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Legal Battle Unfolds: HelbizCoin Investors Win Court Ruling in Class-Action Lawsuit

A United States federal court has taken a significant step in allowing a nearly three-year-long class-action lawsuit to proceed against the creators of HelbizCoin. The case was initially filed in 2020 against Helbiz, its CEO Salvatore Palella, and its partners, with an amended complaint filed in March 2022…. Read More: Legal Battle Unfolds: HelbizCoin Investors…
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Tesla’s Elon Musk Denies Dogecoin Whale Allegations, Attorney Challenges Wallet Associations

According to a recent letter viewed by the press, Elon Musk denies being a dogecoin (DOGE) whale in the lawsuit that accuses the Tesla executive of engaging in pump-and-dump activities with the meme coin token, which allegedly harmed retail investors. Musk’s attorney, Alex Spiro, stated in a written communication to the plaintiff’s lawyer that the…
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3 signs PEPE token is about to trap bulls after 2,000% price rally

PEPE price risks losing 20% in May due to shaky technicals, waning retail interest, and too many risks of market manipulation. New meme-coin Pepe (PEPE) has entered a sharp correction phase after surging by more than 2,000% since its debut a few weeks ago. On May 3, the PEPE price dropped to $0.00000089, down about 35%…
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Wash trading will cause crypto’s next implosion: Mark Cuban

The majority of centralized exchange volume is fake, according to the billionaire investor and Dallas Mavericks owner. Crypto token wash trading on centralized exchanges will be the cause of the next crypto “implosion,” according to billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner and crypto investor Mark Cuban. In an interview with The Street on Jan. 5, the billionaire investor…
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Billionaire Bill Ackman: Crypto Enables Creation of Useful Businesses and ‘Is Here to Stay’

According to Bill Ackman, billionaire and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, while crypto tokens are used by unethical promoters to perpetuate fraud, they “can enable the formation of useful businesses.” A previous critic of digital assets, Ackman insists that “crypto is here to stay” and that society will benefit even more when it is…
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Serum price soars 140% in one week amid FTX ‘exit pump’ fears

FTX exposure risk has not stopped Serum price from a massive rally despite major cryptocurrency exchanges delisting SRM. Serum, a “decentralized exchange” on the Solana blockchain, has performed exceptionally well in terms of its SRM token price, despite it ties to the defunct FTX exchange. SRM price up 140% in one week On the daily…
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Altcoin SNM’s 4,000% Price Surge in 24 Hours Fuels Pump and Dump Claims

The trading price of the altcoin SNM suddenly rose by over 4,000% to $10.91 on Nov. 20, 5:30 a.m. (ET), while the coin’s 24-hour trade volume stood at just over $720 million. The altcoin’s abrupt price surge has fueled speculation that the altcoin is being targeted by a pump-and-dump group. Binance Dominates the Altcoin’s Trade…
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Alameda on the radar of BitDAO community for alleged dump of BIT tokens

Bybit co-founder Ben Zhou stated that while no wrong-doing is confirmed, the BitDAO community would like to see proof of fund from Alameda. The recent concerns related to the volatility of FTX Token (FTT) seeped into FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s other business operation, Alameda Research, as the BitDAO community requested information about Alameda’s BitDao (BIT)…
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‘I’ve done nothing wrong’ — Lark Davis denies ‘pump-and-dump’ allegations

Davis claimed he received nothing for free from the projects it’s alleged he profited from, and the amounts he sold weren’t enough to “dump the price.” Crypto influencer Lark Davis has refuted new allegations from Twitter “on-chain sleuth” ZachXBT of shilling “low cap projects” to his audience “just to dump them shortly after.” Davis was…
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How to identify and avoid a crypto pump-and-dump scheme?

Pump-and-dump in crypto is an orchestrated fraud that involves misleading investors into purchasing artificially inflated tokens — typically marketed and hyped by paying celebrities and social influencers. Educating oneself about the crypto ecosystem is crucial for investors to pursue during a bear market while awaiting a bull cycle. That being said, having a good understanding…
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