Crypto — Scam and Fraud

Why crypto slid into late 2025 — reported factors

Policy headlines, a DeFi hack and ETF outflows were among the explanations offered for a rough patch — not a secret chat signal.

A friendly swap link in chat is often a drainer wearing a TON badge.

Training that needs a small USDT balance “that never leaves your wallet” is selling a signature, not a lesson.

Strangers wire your clean card, you buy coins, you forward them, you keep a cut — banks call that a transit pattern.

A multi-chain NFT marketplace publishes its own socials. A deposit-hungry bot is not on that list.

A Nobel economist’s 2025 essays tie Bitcoin’s swings to political patronage — not a tip to buy the dip from a stranger.

Lambos in the bio, five TradingView tabs open, and a monthly appointment with the next “guaranteed” bot.

A stranger who “tested every channel” is often paid to walk you into one.

A “40% a day” loop between an exchange and a wallet is not a glitch — it is a misaddressed withdrawal.

A 2017 fog-computing marketplace raised a lot of money. Product-market fit never matched the pitch.

Free mentorship ads with countdown seats often monetise exchange referrals — not your future edge.

Fear of missing out is the emotion that turns someone else’s green candle into your market order.