Cardano Launches Anti-Scam Task Force to Combat Fraudsters
Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson has announced the formation of an internal action force aimed at countering scammers. This comes as a report from fraud prevention firm Bolster showed cryptocurrency scams almost doubled in 2020. “One of the things we’ve been thinking about is setting up some sort of dedicated body in the Cardano ecosystem that […]
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