Pump-and-dump Financial News

26.06 / 14:33

Pump-and-dump Metallica’s X Account Hacked to Promote Fake Solana Token $METAL, MoonPay Warns

The official X (formerly Twitter) account of iconic heavy metal band Metallica was “potentially” hacked late Tuesday in a brazen cyber attack. The hackers used the account to promote a fraudulent Solana meme coin named $METAL.

28.06 / 02:27

markets Digital Platform Fighting Experts Pump-and-dump South Korean Experts: Let’s Use AI to Halt Crypto Pump and Dumps

South Korean experts think the dangers of crypto pump and dumps remain, and argue that an AI-powered “prior detection system” would protect investors.

25.06 / 11:49

Pump-and-dump Jason Derulo Sells Meme Token Despite Promising ‘Never to Sell,’ Bubblemaps

Pop star Jason Derulo, known for his musical hits and vibrant stage presence, is now under scrutiny for his involvement in a meme coin scam scheme. Despite public assurances that he “WILL NEVER SELL” his newly launched meme coin, JASON, after the meme coin dumped more than 72% after launch, Derulo reportedly sold significant amounts of the token.

07.03 / 16:11

crypto mining Hut 8 Pump-and-dump Hut 8 Faces Multiple Lawsuits From Shareholders Following Stock Crash

The Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 recently faced a significant decline in share prices on the Nasdaq following accusations of short-selling by JCapital. In response, several law firms have offered to represent investors who suffered losses during this period.

16.02 / 20:03

Pump-and-dump PUMP XCAD Founder Jumps to KSI’s Defense Amid Pump and Dump Allegations

The XCAD Network founder Oliver Bell defended Youtuber KSI after the content creator was accused of performing a pump-and-dump scam with several of his digital asset tokens, including XCAD.

15.02 / 22:53

Pump-and-dump PUMP KSI Faces Pump-and-Dump Allegations After Reopening Crypto-Focused X Account

Renowned YouTube personality Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, widely known as “KSI,” has found himself embroiled in controversy once again, facing allegations of cryptocurrency pump and dump schemes after reactivating a crypto-focused account on social media platform X.

23.05 / 11:15

Digital TradFi Pump-and-dump PUMP IOSCO pushes global tradfi standards to clean crypto’s fraud, pump-and-dump schemes and insider trading

The global body for regulators plans to develop a common set of recommendations that regulators across the globe can use when overseeing crypto.

01.04 / 12:59

Ethereum Ripple XRP CEO Action CoinMarketCap Bitcoin surges Pump-and-dump PUMP Ripple [XRP] surges in this country, but pump-and-dump fears rise

One of the biggest talking points in the crypto space over the last few weeks has been the meteoric rise of Ripple [XRP]. Ripple Labs, which has been locked in a controversial, two-year-long lawsuit, saw the price of its native token surge 15% over the last seven days and nearly 16% from what it was a month back, data from CoinMarketCap revealed.

21.02 / 21:29

regulation Pump and Dump Market Update Bitcoin Pump-and-dump PUMP Beware of Bing AI chat and ChatGPT pump-and-dump tokens — Watch The Market Report live

This week on The Market Report, the resident experts at Cointelegraph discuss dozens of pump-and-dump tokens purporting to be related to ChatGPT and Bing AI chat.

16.02 / 20:39

Unstoppable Domains Pump-and-dump PUMP Today in Crypto: 24% of New Tokens in 2022 Similar to Pump-and-Dump Schemes, Mercuryo & ConsenSys Reveal Integration within MetaMask, Unstoppable Domains & Opera Expand Partnership

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________

16.10 / 16:37

Ethereum ETH Action Bitcoin Pump-and-dump PUMP Ethereum’s latest pump-and-dump highlights this about the ETH vs BTC ratio

Ethereum’s much-anticipated Merge didn’t create the expected fireworks across the board in terms of ETH’s price action. In fact, Ethereum enthusiasts also discussed the ETH:BTC ratio at length in the past in tandem with “the flippening”. A hypothetical event that would see Ethereum overtake or “flip” Bitcoin’s market capitalization.

01.10 / 19:57

SEC Pump-and-dump PUMP This latest pump-and-dump scheme left SEC, OSC to file fraud charges

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) filed parallel charges against two organizations.

11.09 / 07:45

Blockchain Binance CoinMarketCap Bitcoin Luna surges Pump-and-dump PUMP LUNA surges 3x, market cap jumps 200%; is this another Terra pump-and-dump?

How to get-over your shady past?

16.07 / 13:47

business Fraud Pump and Dump Bitcoin Pump-and-dump PUMP How to identify and avoid a crypto pump-and-dump scheme?

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 of crypto investment entails keeping an eye out for fraudulent projects that threaten to drain assets overnight, a.k.a. pump-and-dump schemes.

30.04 / 19:17

UPS Action Santiment Pump-and-dump PUMP Cardano: With whales accumulating, is ADA being set up for a pump-and-dump

In an interesting development, Cardano holders with a supply of 10 million+ ADA have suddenly noticed a spike. The number of addresses in this cohort has risen by 12 within the last two weeks, which means that altogether this group of investors has now added at least 120 million ADA more to its stash and…

24.11 / 11:01

UPS IPO Platform Pump-and-dump PUMP Stock selection: Are you falling for a pump-and-dump scam?

By Parthajit Kayal and Malvika Saraf Pump-and-dump scheme is a form of scam that encourages amateur investors to buy shares in a company to increase the price of the shares artificially. It can be used to boost the price of a stock through recommendations based on false or misleading information.

17.11 / 04:25

cryptocurrency cryptos Pump-and-dump PUMP Pump-and-dump? Crypto turns Rs 1,000 into Rs 2.37 crore in a day

Squid Games-based SQUID and Kokoswap (KOKO) are the prime examples. The latest entry to this list is Ethereum Meta (ETHM), which has surged more than 2.35 lakh per cent in the last 24 hours, according to data from Coinmarketcap. The digital token skyrocketed a whopping 2,37,000 per cent in a matter of hours. The price of this token hit $0.0001194 from merely $0.00000005033 during the period. However, it was trading at $0.00006449 at 11.30 am IST.

Pump-and-dump Financial News

popular questions about Pump-and-dump

What is Pump-and-dump and why is it important?

Where can I find the latest updates on Pump-and-dump?

How can I verify the accuracy of information on Pump-and-dump?