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Digital Currency

Bitcoin, stablecoins, CBDCs and the future of money.

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Presale Fraud: Investing Before Anything Exists
Digital Currency

Presale Fraud: Investing Before Anything Exists

Token presales occupy an interesting position in Felix Bick’s How Not to Get Scammed by AI Trading Apps — a legitimate fundraising mechanism that’s also become a highly effective vehicle for fraud, an

NFT Scams: Fake Art, Fake Volume, Real Losses
Digital Currency

NFT Scams: Fake Art, Fake Volume, Real Losses

Rounding out Part IV of How Not to Get Scammed by AI Trading Apps, Felix Bick’s Chapter 37 tackles the distinctive fraud patterns that have emerged specifically within NFT markets.

How Modern Ponzi Schemes Disguise Themselves
Digital Currency

How Modern Ponzi Schemes Disguise Themselves

Building on the historical grounding of the previous chapter, Felix Bick’s How Not to Get Scammed by AI Trading Apps turns in Chapter 39 to how modern Ponzi schemes actually disguise their fundamental

Exit Scams: The Final, Inevitable Phase
Digital Currency

Exit Scams: The Final, Inevitable Phase

Every Ponzi and crypto fraud scheme eventually ends the same way, and Felix Bick’s How Not to Get Scammed by AI Trading Apps closes Part V with Chapter 44’s detailed look at exit scams — the final, of

Fake Customer Support: When Help Becomes the Trap
Digital Currency

Fake Customer Support: When Help Becomes the Trap

Customer support is supposed to be where you go for help — but Felix Bick’s How Not to Get Scammed by AI Trading Apps explains in Chapter 68 how this exact channel has become a significant fraud vecto

Telegram Scams: Why This Platform Attracts So Much Fraud
Digital Currency

Telegram Scams: Why This Platform Attracts So Much Fraud

Telegram has become a particularly common venue for crypto and trading fraud, and Felix Bick’s How Not to Get Scammed by AI Trading Apps explains why in Chapter 71, along with a crucial insight about

Instagram Influencers and Undisclosed Financial Promotion
Digital Currency

Instagram Influencers and Undisclosed Financial Promotion

Financial influencers on Instagram have promoted everything from trading courses to crypto tokens — often without any genuine trading background, as Felix Bick explains in Chapter 73 of How Not to Get

Reading Smart Contracts Without Being a Programmer
Digital Currency

Reading Smart Contracts Without Being a Programmer

You don’t need to be a software engineer to meaningfully evaluate a crypto token’s smart contract — and Felix Bick’s How Not to Get Scammed by AI Trading Apps explains exactly how in Chapter 81.

Following the Money on the Blockchain
Digital Currency

Following the Money on the Blockchain

Blockchain’s transparency cuts both ways — it enables fraud in some respects, but it also creates an unusually traceable record that has helped expose numerous fraudulent schemes, as Felix Bick explai

Why “Crypto” Isn’t One Asset — And Why That Matters
Digital Currency

Why “Crypto” Isn’t One Asset — And Why That Matters

A genuinely important corrective for newer investors appears in Chapter 88 of Felix Bick’s How Not to Get Scammed by AI Trading Apps: the common but mistaken habit of treating “crypto” as a single, mo

Inside the Book’s Practical Appendices and Checklists
Digital Currency

Inside the Book’s Practical Appendices and Checklists

Beyond its ninety-five chapters, How Not to Get Scammed by AI Trading Apps includes a genuinely valuable set of appendices that Felix Bick designed specifically for quick, practical reference rather t

Why This Book Matters More Than Ever in Today’s Market
Digital Currency

Why This Book Matters More Than Ever in Today’s Market

As AI-branded financial products continue to proliferate across trading apps, crypto platforms, and social media, Felix Bick’s How Not to Get Scammed by AI Trading Apps has become an increasingly esse