Scam Alert: Bitcoin Cloud Services
Let us preface with a full disclosure. We at CCN have previously advertised for BitcoinCloudServices.com. We do not have a complicated and expensive vetting process for advertisers. If we start to receive complaints about their services, as we have with BCS, we look into them straight away. We contacted the company after receiving complaints from readers who have not received payouts, and after a reasonable period we did not receive any response. There are others in the news space who wish to use this as an opportunity to question our credibility, but here we are, telling the story, not....
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