加密貨幣長期以來一直與欺詐和徹底的騙局有關

加密貨幣長期以來一直與欺詐和徹底的騙局有關，其歷史可以追溯到2014年Gox Crypto Exchange的比特幣巨大損失。

Cryptocurrency has long been associated with frauds and outright scams, dating back at least to the massive loss of Bitcoin from the Mt. Gox crypto exchange in 2014. In many ways, crypto is an ideal vehicle to commit fraud because of its broad adoption by criminals, the anonymity of transactions and a gullible public that views cryptocurrencies as lottery tickets to riches.

Cryptocurrency has long been associated with frauds and outright scams, dating back at least to the massive loss of Bitcoin from the Mt. Gox crypto exchange in 2014. In many ways, crypto is an ideal vehicle to commit fraud because of its broad adoption by criminals, the anonymity of transactions and a gullible public that views cryptocurrencies as lottery tickets to riches.

While cryptocurrency really hit the mainstream with the run-up in Bitcoin in 2017, it’s exploded in popularity since 2020, when the Federal Reserve dropped interest rates to zero, encouraging a flight to risky assets. Even U.S. President Donald Trump now has a cryptocurrency ($TRUMP) and First Lady Melania Trump has her coin, too ($MELANIA). President Trump has become a notable crypto supporter and introduced the U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

儘管加密貨幣在2017年在比特幣的升級中確實成為主流，但自2020年美聯儲將利率下降到零以來，它的受歡迎程度爆炸了，鼓勵了飛往風險的資產的航班。甚至美國總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）現在也有加密貨幣（特朗普$），第一夫人梅拉尼亞·特朗普（Melania Trump）也有她的硬幣（$ Melania）。特朗普總統已成為著名的加密支持者，並引入了美國戰略比特幣保護區。

The recent emergence and explosion of cryptocurrency into the mainstream has also brought along with it a raft of fraud, blowups and rug pulls, where crypto creators simply leave with the money that’s been invested in their crypto project. Here are five of the largest crypto scandals.

加密貨幣在主流中的最近出現和爆炸也帶來了一系列的欺詐，炸彈和地毯拉力，加密貨幣創作者只是將投資於加密貨幣項目投入的錢離開。這是五個最大的加密醜聞。

5 huge crypto scandals

5個巨大的加密醜聞

The many, many crypto scams are testament to the danger of investing in cryptocurrency.

許多加密騙局騙局證明了投資加密貨幣的危險。

1. FTX

1。 ftx

FTX was one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges and one of the biggest blowups, following the slump in cryptocurrency markets in 2022. FTX was supposed to hold $11.3 billion in clients’ assets at Alameda Research, the company’s hedge fund arm. However, just $2.3 billion of those funds could be found, as FTX had moved funds out of customer accounts and used them for its own purposes — embezzlement, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. FTX filed for bankruptcy in November 2022. FTX founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud and conspiracy to launder money, and was sentenced to 25 years in prison in March 2024.

在2022年加密貨幣市場下跌之後，FTX是世界上最大的加密貨幣交易所之一，也是最大的爆炸之一。 FTX本來應該在該公司的對沖基金會Alameda Research持有113億美元的客戶資產。但是，根據美國司法部的說法，由於FTX已將資金從客戶帳戶移出，並將其用於自身目的 - 挪用公款，因此只能找到其中23億美元的資金。 FTX於2022年11月申請破產。 FTX創始人兼首席執行官Sam Bankman-Fried被判犯有欺詐和陰謀罪，並於2024年3月被判處25年徒刑。

2. Binance

2。 binance

Binance Holding, the name behind the huge Binance crypto exchange, pled guilty in November 2023 to a variety of crimes, including violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and failure to register as a money-transmitting business. The company agreed to pay more than $4 billion as part of the charges. At the same time the company’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao, pled guilty to failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program, and then resigned as CEO. “Its willful failures allowed money to flow to terrorists, cybercriminals, and child abusers through its platform,” said Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen at the time. Binance was launched in 2017 and quickly became the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

