Re:USD 4.27B stolen in 2022 in Web3/crypto hacks and scams
by AlexandrB on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @02:17PM
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> ...or NFT value collapse, which is just a speculative bubble popping.
> And in the second, that's just a standard bubble. No fraud involved.
I disagree. There are plenty of shitty coin/NFT projects marketed using celebrities/influencers where the project founders have no intention of delivering on their promises. They're just there to pump and dump, which is a type[1] of fraud.
But most of what is in there is about things like stealing Bored Apes, which is basically just phishing, or NFT value collapse, which is just a speculative bubble popping. In the first case, I don't see any way that regulators are going to be able to stop phishing. And in the second, that's just a standard bubble. No fraud involved. Not much different that the Beanie Baby speculative bubble. I don't really think there's a government role in preventing speculative nonsense like that. Fuck around and find out.