### ๐๐จ๐ณ Top 10 Cryptocurrency Scams in History ๐ณ๐จ๐
1. **BitConnect (2016-2018):** Promised high returns through a lending program but was later exposed as a Ponzi scheme. Billions were lost when it collapsed.
2. **OneCoin (2014-2017):** Marketed as a groundbreaking cryptocurrency, OneCoin was a multi-billion-dollar scam. Its founder, Ruja Ignatova, vanished in 2017, and the project had no legitimate blockchain.
3. **MT. Gox (2011-2014):** Once the largest Bitcoin exchange, MT. Gox went bankrupt after losing 850,000 Bitcoins (worth $450 million at the time) due to hacking and poor management.
4. **PlusToken (2018-2019):** This Ponzi scheme attracted millions with promises of high returns, defrauding investors of over $2 billion before the operators were caught.
5. **QuadrigaCX (2013-2019):** The Canadian exchange collapsed after CEO Gerald Cotten's death, taking $190 million in cryptocurrency private keys to his grave. Foul play is suspected.
6. **BitClub Network (2014-2019):** A fraudulent mining pool operation that scammed investors out of $722 million before the founders were arrested.
7. **WoToken (2018-2020):** A Chinese Ponzi scheme similar to PlusToken, WoToken defrauded investors of over $1 billion before arrests were made.
8. **Thodex (2021):** The Turkish exchange abruptly halted trading, and its CEO fled the country with an alleged $2 billion of investor funds.
9. **Africrypt (2021):** Two South African brothers allegedly stole $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin from their investment platform and disappeared.
10. **Mirror Trading International (2019-2020):** A South African Bitcoin trading platform that was revealed to be a Ponzi scheme, resulting in over $589 million in losses when it collapsed.
Stay cautious and informed in the crypto world!