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#CryptoScamSurge liminating scams at their core may be impossible, but reducing their impact is well within our reach. As the crypto space matures, we must prioritize building safer ecosystems that empower users with diverse options for saving, investing, and trading. When people have access to verified platforms, transparent tools, and educational resources, they’re less likely to fall prey to fraudulent schemes.
Scammers thrive on urgency and misinformation — especially during market rallies like the one we’re seeing now. The recent surge in fake XRP giveaways, impersonating Ripple’s official accounts, is a stark reminder of how sophisticated these tactics have become A. That’s why it’s crucial to:
• Verify sources before engaging with any offer.
• Avoid sending crypto to unknown wallets, no matter how convincing the pitch.
• Use browser plugins and wallet tools that flag suspicious activity.
• Report scam content swiftly to platforms and communities.
I’ve posted an article that dives deeper into this issue — feel free to check it out and share your thoughts. Let’s keep the conversation going using #CryptoScamSurge and help others stay informed. Together, we can build a more resilient crypto community.
Scammers thrive on urgency and misinformation — especially during market rallies like the one we’re seeing now. The recent surge in fake XRP giveaways, impersonating Ripple’s official accounts, is a stark reminder of how sophisticated these tactics have become A. That’s why it’s crucial to:
• Verify sources before engaging with any offer.
• Avoid sending crypto to unknown wallets, no matter how convincing the pitch.
• Use browser plugins and wallet tools that flag suspicious activity.
• Report scam content swiftly to platforms and communities.
I’ve posted an article that dives deeper into this issue — feel free to check it out and share your thoughts. Let’s keep the conversation going using #CryptoScamSurge and help others stay informed. Together, we can build a more resilient crypto community.
Scammers thrive on urgency and misinformation especially during market rallies like the one we’re seeing now.
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A sharp rise in crypto scams has been reported as markets reach new all-time highs. Most recently, Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, warns that crypto scammers are ramping up fake XRP giveaway schemes on YouTube, impersonating official Ripple accounts. The sophistication of these scams threatens to erode trust in legitimate crypto projects and could lead to stricter platform regulations that might impact genuine content creators
💬How can the crypto community fight back against such scams and how can everyday users spot and avoid the latest scam tactics? Share your personal encounters and what you learnt!
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• Create a post using #CryptoScamSurge ,
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💬How can the crypto community fight back against such scams and how can everyday users spot and avoid the latest scam tactics? Share your personal encounters and what you learnt!
👉 Complete daily tasks on Task Center to earn Binance Points:
• Create a post using #CryptoScamSurge ,
• Share your Trader’s Profile,
• Or share a trade using the widget to earn 5 points!
(Tap the “+” on the Binance App homepage and select Task Center)
Activity Period: 2025-07-24 06:00 (UTC) to 2025-07-25 06:00 (UTC)
They say never put all your eggs in a single basket. This apply not only to the demand side of trading but also for supply side. Web3 world seek new annovations that has a purpose
Of Coins and Code: How Digital Assets May Save the Fading Dream of Entrepreneurship
$ETH ##NFTMarketWatch #EconomicAlert #Ethereum
By Riaz Andy
In the winter of 2021, something subtle but significant began to shift in the world of entrepreneurship. The exuberance that once filled startup boardrooms, pitch competitions, and accelerator halls began to falter. Global venture capital funding, which had reached a peak of over $640 billion in 2021, began to dry up. By 2023, that number had nearly halved. The rivers that once carried the hopes of young founders were now trickling streams—uncertain and slow.
In cities like San Francisco, Bangalore, and even Karachi, this drying up of capital has translated into fewer startups being born, fewer experiments attempted, and fewer ideas surviving past the prototype stage. Those who have tried to raise money in this climate often find themselves not just negotiating, but begging—for attention, for belief, for lifelines.
But history, like the seasons, has its own rhythm. When one system withers, another stirs. Out of this funding drought, a different vision is quietly emerging: one rooted not in boardroom gatekeepers, but in code. Not in conventional contracts, but in cryptographic trust. Tokenization—the process of converting real-world assets or rights into blockchain-based digital tokens—is now being eyed as a potential savior of startup finance.
