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Crypto trading is undoubtedly surrounded by some bad myths in each extreme, good and bad. Some say it’s a bulletproof way to be a millionaire, while others outright claim that it’s nothing more than a scam. None of them are right, though. Crypto trading is a legitimate practice, but it involves financial risks. Also, there are fake crypto trading platforms, making empty promises to their victims. 
This practice occurs when someone is buying and selling cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ether to make a profit, usually by taking advantage of price changes. A crypto trading platform is a website or app where traders can exchange these digital currencies. These platforms provide tools to check prices, make different types of trades, and manage funds, enabling beginners and experts to participate in the cryptocurrency market.
There are other platforms in which the trading is automated, which means you’re not expected to do much besides providing funds. They use algorithms, bots, or professional managers to trade on your behalf —and they’re considered riskier for it. Remember that if you don’t own your private keys in crypto, you don’t have real control over your coins. But there are some additional signs you can check before pouring money into what seems a promising investment.
Alarm signs
Are they asking you only $250 to start and promising fixed monthly returns of 30, 60, 150, or whatever good-looking percent? That’s the first thing that will tell you to abandon this site ASAP because it’s an obvious scam. Genuine crypto trading platforms will, at least, try to educate you in the matter, and won’t hide the fact that this practice involves high financial risks. 
There’s no such thing as ‘fixed’ returns in crypto trading because this market is highly volatile and unpredictable. Profits are real, losses are also very real. Legitimate crypto trading involves inherent risks, and any claims of consistent, fixed profits should be approached with skepticism. Don’t invest anything you’re not prepared to lose —that’s a general rule.
Another major red flag is a lack of transparency. If the platform of your choosing claims to be managed by a (centralized) company of experts but there’s no physical address, no customer support, no real means of contact, and the team is anonymous, it’s harder to hold them accountable. Legitimate brands provide clear contact details and team information to build trust and credibility.
In any case, reputation platforms like TrustPilot and ScamAdviser could also be useful. Just type the name or URL of the investment brand/website there, and see the results.

Additionally, be cautious if their website displays poorly written content, broken links, or an overabundance of generic awards and testimonials. Lastly, scrutinize the platform’s payment methods and promises. Scammers often avoid bank transfers, pushing you to send cryptocurrency instead, which is harder to trace and reverse. However, legitimate businesses also might have good reasons to work with cryptocurrencies only, so always consider the whole picture.
How to start safely with crypto trading?
No matter if your platform of choice is automated or not, you’ll need to educate yourself first —or you’ll be easy prey for scammers and market swings. Starting with crypto trading can feel overwhelming, but understanding the basics helps. First, research the cryptocurrencies you want to trade, in order to learn how they work and what influences their prices. Next, look for legitimate platforms that offer beginner-friendly interfaces, tutorials, and demo accounts to practice trading without risking real money.
You should also learn about different trading strategies. Beginners could focus on spot trading, where you buy and sell real cryptocurrencies at current market prices, before exploring advanced methods like futures or margin trading. Start with small investments and remember the rule: never trade more than you can afford to lose. Diversify your investments across multiple cryptocurrencies to manage risks better. 

Finally, prioritize security. Enable multi-factor authentication on your trading account, use strong passwords, and never share private keys. Educate yourself using reliable sources, and prefer decentralized platforms once you're a more advanced user.
In Obyte, a fully decentralized ecosystem, you can find several trading platforms to apply your own strategies. For instance, Oswap.io is a DEX that offers 32 pools (shared liquidity reservoirs), including the pairs GBYTE-ETH, GBYTE-WBTC, GBYTE-USDC, and more. Last year, we also launched the Pythagorean Perpetual Futures: future contracts in the form of tokens that never expire, tied to bonding curves to offer automated liquidity. Since there are no middlemen here, you can retain full control of your funds while trading!

