Cryptocurrencies Ponzi Schemes Bubbles And Bitcoin

Author : Alastair Dorsett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cryptocurrencies written by Alastair Dorsett and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that cryptocurrencies share many characteristics with Ponzi schemes? Or that the cryptocurrency market is showing all the signs that it is in a speculative bubble? Whether you have already invested in cryptocurrencies or you are thinking about it, you need to know what the world of cryptocurrencies is really like beneath the bright lights of social media hype. The world of cryptocurrency investing has a growing dark side to it that the advocates don't tell you about. There are countless people out there waiting to sell you the dream of getting rich quick from cryptocurrencies. None of them will tell you just how unlikely that is. Don't fall victim to the con men, Ponzi schemes, speculative bubbles and outright fraud. Arm yourself with the knowledge to avoid it all. The risks involved with investing your hard earned money into cryptocurrencies are hard to overstate. The rosy picture painted in popular culture doesn't reflect the reality that exists beneath the shiny marketing material and deceptive hype. Cryptocurrencies: Ponzi Schemes, Bubbles and Bitcoin will show you: The most notorious Ponzi schemes and their similarities to cryptocurrencies The difference between currencies and cryptocurrencies Common myths about cryptocurrencies. Separating facts from misleading fiction. Common tactics con men use to take investors' money The biggest market bubbles of the past and how they relate to the cryptocurrency bubble How it could come to a chaotic end The nefarious and shady world of cryptocurrency investing will be revealed for what it is. Ponzi schemes will be exposed, market bubbles will be popped and all the "get rich quick" promises will be torn apart.

Author : Alastair Dorsett
Publisher : Alastair Dorsett
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cryptocurrencies: Ponzi Schemes, Bubbles and Bitcoin written by Alastair Dorsett and published by Alastair Dorsett. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you curious about whether you should be investing in cryptocurrencies? There are over 4000 cryptocurrencies in existence, so how do you know where to start? Or whether you should start at all? Even if you have already invested in cryptocurrencies or you are just thinking about it, you need to know what the facts are. You want to make the best investment decision you can, separated from the social media hype. Cryptocurrencies: Ponzi Schemes, Bubbles and Bitcoin presents an independent viewpoint and considers the facts behind cryptocurrencies, their utility and suitability as investments. There are risks involved with investing your hard earned money into cryptocurrencies. The rosy picture painted in popular culture doesn’t always reflect the reality that exists beneath the surface. Don’t fall victim to the Ponzi schemes and speculative bubbles. Arm yourself with the knowledge to avoid the scams and make the best decisions you can. Cryptocurrencies: Ponzi Schemes, Bubbles and Bitcoin considers: The most notorious Ponzi schemes and their similarities to cryptocurrencies The difference between currencies and cryptocurrencies Common myths about cryptocurrencies. Separating facts from fiction. Common cryptocurrency investment scams The biggest market bubbles of the past and how they relate to the cryptocurrency market How it could come to an end Look beneath the surface into the world of cryptocurrency investing. Ponzi schemes will be exposed, market bubbles will be popped and the “get rich quick” promises will be torn apart. Don't get caught up in the hype, read Cryptocurrencies: Ponzi Schemes, Bubbles and Bitcoin!

Author : David Gerard
Publisher : David Gerard
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain written by David Gerard and published by David Gerard. This book was released on 2017-07-24 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An experimental new Internet-based form of money is created that anyone can generate at home; people build frightening firetrap computers full of video cards, putting out so much heat that one operator is hospitalised with heatstroke and brain damage. A young physics student starts a revolutionary new marketplace immune to State coercion; he ends up ordering hits on people because they might threaten his great experiment, and is jailed for life without parole. Fully automated contractual systems are proposed to make business and the law work better; the contracts people actually write are unregulated penny stock offerings whose fine print literally states that you are buying nothing of any value. The biggest crowdfunding in history attracts $150 million on the promise that it will embody “the steadfast iron will of unstoppable code”; upon release it is immediately hacked, and $50 million is stolen. How did we get here? David Gerard covers the origins and history of Bitcoin to the present day, the other cryptocurrencies it spawned including Ethereum, the ICO craze and the 2017 crypto bubble, and the attempts to apply blockchains and smart contracts to business. Plus a case study on blockchains in the music industry. Bitcoin and blockchains are not a technology story, but a psychology story. Remember: if it sounds too good to be true, it almost certainly is. “A sober riposte to all the upbeat forecasts about cryptocurrency” — New York Review of Books “A very convincing takedown of the whole phenomenon” — BBC News