Imagine a startup founder—say, in Nairobi or Lahore—who once had to rely on foreign investors to buy into their dream. Now, with a well-designed token model, they can offer value directly to a global community. Their supporters don't merely fund them; they own a stake, perhaps in equity, perhaps in future revenue, perhaps in utility. The market—not a few elite investors—decides what that value should be.
Already, experiments in tokenized startup equity are underway. Platforms such as Republic, Securitize, and Coinlist have begun to blur the line between venture capital and open markets. Even in their early days, these platforms are drawing hundreds of millions in participation. In 2024 alone, blockchain-based fundraising raised over $9 billion—a small number compared to legacy finance, but one growing steadily even as traditional VC retreats.
Yet, one cannot ignore the risks. The very openness that makes tokenization powerful can also make it vulnerable. Without proper regulation, markets can be manipulated, and investors misled. Here, the vision of Web3 becomes crucial—not just as a technology stack, but as a philosophy: decentralized governance, transparent smart contracts, and community-driven oversight. Ethereum, as the most mature smart contract platform, remains central to this architecture—enabling secure, programmable agreements that operate without intermediaries.
But this vision still lacks a legal frame. Most jurisdictions remain uncertain—caught between suspicion and confusion. In Pakistan, for instance, startups remain locked out of global token-based fundraising due to a lack of enabling regulation. This, too, can change.
As the world seeks new tools to fund innovation, it must look beyond traditional finance. If we build the bridges carefully—combining blockchain’s openness with legal clarity and ethical design—we may not just fund more startups. We may democratize the very act of creation.
The funding winter may be long. But the thaw, as always, begins in unexpected places—with an idea, a token, and a dream too stubborn to die.
By Riaz Andy
In the winter of 2021, something subtle but significant began to shift in the world of entrepreneurship. The exuberance that once filled startup boardrooms, pitch competitions, and accelerator halls began to falter. Global venture capital funding, which had reached a peak of over $640 billion in 2021, began to dry up. By 2023, that number had nearly halved. The rivers that once carried the hopes of young founders were now trickling streams—uncertain and slow.
In cities like San Francisco, Bangalore, and even Karachi, this drying up of capital has translated into fewer startups being born, fewer experiments attempted, and fewer ideas surviving past the prototype stage. Those who have tried to raise money in this climate often find themselves not just negotiating, but begging—for attention, for belief, for lifelines.
But history, like the seasons, has its own rhythm. When one system withers, another stirs. Out of this funding drought, a different vision is quietly emerging: one rooted not in boardroom gatekeepers, but in code. Not in conventional contracts, but in cryptographic trust. Tokenization—the process of converting real-world assets or rights into blockchain-based digital tokens—is now being eyed as a potential savior of startup finance.
Imagine a startup founder—say, in Nairobi or Lahore—who once had to rely on foreign investors to buy into their dream. Now, with a well-designed token model, they can offer value directly to a global community. Their supporters don't merely fund them; they own a stake, perhaps in equity, perhaps in future revenue, perhaps in utility. The market—not a few elite investors—decides what that value should be.
Already, experiments in tokenized startup equity are underway. Platforms such as Republic, Securitize, and Coinlist have begun to blur the line between venture capital and open markets. Even in their early days, these platforms are drawing hundreds of millions in participation. In 2024 alone, blockchain-based fundraising raised over $9 billion—a small number compared to legacy finance, but one growing steadily even as traditional VC retreats.
Yet, one cannot ignore the risks. The very openness that makes tokenization powerful can also make it vulnerable. Without proper regulation, markets can be manipulated, and investors misled. Here, the vision of Web3 becomes crucial—not just as a technology stack, but as a philosophy: decentralized governance, transparent smart contracts, and community-driven oversight. Ethereum, as the most mature smart contract platform, remains central to this architecture—enabling secure, programmable agreements that operate without intermediaries.
But this vision still lacks a legal frame. Most jurisdictions remain uncertain—caught between suspicion and confusion. In Pakistan, for instance, startups remain locked out of global token-based fundraising due to a lack of enabling regulation. This, too, can change.
