How Cryptoagency is Building Bitcoin's Better Business Bureau
Cryptocurrency forums are littered with stories of scams and bad customer service. Now, a cryptocurrency ratings agency is hoping to quantify the community's view of various bitcoin businesses. Cryptoagency.org will use a reputation system to reflect a company's quality. But, the question remains, do we need a ratings system for cryptocurrency businesses? Roger Ver, bitcoin entrepreneur and CEO of Memory Dealers, who has had to deal with malicious parties himself in the bitcoin world, said that he doesn't believe the bitcoin industry has been disproportionately affected by scams. He....
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The U.S. Better Business Bureau (BBB) says cryptocurrency scams have become the second riskiest. In addition, the organization noted that “Payment made via cryptocurrency that resulted in a monetary loss more than doubled from 2020.”
BBB Sees Rising Crypto Scams
The U.S. Better Business Bureau (BBB) released its 2021 BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report Friday. “This annual report uses data submitted by individuals and businesses to BBB Scam Tracker to shed light on how scams are perpetrated, who is being targeted, which scams have the greatest impact, and....
If you don't want to get sucked into a scam, subject your funds to cyber attack or lose value to currency fluctuation, the Connecticut Better Business Bureau warns you to be wary of bitcoin. The bureau has released a warning to businesses, investors and consumers about using virtual currency. It warns virtual currency is subject to minimal regulation, is susceptible to cyber attacks and is not backed by any government. It warns that con artists are hawking investment swindles with it. Hundreds of thousands of merchants, including major retailers, now accept bitcoin, the bureau notes in its....
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has warned about cryptocurrency scams on Tiktok. “You are scrolling through Tiktok when you come across a video showing a pile of cash. The creator says they earned the stack of money in just a few days by investing in cryptocurrency,” the BBB detailed.
Crypto Scammers Defrauding Tiktok Users
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) warned of cryptocurrency scams on the popular video-hosting platform Tiktok Friday. Founded in 1912, the BBB is a private, nonprofit organization that empowered people to find businesses, brands, and charities....
According to the head of the Nigerian group of bureau de change operators, the naira’s continued fall on the parallel market is down to the activities of speculators. However, Aminu Gwadabe, the president of the Association of Bureau de Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), suggests that only a “massive funding” of bureau de change (BDC) operators by the central bank will protect the naira from speculators. Speculators to Lose Over $200 Million To achieve this objective, however, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will have to continue selling “dollars to BDC....
Success in the world of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency inadvertently leads to unwanted attention. In the case of Tech Bureau Corp, the company behind Zaif and Mijin blockchain technology, they became the victim of Akitsu, Co, Ltd. using some of their product names for commercial purposes. Akitsu Crowdfunds By “Borrowing” Tech Bureau Corp. Resources. Both Tech Bureau, Corp and Dragonfly Pte, Ltd saw some names of their staff members, product names, materials, trademarks, and business plan abused by a company going by the name of Akitsu, Co, Ltd. All of these efforts were part of commercial....