{"id":23697,"date":"2025-05-06T15:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T12:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bank-of-russia-identifies-1638-crypto-pyramid-schemes\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T12:05:38","slug":"bank-of-russia-identifies-1638-crypto-pyramid-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bank-of-russia-identifies-1638-crypto-pyramid-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Russia Identifies 1,638 Crypto Pyramid Schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bank of Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/centralbank_russia\/2579\">reported<\/a> a surge in crypto pyramid activity: in the first quarter of 2025, the regulator identified 2,780 illegal projects \u2014 a 56% increase compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 60% of these (1,638 cases) were pseudo-investment platforms where cryptocurrencies became the primary tool for attracting funds.<\/p>\n<p>86% of fraudulent projects demanded contributions in digital assets. Most often, fraudsters offered &#8220;investments&#8221; in foreign real estate, crypto trading, or businesses with quick returns.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Illegal brokers took second place: 777 companies offered margin trading in cryptocurrencies without a license. Their advertisements were spread through social networks and messengers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The regulator blocked more than 5,200 fraudulent resources. By the end of the quarter, 120 administrative cases had been initiated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As reported by the central bank, over the past three years, Russian residents have <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/russians-triple-their-investments-in-cryptocurrencies\">tripled<\/a> their investments in cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bank of Russia reported a surge in crypto pyramid activity: in the first quarter of 2025, the regulator identified 2,780 illegal projects \u2014 a 56% increase compared to the previous year. Nearly 60% of these (1,638 cases) were pseudo-investment platforms where cryptocurrencies became the primary tool for attracting funds. 86% of fraudulent projects demanded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1269,1163,27],"class_list":["post-23697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-ponzi-schemes","tag-russia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"31","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}