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Pi Network mining scam, a classic cryptocurrency scheme that relies on the "zero-cost mining" gimmick sweeping the globe, while also hiding risks of pyramid schemes and data leaks.
When the project launched in 2019, it falsely claimed to be developed by a team of PhD graduates from Stanford University, waving the banner of "blockchain revolution" to create a high-end and credible illusion. However, Stanford University has never confirmed the identity of this team, the core members' information has always been vague, and the source code has never been published; the so-called "blockchain technology" is just a façade.
The project focuses on "mining by clicking daily on your phone," with a model of zero power consumption cost, precisely attracting middle-aged and elderly groups as well as novice investors. It also set up a referral mechanism where users can receive a 20% mining power bonus by inviting friends and family to join, forming a three-tier agent system that rapidly expands user scale through this pyramid scheme-like proliferation.
Initially, it makes the number of π coins in users' accounts appear to grow continuously, and spreads rumors like "1Pi=2000 USD." Later, it sets up numerous obstacles at the crucial KYC verification stage for withdrawals; even if users pass the verification, they are still asked to pay under the guise of "taxes" and "activation fees," and after paying, they still cannot withdraw. After claiming to launch the mainnet in 2025, it manipulated prices through false trading scenarios, even deriving new gimmicks like virtual real estate to raise more money.
Registration forcibly requires submission of personal identification, facial recognition, and other information, which is then circulated as commodities on the dark web, becoming a tool for cross-border telecom fraud. Police in many regions of our country have cracked related pyramid scheme cases; the police in Yong'an, Fujian, have criminally detained 12 core promoters and seized funds exceeding 30 million yuan. In 2025, many places, including Rushan, Shandong, issued risk warnings, clarifying its nature as a pyramid scheme scam, while the project team had already cashed out 8 billion USD and fled, leaving many investors with nothing to show for their investments.
Conor McGregor calls out Khabib over NFTs, gets shut down by ZachXBT
UFC star Conor McGregor criticized former rival Khabib Nurmagomedov for his non-fungible token (NFT) drop on Telegram, which featured digital “papakhas” — a traditional hat worn in Nurmagomedov’s native country of Dagestan.
“There is just no way good guy Khabib used his late father’s name, as well as Dagestan’s culture, to scam his fans and fire sell a bunch of digital NFTs online,” McGregor wrote in a now-deleted X post.
Onchain sleuth ZachXBT responded to McGregor, pointing out that McGregor attempted to launch his own celebrity memecoin in April called REAL. ZachXBT said:
“There is just no way good guy McGregor used his reputation, as well as Irish culture, to scam his fans and fire sell a bunch of digital tokens online and then delete all of the posts after they were sold, leaving his fans robbed of their money?”
Source: ZachXBT
McGregor’s REAL token was offered to prospective buyers in a sealed-bid auction to prevent snipers and automated trading bots from manipulating prices at launch. It featured staking rewards for holders, but it only managed to raise 39% of its target launch goal.
The funds that were raised were refunded to participants following the failed launch, according to McGregor. The failure of the token was due to multiple factors, including a broad downturn in the crypto market at the time and a memecoin bear market.
Related: NFT and memecoin markets recover after month-long crypto slump
Memecoins have fallen from grace, but will they return?
Memecoins were one of the hottest narratives and best-performing sectors in the crypto market in 2024. However, the parabolic run enjoyed by memecoins came to a screeching halt in 2025.
The decline of memecoins followed several high-profile launches that plummeted in value almost immediately after launch or were characterized as a rug pull, including projects endorsed by US President Donald Trump and Argentina’s President Javier Milei.
The memecoin market has been in decline since December 2024. Source: CoinMarketCap
Memecoins fell to a market cap of $39.4 billion on Friday, reaching the lowest level on record in 2025 and shedding up to $5 billion in one day, according to CoinMarketCap.
Magazine: Memecoins: Betrayal of crypto’s ideals… or its true purpose?
Stablecoins Versus Tokenized Bank Deposits: A Growing Debate in Financial Technology
According to Cointelegraph, banks and financial institutions are exploring the use of tokenized bank deposits, which involve recording bank balances on a blockchain. However, Omid Malekan, an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, suggests that this technology may ultimately be overshadowed by stablecoins. Malekan argues that overcollateralized stablecoin issuers, who maintain 1:1 cash or short-term cash equivalent reserves to back their tokens, offer a safer liability perspective compared to fractional reserve banks issuing tokenized deposits.
Stablecoins possess composability, allowing them to be transferred across the crypto ecosystem and utilized in various applications. In contrast, tokenized deposits are permissioned, subject to know-your-customer (KYC) controls, and have limited functionality. Malekan likens tokenized bank deposits to a checking account where checks can only be written to other customers of the same bank, questioning their utility for cross-border payments, serving the unbanked, or participating in decentralized finance (DeFi).
The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) sector, which includes fiat currencies, real estate, equities, bonds, commodities, art, and collectibles, is expected to grow significantly, reaching $2 trillion by 2028, according to Standard Chartered bank. Meanwhile, stablecoin issuers are finding ways to share yield with customers, despite the GENIUS stablecoin Act's prohibition on yield-bearing stablecoins. This has led to competition between tokenized bank deposits and yield-bearing stablecoins, with stablecoin issuers offering customer rewards as a form of yield.
The banking lobby has expressed concerns about yield-bearing stablecoins, fearing that sharing interest with customers could diminish the banking industry's market share. With the average yield on savings accounts at retail banks in the US and UK being well under 1%, anything above that becomes attractive to customers. New York University professor Austin Campbell criticized the banking industry's resistance to yield-bearing stablecoins, accusing it of using political pressure to protect its financial interests at the expense of retail customers.
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