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Crypto Promotions and Endorsements: Andrew Tate has earned money through promoting various cryptocurrencies and NFT projects between 2021 and 2023, reportedly linked to at least 73 crypto promotions and 16 NFT projects, generating around $730,000 from paid promotions alone.
♻️Projects included SafeMoon, RAPDOGE Orion, Life Token, and Flokinomics, many of which collapsed.
♻️Hustler's University (Now The Real World) Crypto Payments: His online educational platform, which teaches wealth-building strategies, has accepted cryptocurrency payments directly, with on-chain data showing approximately $2.5 million in crypto inflows, including $1.6 million in Bitcoin and $866,000 in $ETH -based assets.
♻️Memecoin Launches and Pump Schemes: Tate launched tokens like DADDY on Solana in mid-2024, where 40% of the supply was airdropped to his associated wallet, leading to significant gains through market manipulation; at peak, linked wallets controlled 10% of supply valued at around $16 million.
♻️ He also launched RNT, which collapsed 99% shortly after. Reports indicate he made over $3 million from a livestream involving $PUMP and dump schemes on memecoins.
♻️ Referral Income from Trading Platforms: He earned $75,000 in referral fees from users joining platforms like Hyperliquid via his links, though this was later lost in trading.
♻️Trading Losses Offset Earnings: Despite earnings, Tate is noted as a poor trader; he deposited $727,000 into Hyperliquid over a year, executed 86 trades with only 33 profitable, and lost the entire amount through high-leverage trading, including shorting memecoins.
♻️Privacy Tools and Fund Movements: Researchers identified around $30 million flowing through privacy mixer Railgun over two years, traced to payment processors in his ecosystem, potentially linked to crypto activities amid investigations. @Eva Elfie Crypto
♻️Overall Net Worth Estimates: As of early 2026, Andrew Tate's net worth is highly disputed and varies widely across sources; estimates range from $12 million (per Romanian authorities) to $710 million, with common figures around $20 million to $300 million, influenced by seized assets including 21 $BTC , luxury items, and ongoing legal cases.

♨️ Note that much of his wealth stems from non-crypto sources like online courses, but crypto has been a volatile and often loss-making avenue.
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Hoy les traigo una historia de cuando empecé en este mundo. Todo iba perfecto operando con Payeer, hasta que un exceso de confianza me dio una bofetada de realidad.
La situación:
Hice una venta de USDT por $100. Recibí la notificación en mi teléfono de "Dinero recibido". Sin pensarlo dos veces y con el afán de seguir operando (tenía una compra pendiente), liberé los criptoactivos de inmediato.
La sorpresa:
Minutos después, cuando intenté usar esos $100 para pagar mi siguiente orden... el saldo estaba en cero. 😱
¿Qué pasó realmente?
El comprador me había enviado el dinero, sí, pero usando una función de Payeer que requiere un código de liberación. Básicamente, el dinero estaba "en el aire" y solo se acreditaba si yo ingresaba un código que él nunca me dio. Al ser nuevo en esa billetera, no conocía ese truco.
El desenlace:
Apelé de inmediato, pero ya era tarde. El estafador fue rápido: movió los fondos a otra cuenta de Binance y, aunque su cuenta fue bloqueada, mis $100 ya se habían esfumado.
✅ Lecciones que me quedaron para siempre:
Notificación ≠ Saldo Real: Nunca, bajo ninguna circunstancia, liberes basándote solo en una notificación push o un SMS. Entra a la app, actualiza el saldo y asegúrate de que el dinero esté disponible para usar.
Conoce tus herramientas: Si vas a usar una wallet nueva (Payeer, Wise, Skrill, etc.), estudia primero cómo funcionan sus métodos de envío. Los estafadores aman las funciones "con protección" o "con código".
La velocidad mata: En el P2P, ser rápido es bueno, pero ser precavido es vital. Esos 30 segundos extra de verificación valen mucho más que una operación veloz.
Hoy manejo un volumen mucho mayor y varias cuentas bancarias y Wallet, pero jamás olvido esos $100. Fueron el pago de mi "matrícula" en la universidad del P2P.
👇 ¿A quién más le ha pasado algo similar por exceso de confianza? Los leo en los comentarios para que nadie más caiga.
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Telegram shuts down $27B Huione crypto scam market but rivals surge 400% as Tudou Guarantee absorbs criminal user base within weeks.
Telegram shutting down Huione Guarantee, the largest illicit marketplace in history, with over $27 billion in transactions, paradoxically strengthened the dark market as rival platforms experienced a 400% volume surge and quickly absorbed the criminal user base.
Following blockchain analytics firm Elliptic’s investigation, Telegram banned thousands of channels and accounts linked to Huione on May 13, 2025.
However, the successor platform, Tudou Guarantee, immediately captured the displaced criminal activity, processing equal volumes within weeks of the shutdown.

