Vision.One after the VOO bankruptcy – the next rebranding cycle?

While the insolvency proceedings of the Austrian VOO companies continue, those responsible continue to conjure up new visions for the future on their Telegram channels. Under the slogans NOMO Ecosystem, Vision.One Cooperative and Copper Project, the community is to be motivated and further bound to the network. But do the promises stand up to reality? […]

‘Silence protects the wrong people – Why victims of pyramid schemes should speak up’

Many people affected by MLM and pyramid schemes are familiar with the same pattern: First, there is great disappointment when the supposedly safe investment turns out to be a pipe dream. There is complaining, and the anger over lost money is palpable. But as soon as it comes to demanding accountability or presenting evidence, many […]

XPro to close on 30 September – is a total loss imminent?

Official closure on 30 September 2025 XPro has announced that it will cease all global operations on 30 September 2025. Officially, the decision is said to be strategic and not due to financial or operational problems. From our point of view, this is a warning sign: time and again, we see companies in MLM and […]

CONNECT model: Between ‘hub’ and repetition into risk?

CONNECT (connect.ac) promotes itself as a ‘private hub’ for crypto and DeFi services. Behind it are providers such as WADZ, BXpay, NodeK and Centtura – and rhetoric that is strikingly reminiscent of Safir, Zeniq, XPro and Homnifi. For investors from the EU, this raises legal and consumer protection issues. A new name, old acquaintances The […]

WADZ: Recovery, licence purchase, Uniswap – the fact check for Safir/Zeniq/XeraPro users!

A critical look at the ‘WADZ’ model and why victims of Safir, Zeniq and XeraPro are being targeted again. The legacy: Safir, Zeniq and XeraPro Many thousands of small investors in Europe, especially in German-speaking countries, have invested money in the supposed future projects Safir, Zeniq and XeraPro. They were promised an innovative ecosystem consisting […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

From XPASS to recovery licence – how XPro ties its buyers to internal credit balances!

A product is discontinued before it even gains a foothold! The company XPro has surprisingly announced the discontinuation of its product XPASS, just a few weeks after its launch. In a message to the ‘XPro community’, it states that, as part of a ‘strategic realignment’, it has been decided to discontinue XPASS for the time […]

VOO AG: Restructuring as a front for asset transfer?

There is little evidence of independence: commercial registers and timelines reveal contradictions between official statements and corporate reality. VOO AG recently published an official statement to distance itself from the insolvencies of the Austrian companies VOO flights GmbH and VOO Aviation Service GmbH. According to its own statement, the Swiss company VOO AG, represented by […]

The sunk cost effect: Why people stick with questionable investments

From the outside, it often seems incomprehensible: Why do people stick with projects that obviously don’t benefit them or even harm them? The answer often lies not in a lack of intelligence or information, but in a psychological phenomenon: the sunk cost effect. What is behind this effect? The “sunk cost effect” describes the tendency […]