The reporter noticed that among the 78 projects involving pyramid schemes that broke out this time, the projects that made money through pyramid schemes under the guise of blockchain actually reached 1 1.
The losses caused by pyramid selling in the name of blockchain far exceed ordinary crimes. Transferring huge wealth through invisible hands is the biggest moth in the blockchain era.
In the past 2065438+08165438+1October 24th, Sebastian Greenwood, the principal of Vicat OneCoin, who had been at large for a long time, was successfully captured by the FBI and the Crime Collection Bureau of Thailand, and the principal was extradited to the United States for trial.
Bastian Greenwood is the principal offender of Vicat, a global Ponzi scheme. It is reported that Vicat will set up a "One Awards" bonus system to reward participating members, who often participate in projects initiated by this organization, and the so-called projects will raise funds for its global foundation.
But it was soon revealed: "Vicat used publicity and overseas activities to pretend that it was' high', and then through high returns and acquaintances, it actually formed a huge pyramid scheme."
From 2065438 to May 2008, domestic regulators found that about $7.2 million was related to OneCoin's Ponzi scheme.
Virtual currency fraud has a long history, and some pyramid schemes are not clever, but they are very harmful.
From April 2, 20 16 to June 22, 20 16, Ms. Li, a Zhongshan woman, met a man named Xu through her neighbor A Jun (a pseudonym). During this period, Xu and Ajun repeatedly promoted virtual "mark coins" to her, and took dividends and appreciation as the temptation. She believed it, and finally bought about 600,000 yuan of "mark coins" in nine times. It was not until February 20 17 that the website of "Mark Coin" was shut down that she found herself cheated.
Among many cases of pyramid selling coins, the most "classic" case is the famous "five-element coin", with a case value of over 10 billion.
As early as 20 13, the state administration for industry and commerce listed Zhang Jian's "cloud number trade alliance" as a pyramid scheme case; 20 14, 10, Zhang Jian was arrested; 20 16 12, Zhang Jian launched a five-element currency pyramid scheme soon after he was released from prison. It is reported that the five-element coin project also has the head of Zhang Jian, but Zhang Jian is actually just a junior high school student whose real name is Song Miqiu. 2065438+June 2007, Zhang Jian was captured from Indonesia and returned to China. An absurd farce ended here, and the legendary Zhang Jian finally stepped onto the altar.
According to the reporter, in the 1 1 MLM project, there is also the story of "True and False Monkey King". The MLM organization issued its own "star coin" under the guise of the star coin with the sixth market value in the world, and investors fell into the trap carelessly.
Tell another story about dogecoin.
In 20 17, Doecoin was listed as one of 350 fund pyramid schemes by CCTV, but under the control of desire, Doecoin's strong rise could not be stopped.
Dogecoin, with a cute expression of dog's head, was born on 20 13, 12. Jackson Palmer, co-founder, said that at first it was just a joke, just to laugh at Bitcoin. Later, with the help of reddit (American social news website), the website of dogecoin project became an instant hit in just two weeks.
It can be said that the birth of dogecoin has a lot to do with American Internet culture. The Doge expression on reddit, a post bar in the United States, is as popular in China as the Big Three, meaning local tyrant in China.
The founder said Dogecoin is not like bitcoin. People participate in it not for speculation, but to express feelings of sharing and concern. This also contributed to the fact that the communication channels of dogecoin at the beginning of its establishment were all based on sharing between people.
According to the OnChainFX data of Messari, doe coin has more daily active addresses in June 20 18 than in February 20 17, and Doecoin is the third cryptocurrency with the most daily active addresses besides Bitcoin and Ethereum.
At present, Dogecoin's daily active addresses are second only to Bitcoin and Ethereum, reaching 72,955 a day. Bitcoin currently has 536,738 valid addresses, Ethereum has 235,004, and Tron has only 2 1 255. The popularity of Dogecoin can be seen.
According to the real-time data of Coinmarketcap, a cryptocurrency tracking website, the price of dogecoin hovers around $0.0023 today, and its market value has dropped to $268 million compared with the highest of $65.438+08/kloc-0+07 million on October 9. Like most other currencies, it fell by more than 80% in a year.
However, the market value of dogecoin still ranks 24th in the global market value list. Compared with more than 2000 cryptocurrencies, it still despises the existence of all beings.
