Recently, I've seen several risk warnings jointly issued by different departments, and a lot of people are starting to panic. But if you look at it calmly, the focus of this action is very clear.
What is the regulator targeting? Aircoin projects, gray-area stablecoins, illegal RWA asset issuances, and those pyramid schemes and money laundering channels disguised as blockchain projects. To put it bluntly, they're cracking down on things that were never legal to begin with.
A look at history makes this clear. The 2013 wave, the 2017 ICO craze, the 2021 mining crackdown, and now—every time regulators step in, it's at the same point: when the market is overheated and scammers are swarming in.
Ordinary investors just need to remember three "don'ts": don't touch scam projects, don't buy aircoins with no real use, and don't get involved in pyramid schemes.
Who really needs to worry? Project teams issuing junk coins—like the Pi coin mentioned in the document—and those running pyramid-style mining schemes. They are the core targets of this crackdown.
Market clean-up is actually a good thing; the projects that survive will be of higher quality.
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OldFishBlowingWaves
· 12-10 01:41
Recently, I’ve seen a few departments jointly issue risk warnings, and a lot of people are starting to panic. But if you look at it calmly, the focus of this action is very clear.
What is the regulation targeting? Shitcoin projects, gray-area stablecoins, illegal RWA asset issuances, and those pyramid schemes and money laundering channels disguised as blockchain projects. To put it bluntly, all of these are things that were never legal to begin with.
A look at history makes it clear: the 2013 wave, the 2017 ICO frenzy, the 2021 mining crackdown, and now—every time regulators step in, it’s at the same point in the cycle: when the market is overheated and scammers are swarming in.
Ordinary investors just need to remember three “don’ts”: don’t touch scam projects, don’t buy shitcoins with no real-world use, and don’t participate in pyramid schemes that recruit people.
Who should really be nervous? The teams issuing worthless coins—like the Pi coin specifically called out in the document—and those organizing pyramid-scheme mining. They are the core targets of this crackdown.
Market cleanups are actually a good thing. The projects that survive will be of higher quality.
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MrRightClick
· 12-09 22:31
Wait, that's not right. The real problem is that those trash projects managed to survive for so long before being dealt with.
They should have been thoroughly cleaned out a long time ago, so fewer people would get scammed.
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MissedAirdropBro
· 12-09 22:25
Oh no, time to clean up the trash again, but this time it's finally serious.
That Pi Coin group should have been wiped out long ago; it's so annoying how they scam people every day.
Legitimate projects have nothing to fear. It's those who make a living by cheating that should be trembling.
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Lonely_Validator
· 12-09 22:25
Here comes regulation again, but this time they're actually targeting the right people. Those Pi Coin scammers should be put away.
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TokenDustCollector
· 12-09 22:16
To be honest, another round of projects that scam retail investors is about to collapse, and this time the regulators are not wrong.
Pi Coin and similar things were Ponzi schemes from the start and should have been investigated long ago.
Cleaning up scam coins is actually good news for those of us working on real projects.
However, ordinary people are still most likely to fall into the trap of those MLM mining schemes—they really need to be more cautious.
Every time, it's only after there are a lot of scammers that regulators take action. It's a bit too passive.
Actually, the market can heal itself—bad projects naturally die off, there's no need for so much intervention.
Let's see who still dares to launch scam coins. The crackdown is indeed tough this time.
History repeats itself: when the market is hot, it's crazy; when it cools down, there's a cleanup.
I suspect some shady stablecoins still haven't been investigated yet.
Truly good projects are not afraid of scrutiny at all. The ones that are afraid usually have something to hide.
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BuyTheTop
· 12-09 22:05
Come to think of it, those Pi Coin people should have been dealt with a long time ago. How long did they think they could keep scamming people?
Recently, I've seen several risk warnings jointly issued by different departments, and a lot of people are starting to panic. But if you look at it calmly, the focus of this action is very clear.
What is the regulator targeting? Aircoin projects, gray-area stablecoins, illegal RWA asset issuances, and those pyramid schemes and money laundering channels disguised as blockchain projects. To put it bluntly, they're cracking down on things that were never legal to begin with.
A look at history makes this clear. The 2013 wave, the 2017 ICO craze, the 2021 mining crackdown, and now—every time regulators step in, it's at the same point: when the market is overheated and scammers are swarming in.
Ordinary investors just need to remember three "don'ts": don't touch scam projects, don't buy aircoins with no real use, and don't get involved in pyramid schemes.
Who really needs to worry? Project teams issuing junk coins—like the Pi coin mentioned in the document—and those running pyramid-style mining schemes. They are the core targets of this crackdown.
Market clean-up is actually a good thing; the projects that survive will be of higher quality.