Author : Mark Helfman
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1483491110
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consensusland: A Cryptocurrency Utopia written by Mark Helfman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Entertaining and fascinating. The prose is crisp and engaging, the voice confident, and the plot skillfully imagined."" -- Readers' Favorite Book Review In this blockchain version of Gulliver's Travels, a businessman gets the offer of a lifetime from the tiny, island country of Consensusland, but the catch is troubling: give up everything he knows about business and finance on a leap of faith in cryptocurrency and the power of blockchain. Will he take that leap? Possibly the first fiction book about blockchain, Consensusland infuses a strong narrative with dramatic realism to show readers how the world changes when it uses cryptocurrency, not cash. ""This book answers, in a very clever and engaging way, the question of what a society running on the blockchain could look like. But really, it goes deeper than that, intertwining allegory to capture a lot of the current debate amidst the naysayers that are resistant to change."" -- Misha Yurchenko, author, ""Bullish on Bitcoin""

Author : Shaen Corbet
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311071857X
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding cryptocurrency fraud written by Shaen Corbet and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook focuses on the key issues that continue to hinder the formal development of cryptocurrencies as a mainstream financial asset. It primarily examines reputationally damaging events, particularly those related to illicit behavior. The goal of the handbook is to determine whether some of these events could be mitigated by improved or at least coordinated international regulation. The handbook will be useful for specialist technical audiences such as legal, accounting and financial practices. It will also be beneficial for upper level masters and research students in economics, law, accounting, taxation, investment and portfolio management.

Author : Aditya Agashe
Publisher : Paravane Ventures
ISBN 13 : 9780578528151
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blockchain Bubble Or Revolution written by Aditya Agashe and published by Paravane Ventures. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some experts say that cryptocurrencies and blockchains are just a scam; others say they're "the most important invention since the internet." It's hard to tell who's right. Authored by Product Managers from Google, Microsoft, and Facebook, Bubble or Revolution cuts through the hype to offer a balanced, comprehensive, and accessible analysis of blockchains and cryptocurrencies. You'll learn the core concepts of these technologies and understand their strengths and weaknesses from real-world case studies; dive deep into their technical, economic, political, and legal complexities; and gain insights about their future from exclusive interviews with dozens of tech industry leaders. No coding or math needed! Are cryptocurrencies and blockchains a bubble or a revolution? We'll help you decide for yourself. What's inside: Bitcoin and the blockchain How Bitcoin and blockchains work from a technical perspective with no assumed technical knowledge Satoshi Nakamoto and the history of Bitcoin, the original blockchain A thorough overview of crucial crypto concepts (eg. blocks, keys, mining, nodes, etc.) Frameworks for understanding when it actually makes sense to use blockchain Major application scenarios for blockchain and cryptocurrencies and where it'll fall flat Public blockchains and altcoins Emerging trends in blockchain technology What you should know before buying any cryptocurrency An overview of Etherum and smart contracts An overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the top altcoins and stable coins, including Monero (XMR), Tether (USDT), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Alternatives to blockchain and cryptocurrencies New kinds of decentralized ledger technology (dlt) The economics of both traditional payment methods and cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrency security best practices and major breach case studies Private blockchains How blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and traditional banking and finance will interact with one another in the future Public blockchains vs private blockchains Limitations and shortcomings of public blockchains and cryptocurrencies The role of blockchain in the strategy of top tech companies like Facebook and Microsoft Case studies of how non-tech companies are effectively utilizing blockchain (eg. Walmart using it to prevent foodborne illness) Business blockchain case studies ranging from gaming (e.g. Xbox) to cloud services (e.g. Microsoft Azure's blockchain-as-a-service and Amazon's AWS offering) Blockchain's use for big data, internet of things (IoT), and machine learning (ML) Cryptocurrency regulation and policy ICOs vs STOs vs IPOs ICOs' status as securities The SEC's STO rules and Reg A+/CF/D/S KYC and AML laws The debate over whether cryptocurrencies are securities The official stance of various countries on crypto An overview of crypto policy and regulatory hurdles The role of crypto in emerging markets and China Digital democracy and voting on the blockchain The future of decentralized technology If, how, and when the tokenization of national currencies will play out Facebook and WhatsApp's upcoming cryptocurrencies Currency tokenization and China's efforts to tokenize the yuan Blockchain, IoT, and the tangle Cryptocurrencies vs. fiat vs. the gold standard Predictions about the future of money, business, and currency Why blockchains would do better on Mars than Earth

