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Ponzi

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61 articles stable

Ponzi has appeared in 61 articles since 2015-12. Coverage peaked in 2022Q2 with 10 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Celsius, FTX, Bitcoin, SEC.

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Acceleration
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Sources
24
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-01-19
Axios 8 related

CoinGecko: $TRUMP rose more than 600% overnight and was trading at just over $32 as of 11AM ET, giving it a fully diluted market capitalization of $32B+

www.axios.com/2025/01/18/t... Ian Bassin / @ianbassin : A system in which someone can do something of zero intrinsic value and make $25 billion overnight is a system broken beyond measure.  —  And if ...

2024-12-12
The Atlantic 1 related

The crypto industry's impact on the 2024 US elections shows that crypto is a perfect anti-establishment technology for the turbulence and distrust of the 2020s

An anti-establishment technology for an anti-establishment age  —  For years, crypto skeptics have asked, What is this for? Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . Threads: @cwarzel Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo /...

2024-02-25
New York Times

How some news accounts on Instagram, including Mo News and Jessica Yellin, are gaining popularity even as the platform tries de-emphasizing political content

and self-monetizing — quick hot takes about the fewer and fewer original reported stories being paid for by dying news outlets doing actual journalism. It's got a real Ponzi scheme feel to it all. htt...

2024-02-24
New York Times 1 related

How some news accounts on Instagram, including Mo News and Jessica Yellin, are gaining popularity even as the platform tries de-emphasizing political content

In this year's presidential election, more people are turning to Instagram for news, even as the platform tries de-emphasizing “political content.” X: @katie_robertson , @baekdal , @davidsirota , @sap...

2022-12-21
Reuters

A look at the Australian Securities Exchange's blockchain project, abandoned in November 2022, to replace its combined trading, clearing, and settlement system

Byron Kaye / Reuters : Tweets: @katebevan , @johnreedstark , @byronkaye , and @smdiehl Tweets: Kate Bevan / @katebevan : Modernisation is hard, yo, and maybe don't plump for a controversial technolog...

2022-11-13
CoinDesk 71 related

FTX claims the company was hacked, telling users to delete FTX apps, not install app updates, and not to visit FTX.com, after $600M+ in crypto left its wallets

trustless, permissionless, uncensorable crypto—is the only path forward for the future. This week, we grieved. Next week, we build. @cz_binance : What a sh!t show... And it's going to be crypto's faul...

2022-06-12
A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering

A defense of blockchains and crypto, as they go through growing pains in a bid to transform the US payments industry, which has been stagnant for decades

Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering : Tweets: @matthew_d_green , @nikitabier , @rjcc , @mattdesl , @mmasnick , and @zornsllama Tweets: Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : I wro...

2022-06-10
Bloomberg

An in-depth look at the mechanics behind Axie Infinity and the ramifications of the ~$620M hack on players and the game, as Sky Mavis plots its next steps

Over the course of his life, Alejo Lopez de Armentia has played video games for a variety of reasons. Tweets: @caseynewton , @joshuabrustein , @joshuabrustein , @joshuabrustein , @thedextriarchy , @th...

2022-04-25
Financial Times

On a podcast, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says calling crypto “yield-farming”, where coins are staked for interest, a “Ponzi” is a “pretty reasonable response”

Sam Bankman-Fried describes explains “yield-farming” to Bloomberg.  —  Honk honk! Source: Bloomberg . Tweets: @wallstcynic , @katie_martin_fx , @cavandy , @emilyjnicolle , @tracyalloway , @katie_marti...

2022-03-31
New York Times

A profile of Ben McKenzie, star of The O.C. who has become a prominent crypto critic and is writing a book with journalist Jacob Silverman

The actor, best known for his starring role in “The O.C.,” has become an outspoken critic of a volatile market driven by speculation.  Who's listening? Tweets: @yaffebellany , @katierosman , @kashhill...

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Quarterly Coverage

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TEXXR tracks 36 Techmeme articles mentioning Ponzi, dating back to September 2015. The biggest stories include Q&A with retail traders after Terra's crash: some lost their life savings, others shared... and A former investment manager sues Celsius for fraud, saying the crypto lender ran a Ponzi.... Frequently covered alongside BitConnect, DOJ, BitConnect Ponzi, Cruz, and Satish Kumbhani. Coverage has shifted toward funding themes and away from competition.

Key Moments

2026Q1funding +100pts; competition -100pts

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