero
this kind of currency, which is a purely calculated digital symbol, has no asset support, no financial revenue and expenditure, no cash reserve and no use value. It is only a circulation symbol. Once it loses its credit guarantee, it is a pile of beautiful printed waste paper. Investors should be alert that there is no so-called safe investment in this world, and all investments are risky
the people's Bank of China and other departments issued a document to severely punish the above-mentioned behaviors, making it clear that token trading is not protected by law. With some virtual currency trading platforms turning to overseas, speculative money speculation has also turned to "underground". In the face of continuous renovation, on the basis of continuous strict supervision, government departments should constantly upgrade the means and ability of supervision, and continue to increase publicity and crackdown on popular science, so as to avoid the masses being deceived
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investing in virtual currency is more of a kind of speculation. Investors should strengthen their risk prevention awareness and identification ability. Without confirming the identity of the other party, they should not be involved in money transactions, trust low-risk and high return investment procts, especially not join the investment and financing group without verification, These are often well-designed traps by telecommunication network fraudsters
it's better to purchase the investment and financial management accompanied by the children, and learn from the official and authoritative channels, and report to the police in time when they are found to be cheated. Properly protect all kinds of account password, identity information, etc., don't tell others easily. Any reference to the need for transfer and remittance should arouse high vigilance and consult with trusted acquaintances
reference source: people's.com - uncover the crazy bitcoin: new Ponzi scheme of 800 yuan each<
People's website - three men set up bitcoin scam and made a profit of more than 150000 yuan and were sentenced
People's website - People's website comments on "analytic blockchain" part 3: how to avoid getting away from the real to the virtual
1. Digital cryptocurrency: a digital currency created, distributed and maintained by cryptography and verification technology. The characteristic of cryptocurrency is that it uses peer-to-peer technology and everyone can issue it. For example, bitcoin, lightcoin
2. Shanzhai coin: imitates the theory of digital cryptocurrency, applies digital encryption technology such as blockchain, and issues digital currency in different instries
3. Air currency: fabricated application background. It uses blockchain and other technologies as packaging, constructs value system at will, takes illegal possession as the purpose, and swindles investors by Ponzi scheme< Second, profit model
1. The profit model of digital cryptocurrency mainly includes proction and investment speculation. Proction is also known as mining, different procts have different proction modes. Its principle is to calculate the number by computer, and finally get the encrypted string in accordance with the formula. Investment speculation is the same as investing in ordinary financial derivatives. With the change of market supply and demand, the value of money will change periodically
2. Shanzhai coin: the profit in the early stage is similar to Ponzi scheme, and the customer level is built by direct selling. The principal of later investors is the source of profits. The difference between air currency and air currency lies in: first, it has a certain theoretical application basis, such as Internet traffic, agricultural application, etc. Second, through the operation in the later stage, it can proce a certain monetary value. Third, it has certain circulation
3. High return, rapid accumulation of funds< Third, legal definition
1. It is not allowed to issue and trade digital cryptocurrency in the people's Republic of China, and its legitimacy is questioned. The main reason is that the supervision of digital currency is difficult, which may restrict the circulation of currency. In addition, because digital encryption currency has no solid value support, the huge economic bubble will easily cause financial system risk.
2. Therefore, this kind of business is the main body of the market. Most of the issuers are located in Malaysia, Singapore and other areas with relatively lax supervision and relatively open financial markets
3. Strike hard. One case was found, investigated and dealt with, and identified as financial fraud. The main issuers are generally in Myanmar, Cambodia and other areas where military protection forces are more prevalent. After raising funds from Chinese mainland, the local military will pay protection fees. Later, he directed domestic crimes abroad.
this kind of MLM operation has the following characteristics:
1. Most of the above currencies are issued in a non constant amount, only speculation, and no commercial application
2. All of them belong to online financial pyramid selling, and the servers are all overseas, so it is difficult to investigate and deal with them
3. Short running cycle. Generally 3-6 months, to return money to the peak directly shut down the network running, change a vest to come back
digital currency crowdfunding platform the tokens of different crowdfunding projects on coin Ying China platform belong to application-oriented digital currency, with the mortgage of real assets, but the income is not high. Bitcoin and Leyte are traditional high-risk and high-income currencies.
unlike most currencies, bitcoin does not rely on specific currency institutions. It is generated by a large number of calculations based on specific algorithms. Bitcoin economy uses a distributed database composed of many nodes in the whole P2P network to confirm and record all transactions, and uses cryptography design to ensure the security of all aspects of currency circulation. The decentralized nature and algorithm of P2P can ensure that it is impossible to artificially manipulate the value of bitcoin through mass proction. The design based on cryptography can make bitcoin only be transferred or paid by the real owner. This also ensures the anonymity of money ownership and circulation transactions. The biggest difference between bitcoin and other virtual currencies is that the total amount of bitcoin is very limited and it has a strong scarcity. The monetary system used to have no more than 10.5 million in four years, after which the total number will be permanently limited to 21 million
bitcoin can be cashed and converted into the currency of most countries. Users can use bitcoin to buy some virtual items, such as clothes, hats and equipment in online games. As long as someone accepts it, they can also use bitcoin to buy real-life items[ 1-2]
on February 26, 2014, Joe Manchin, a Democratic senator from West Virginia, issued an open letter to a number of regulatory authorities of the US federal government, hoping that the relevant institutions would pay attention to the status quo of bitcoin's encouraging illegal activities and disrupting the financial order, and take action as soon as possible, In order to completely ban the e-currency
a few years ago, China's aunts were crazy about bitcoin.