Author : Asma Salman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1789239133
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies written by Asma Salman and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finance is the language of business and as technological disruption accelerates, a fundamental change is under way. This presents both opportunities and challenges for current-day organizations and finance professionals alike. Money makes the world go around, they say; but digital money not only makes the world go around, it does it in a decentralized fashion. Because the currencies are decentralized, with the right mix of technology the opportunities that emerge are noteworthy and emerge as a game changer for financial institutions. This book shows many different aspects, examples, and regulations of cryptocurrencies through its underpinning technology of blockchain in the present-day digital era. The diversity of the authors who sum up this book signify the importance of implementation in the digitized economy. It is divided into four main sections, with topics on Bitcoin, blockchain and digital returns, impact of cryptocurrencies in gaming, and cryptocurrency exchanges.

Author : Bartholomew H. Chilton
Publisher : Us Independent Agencies and Commissions
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ponzimonium written by Bartholomew H. Chilton and published by Us Independent Agencies and Commissions. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True stories of crime and punishment that will inform and educate anyone who wants to find out how to identify and avoid becoming entangled in an investment fraud.

Author : Tamar Frankel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199977224
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ponzi Scheme Puzzle written by Tamar Frankel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Ponzi perpetrated his infamous scheme almost a hundred years ago. But his method of using new investments to pay existing investors and finance a highflying lifestyle is alive and well: just as much money is lost in the United States today from Ponzi schemes as from shoplifting. Somehow, con artists are able to dazzle wealthy, educated individuals and sophisticated institutions and convince them to hand over huge sums of money. How? In The Ponzi Scheme Puzzle, renowned legal scholar Tamar Frankel explores these con artists' fascinating power of persuasion and deception, uncovering the subtle signals that mimic truth and honesty. After years of close study of hundreds of cases, Frankel explains the striking patterns that emerge and the common characteristics of the con artists and their victims. She offers clear yet comprehensive descriptions of the various designs of Ponzi schemers' attractive offers and flags the ways in which they mask their deception through specialized methods of advertising and selling. She then constructs lucid profiles of the con artists and their victims, exposing the core nature of the people at the heart of the schemes and showing how over time the lines between predator and prey are blurred. There are indeed many lessons to learn from these stories, and Frankel brings them to light through the insightful results of her research. She shows how peoples' attitudes are ambivalent and uncertain toward con artists, perhaps because their behavior is so seemingly honest, because they act like the social leaders with whom they are likely to mingle, or perhaps because their actions are thought to shake up a complacent society. Frankel concludes by offering a surprising solution on how to prevent charming, dangerous con artists from perpetuating the enduring, disastrous legacy of Charles Ponzi.

Author : Donald Dunn
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767914996
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ponzi written by Donald Dunn and published by Crown. This book was released on 2004-03-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just who was the man whose name has become synonymous with the classic “rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul” scam in which money from new investors is used to reward earlier ones? In December 1919, he was an unknown thirty-eight-year-old, self-educated Italian immigrant with a borrowed two-hundred dollars in his pocket. Six months later, he was Boston’s famed “wizard of finance,” lionized by the public and politicians alike. Based on exclusive interviews with people who knew Charles Ponzi, lent him their money, and exposed him, Donald Dunn’s Ponzi recreates both one of America’s most notorious and colorful financial con artists and the mad money-hungry era in which he thrived.