Over the past few days, I’ve been revisiting the story of the massive 2016-2018 crypto scam BitConnect for an upcoming project. One of my surprising takeaways is that, though BitConnect was a shady ...

In a menacing turn of events yesterday, Bitcoin investment lending platform BitConnect abruptly announced it is shutting down its lending and exchange services. But while this sudden “curveball” might ...

The NC Secretary of State’s office has ordered BitConnect, a cryptocurrency trader, to halt its operations in North Carolina. Dreamstime/TNS TNS Cryptocurrency traders in North Carolina have hit their ...

BitConnect is in the midst of closing its cryptocurrency lending and exchange platform, following warnings from US regulators and speculation that the platform is little more than a Ponzi scheme. In a ...

Following months of red flags, Bitcoin investment platform BitConnect – which has long been suspected of running a Ponzi scheme – has officially announced its platform is shutting down. In a blog post ...

Glenn Arcaro, head of the North American division of BitConnect, pled guilty in US District Court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Within BitConnect, Arcaro participated in what prosecutors called ...

A group of investors sued BitConnect, alleging that the cryptocurrency exchange platform was a “wide-reaching Ponzi scheme” and seeking potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

One of the directors involved in the BitConnect cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme has pleaded guilty to his role in the conspiracy. This week, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said that Los Angeles ...

What looked too good to be true ended up being just that, as Bitconnect has all but closed its doors. Long accused of being a Ponzi-scheme, Bitconnect shut down its cryptocurrency exchange and lending ...

Cryptocurrency traders in North Carolina have hit their first major roadblock: BitConnect’s investment operations are being prohibited in North Carolina. BitConnect is a foreign technology ...