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Crypto Wars : Faked Deaths, Missing Billions and Industry Disruption / Erica Stanford

Publication year: 2021

ISBN: 9781398600683

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Unveils the biggest scams and frauds that have shocked the world of cryptocurrency, from the disappearing Crypto Queen with OneCoin, to Bitconnect, the initial coin offering crash and Quadriga where the founder seems to have faked his own death to escape prosecution Contains exclusive interviews and commentaries from many of the key people who have been actively investigating the biggest crypto-scams, from the Metropolitan police, to insolvency practitioners, researchers, BBC journalists and tech geeks Goes beyond the sensationalist and concludes on the real potential for change and good that cryptocurrencies bring; from challenging the greedy practices of the banking and remittance industries, to reaching over 2.5 billion unbanked users, allowing for greater transparency and ethical behaviours


Subject: Business and economics, Finance, Information Technology, Banking, Online Safety, Online Privacy, Viruses & Malware, Commercial crimes, Computer fraud and hacking, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptomonnaie, Impact of technology on society, Infractions économiques, International economics, International finance, Swindlers and swindling, Bitconnect, Crypto mining