Binance Holding是巨大的Binance Crypto Exchange的名字，於2023年11月對各種犯罪表示有罪，包括違反《銀行保密法》和未能註冊作為貨幣傳遞業務的行為。作為指控的一部分，該公司同意支付超過40億美元。同時，該公司的首席執行官Changpeng Zhao承諾為未能維持有效的反洗錢計劃而有罪，然後辭去首席執行官的職務。當時的財政部長珍妮特·耶倫（Janet L. Yellen）說：“它的故意失敗使金錢能夠通過其平台流向恐怖分子，網絡犯罪分子和兒童虐待者。” Binance於2017年推出，並迅速成為世界上最大的加密貨幣交易所。

3. Terra USD cryptocurrency

3。 TerraUSD加密貨幣

The year 2022 was rough for cryptocurrency, as rising rates drove risk-averse traders away from the sector. And that lack of confidence helped blow up Terra USD, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. In May 2022, traders began selling the stablecoin and, for technical reasons, it had trouble maintaining its peg with the dollar. After that initial break from the peg, the coin spun out of control and plummeted, becoming virtually worthless over a few days. It was one of the first crypto blowups in 2022 as the Federal Reserve rapidly raised interest rates to fight inflation.

2022年對於加密貨幣來說是粗糙的，因為增長率使規避風險的交易者遠離該行業。而且缺乏信心幫助炸毀了Terra Usd，這是一個與美元掛鉤的穩定者。 2022年5月，交易者開始出售穩定的股幣，出於技術原因，它很難用美元保持釘子。在從釘子上開始的最初突破之後，硬幣失控並暴跌，幾天內變得毫無價值。它是2022年最早的加密爆炸之一，因為美聯儲迅速提高了與通貨膨脹抗爭的利率。

4. Squid Game

4。魷魚游戲

The Squid Game coin was launched in 2021 to piggyback on the popularity of the Netflix series “Squid Game,” promising an “play-to-earn” online game based on the series. Unfortunately, the coin’s developers treated its investors every bit as badly as the contestants on the series were treated. Squid coin was a classic rug pull operation, with the project’s founders absconding with clients’ funds just a few days after launching the project. The coin skyrocketed in its few days of existence, peaking around $2,861 per coin, but investors had trouble selling the tokens. Days after the launch, the project’s founders cashed out $3.36 million put up by investors and disappeared. In minutes the coin plummeted to less than a cent in price. While small in total value, the fraud was a media sensation, with many crypto traders learning what a rug pull is.

Squid遊戲硬幣於2021年推出，以了解Netflix系列“ Squid Game”的受歡迎程度，該系列有望基於該系列的“ Play-to-earn”在線遊戲。不幸的是，硬幣的開發人員對其投資者的對待和該系列中的參賽者的待遇一樣嚴重。 Squid Coin是一項經典的地毯操作，該項目的創始人在啟動該項目幾天后就潛逃了客戶的資金。硬幣在其存在的幾天內飛漲，每枚硬幣達到約2,861美元的高峰，但投資者很難出售代幣。發布後的幾天，該項目的創始人兌現了投資者投入的336萬美元，並消失了。在幾分鐘之內，硬幣的價格下降到不到一美分的價格。雖然總價值很小，但欺詐是一種媒體的感覺，許多加密貨幣交易員正在學習地毯的拉力。

5. LIBRA

5。天秤座

Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, promoted a cryptocurrency called $LIBRA in February 2025 posts on social media outlets. “This private project will be dedicated to encouraging the growth of the Argentine economy by funding small Argentine businesses and startups,” said a message on X in translation. Following the message, millions poured into the coin. But just hours later insiders, who owned most of the cryptocurrency, sold out and took an estimated $250 million with them, and the crypto’s price crashed by 9

阿根廷總裁哈維爾·麥利（Javier Milei）在2025年2月在社交媒體上宣傳了名為$天秤座的加密貨幣。 “這個私人項目將致力於通過資助阿根廷小型企業和初創企業來鼓勵阿根廷經濟的增長，” X翻譯中的一條消息說。消息之後，數以百萬計的硬幣湧入。但是僅僅幾個小時後，擁有大部分加密貨幣的內部人士就賣光了，估計賺了2.5億美元，加密貨幣的價格在9次崩潰了