‘Copper’s golden opportunity’? A critical analysis of the Copper.One campaign

Copper.One: glossy advertising meets critical uncertainties The Copper.One project, an offshoot of the insolvent VOO/AVINOC environment, advertises a token called TCu29, which is supposed to represent one pound of copper from an alleged mine in Arizona. However, this token is not yet backed by physical copper; it is purely a symbolic promise. According to our […]

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Between the eCredits crisis and BTEX speculation – Blocktrade in the shadow of myWorld’s insolvency

Why almost 90% of trading volume on Blocktrade depends on eCredits and what that means for investors who were led to the platform via myWorld/Lyconet. A striking market distribution According to data from CoinMarketCap, a single trading pair currently dominates activity on Blocktrade: eCredits (ECS/EUR) account for around 88.5% of the most recently measured trading […]

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Offline, online, dependent, uncertain – why Blocktrade is becoming an increasing risk for customers

After days of being unavailable, the trading platform is back online. But technical failures, dependence on ECS and entanglements with the insolvent myWorld Group are raising existential questions for investors. Technical failures as a warning sign For several days, Blocktrade was unavailable, either via the app or the web interface. For investors, this meant no […]

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Mining Race / Mining Grid & ICONX in Dubai: IT licence instead of ‘crypto mining’

According to the files, Miningrid L.L.C. is duly registered in Dubai, but for IT, cloud and software services, not for crypto mining, financial services or investment products. ICONX Marketing Management L.L.C. had or has a marketing licence. Public authorisations permitting the distribution of mining packages, investments or virtual asset services are currently not apparent. Public […]

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