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How Can You Lose on Cryptocurrency?

Cryptocurrency traps have blossomed so fast that they have morphed into (at least) five different versions: hardware wallet theft, fake exchanges, fake ICOs (initial coin offerings), fake cloud mining, and multi-level marketing Ponzi schemes.

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What Is the Dark Side of the Forex Market?

If you’re from “Down Under,” you have no doubt already heard that police in Queensland have arrested a 38-year-old man following a massive 11-month investigation by its Financial and Cyber Crime Group. The is now being indicted on 38 different charges involving forex fraud and making false statements to investigators.

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Israel Totally Bans Binary Options Trade

Yesterday, the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, voted 53-to-0 to adopt a new binary options law, which now goes to the countrys president for his signature. It will enter into effect in three months, during which time all existing binary options comp

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Britain Shuts Down Magnum Options

Britain’s Insolvency Service has successfully shut down a major unlicensed and unregulated online binary options brokerage, Magnum Options EU, which had been operated by Bulgarian-registered Hampshire Capital Ventures Ltd. and its successor, Solaris Vision Ltd.

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