Pumping and dumping cryptocurrency is the latest get-rich-quick scheme, one of the shadier hallmarks of digital capitalism. The scheme is simple: a group coordinates to rapidly purchase a particular ...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a group of stock-focused social media influencers with fraud, after they allegedly racked up roughly $100 million by promoting pump-and-dump ...
Author Hitesh Dev is the COO at Devout Corporation and a health tech consultant, supporting Federal and Commercial organizations since 2002. The rise of social media has transformed financial markets, ...
Last week, The Bear Cave investigative financial newsletter warned of widespread pump-and-dump scams coordinated via WhatsApp groups and fake investment firms that target U.S.-listed Chinese stocks.
Eight individuals have been indicted by the Department of Justice on charges of security fraud. The DOJ on Wednesday released a statement on the case, which names Edward Constantinescu (aka Constantin ...
The Nasdaq proposed sweeping new rules this month requiring Chinese companies to raise at least $25 million in IPO proceeds to list on the exchange—a direct response to an explosion of pump-and-dump ...
Eight social media influencers were charged with using their online fame to artificially inflate the value of stocks in a “pump and dump” scheme that reaped about $114 million, federal prosecutors ...
In this article, we will take a detailed look at 10 Pump and Dump Stocks Favored by Hedge Funds. Pump and dump stocks are typically characterized by high 52-week volatility, often experiencing rapid ...
WASHINGTON — The government on Wednesday charged eight men of earning more than $100 million in illicit stock market profits by manipulating their novice-investor followers on social media. The ...
Web3 pump-and-dump schemes thrive on hype, anonymity, and unregulated markets; understanding their playbook is key to avoiding costly traps. Pump-and-dump schemes in Web3 manipulate a cryptocurrency’s ...
Fracture Labs, creator of the Web3 game Decimated, has filed suit against market maker Jump Crypto for allegedly orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme using its in-game currency, DIO. In a complaint ...