Elliptic tracked over 30 highly active guarantee marketplaces in Southeast Asia that continue to facilitate money laundering, stolen data trading, and “pig butchering” scam infrastructure.
The Hydra Effect: How Huione Multiply Under Pressure
The $27 billion Huione marketplace had operated as a sophisticated criminal ecosystem, offering everything from fake documents and stolen personal data to money laundering services and intimidation-for-hire through Telegram’s encrypted infrastructure.
The platform’s reach extended far beyond simple financial crime, with ties to human trafficking operations disguised as legitimate IT companies across Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar, where victims were forced to execute romance scams and crypto fraud under constant surveillance.
Huione has been connected to Cambodia’s ruling elite and its role in laundering proceeds for North Korea’s Lazarus Group. This made it a primary target for the U.S. Treasury’s FinCEN, which designated the entire Huione Group as a money laundering concern in May 2025.
The criminal enterprise strategically acquired a 30% stake in Tudou Guarantee in December 2024, effectively ensuring operational continuity before enforcement action materialized.

This planning enabled the seamless migration of hundreds of thousands of users. Tudou’s transaction volumes surged from negligible levels to over 300,000 by June 15.
The same merchants who previously operated through Huione immediately established operations on Tudou, offering identical services, including stolen data, money laundering capabilities, and specialized tools for pig butchering scams targeting Western victims.
Beyond Tudou’s dominance, multiple smaller platforms experienced exponential growth as the criminal ecosystem fragmented and diversified.
According to Elliptic, Shuangying marketplace saw user numbers triple from 40,000 to 110,000 transactions, and Fully Light expanded from 20,000 to over 80,000 transactions.

These platforms use Telegram’s encryption for communication and comprehensive business operations, including reputation management, order fulfillment, and dispute resolution among vendors and clients.
They also use Tether’s USDT stablecoin as the primary medium of exchange, which provides these criminals with dollar-denominated stability while avoiding traditional banking systems.
The UN estimates that Telegram-based criminal activity generates up to $36.5 billion annually through scams, money laundering, and stolen data sales.
Ongoing Enforcement Challenges On Telegram’s Encrypted Crime Economy
Despite Telegram’s cooperation in removing thousands of channels and banning associated accounts, Chainalysis research revealed that Huione’s core cryptocurrency processing infrastructure remained operational, which Elliptic also confirmed.

The platform is simply migrating to new domains and quietly resuming Telegram’s presence within weeks of the apparent shutdown.
This resilience stems from the platform’s complex architecture, which separates public-facing marketing infrastructure from core financial processing systems. This allows criminal operations to continue even when their most visible components face disruption.
The enforcement action’s limited impact becomes particularly evident when examining the broader criminal ecosystem that Huione enabled, including forcing trafficking victims into crypto scam operations across Southeast Asian compounds where legitimate job seekers are lured with false IT positions before being held against their will and coerced into executing fraudulent schemes.

These physical operations, often disguised as customer service centers, create a hybrid criminal model that combines digital financial crime with traditional human trafficking, making comprehensive enforcement exponentially more complex as it requires coordination across multiple jurisdictions and crime categories.
While Telegram has begun responding to pressure by removing certain features and updating content policies, the platform’s core encrypted messaging capabilities remain attractive to criminals who exploit the technology’s legitimate privacy protections to operate sophisticated marketplace ecosystems.
The challenge for regulators lies in addressing criminal abuse without undermining the privacy rights and communication security that make encrypted platforms valuable for legitimate users worldwide.
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is also fighting this battle with the regulators. He was recently arrested and released on bail, but surveillance remains.

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