Today, Bitcoin has been out of order in the broad daylight of the blockchain, and few people have mentioned the past that it was promoted by the dark network. However, it is undeniable that there are still a lot of pyramid schemes in the name of blockchain.
Blockchain carries the technical ideals of geeks and benefits from those who care.
At present, in the early stage of the development of blockchain technology, it has gradually formed a strange circle in which idealists and scammers coexist and speculators expel pragmatists. With the arrival of the cold winter in the currency circle, one project closed down, and bad money drove out good money.
There is a paragraph that once said that a chat between blockchain and pyramid schemes was actually shocked: "You are illegal."
In fact, MLM people are thinking about a problem all the time, and that is how to be legal. Can you get a direct sales license and cheat aboveboard? It turns out that it can't.
After the Tianjin Quanjian incident broke out, Quanjian Natural Medicine Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. was placed on file for investigation on June 5438+ 10/day this year for organizing and leading pyramid selling activities and false advertising. Then, in the long-awaited waiting, news came out on June 7, 65438. Boss Shu et al. 18 suspects have been detained.
The great transfer of social wealth is often accompanied by technological revolution, which depends more on material attributes than virtual attributes.
It is understandable that capital will do whatever it takes to pursue profits. Because this is the property of capital. At the same time, technology is worthless. Technology will serve those who master it.
In the past, MLM organizations tried to achieve wealth freedom by attracting people without capital and technology. Nowadays, MLM organizations have found a new way to get rich, which can effectively evade legal supervision, that is, issuing MLM coins under the guise of blockchain.
I'll believe that when I see it. Digital currency trades 24 hours a day, doubling the unknown currency by 1000 times a day, and making a villa rich with one dollar. The blockchain fire also made digital currency fire.
"Blockchain is not a bubble, Bitcoin is." Ma Yun has publicized his views in public more than once. Unfortunately, in the eyes of most investors, the blockchain is digital currency and digital currency is the blockchain.
The reporter learned that some MLM projects that issue money under the banner of blockchain will move out of the government's rules and regulations that strongly support the blockchain industry, but they avoid talking about the relevant supervision of digital currency.
"Many MLM coins just borrowed the name of the blockchain, and did not use any blockchain technology, which is still different from the famous air coins in the currency circle. At least people have actually used blockchain technology. " An investor said.
"Talent is not enough to support ambition, which is bad enough. To make matters worse, the whole body is ambitious, but the IQ is squeezed into hell. " When the family was fascinated by "Star Coin", a netizen's message was thought-provoking.
Asia-Europe currency fraud 4 billion, more than 70 thousand people cheated; The amount involved in GCL Guang Cai currency is over 100 million yuan, with hundreds of thousands of registered members. The amount involved in EGD net gold is 654.38+009 billion yuan, with as many as 500,000 registered members; Wan Fu ratio involves 2 billion, with registered members130,000; The amount involved in black coins is 654.38+05 billion yuan, with more than 30,000 registered members; Vicat involves an amount of 600 million yuan and registered members of 65.438+0.8 million; Laihuibi involves 500 million yuan and has 200,000 registered members. ...
According to the reporter's understanding, there are far more MLM coins on the market than the number of lists exposed this time.
Compared with the overall situation of pyramid schemes in China, China Judgment Document Network shows that from 2002 to 20 18, the total number of pyramid schemes in China was 14658, including 1869 in 20 14 and15.
According to the case of 20 18 166, only a few years later, virtual currency pyramid schemes have accounted for 5% of the total pyramid schemes in China (166/3612). This does not include a large number of ICO (initial token issuance) pyramid schemes registered overseas and temporarily unable to leave the case in China.
In fact, the essence of MLM currency is not much different from traditional MLM. The means of pulling people's heads, developing offline and sending goods as collateral are all broken, but in the face of such familiar routines, investors still have no resistance.
Under poverty and economic weakness, greed and hunger, which have nowhere to put them, have become the biggest hotbed of pyramid schemes. What about pyramid schemes? In front of desire, you don't need IQ.
In this market, faced with endless temptations, most people are unable to tell whether this is a profitable investment or a scam with no return. Under the temptation of greed, MLM got on the train of blockchain.
But remember: MLM has been like a tiger and a wolf since ancient times.