As the world seeks new tools to fund innovation, it must look beyond traditional finance. If we build the bridges carefully—combining blockchain’s openness with legal clarity and ethical design—we may not just fund more startups. We may democratize the very act of creation.
The funding winter may be long. But the thaw, as always, begins in unexpected places—with an idea, a token, and a dream too stubborn to die.
Of Coins and Code: How Digital Assets May Save the Fading Dream of Entrepreneurship
$ETH ##NFTMarketWatch #EconomicAlert #Ethereum
By Riaz Andy
In the winter of 2021, something subtle but significant began to shift in the world of entrepreneurship. The exuberance that once filled startup boardrooms, pitch competitions, and accelerator halls began to falter. Global venture capital funding, which had reached a peak of over $640 billion in 2021, began to dry up. By 2023, that number had nearly halved. The rivers that once carried the hopes of young founders were now trickling streams—uncertain and slow.
In cities like San Francisco, Bangalore, and even Karachi, this drying up of capital has translated into fewer startups being born, fewer experiments attempted, and fewer ideas surviving past the prototype stage. Those who have tried to raise money in this climate often find themselves not just negotiating, but begging—for attention, for belief, for lifelines.
But history, like the seasons, has its own rhythm. When one system withers, another stirs. Out of this funding drought, a different vision is quietly emerging: one rooted not in boardroom gatekeepers, but in code. Not in conventional contracts, but in cryptographic trust. Tokenization—the process of converting real-world assets or rights into blockchain-based digital tokens—is now being eyed as a potential savior of startup finance.
Imagine a startup founder—say, in Nairobi or Lahore—who once had to rely on foreign investors to buy into their dream. Now, with a well-designed token model, they can offer value directly to a global community. Their supporters don't merely fund them; they own a stake, perhaps in equity, perhaps in future revenue, perhaps in utility. The market—not a few elite investors—decides what that value should be.
Already, experiments in tokenized startup equity are underway. Platforms such as Republic, Securitize, and Coinlist have begun to blur the line between venture capital and open markets. Even in their early days, these platforms are drawing hundreds of millions in participation. In 2024 alone, blockchain-based fundraising raised over $9 billion—a small number compared to legacy finance, but one growing steadily even as traditional VC retreats.
Yet, one cannot ignore the risks. The very openness that makes tokenization powerful can also make it vulnerable. Without proper regulation, markets can be manipulated, and investors misled. Here, the vision of Web3 becomes crucial—not just as a technology stack, but as a philosophy: decentralized governance, transparent smart contracts, and community-driven oversight. Ethereum, as the most mature smart contract platform, remains central to this architecture—enabling secure, programmable agreements that operate without intermediaries.
But this vision still lacks a legal frame. Most jurisdictions remain uncertain—caught between suspicion and confusion. In Pakistan, for instance, startups remain locked out of global token-based fundraising due to a lack of enabling regulation. This, too, can change.
As the world seeks new tools to fund innovation, it must look beyond traditional finance. If we build the bridges carefully—combining blockchain’s openness with legal clarity and ethical design—we may not just fund more startups. We may democratize the very act of creation.
The funding winter may be long. But the thaw, as always, begins in unexpected places—with an idea, a token, and a dream too stubborn to die.
By Riaz Andy
In the winter of 2021, something subtle but significant began to shift in the world of entrepreneurship. The exuberance that once filled startup boardrooms, pitch competitions, and accelerator halls began to falter. Global venture capital funding, which had reached a peak of over $640 billion in 2021, began to dry up. By 2023, that number had nearly halved. The rivers that once carried the hopes of young founders were now trickling streams—uncertain and slow.
In cities like San Francisco, Bangalore, and even Karachi, this drying up of capital has translated into fewer startups being born, fewer experiments attempted, and fewer ideas surviving past the prototype stage. Those who have tried to raise money in this climate often find themselves not just negotiating, but begging—for attention, for belief, for lifelines.
But history, like the seasons, has its own rhythm. When one system withers, another stirs. Out of this funding drought, a different vision is quietly emerging: one rooted not in boardroom gatekeepers, but in code. Not in conventional contracts, but in cryptographic trust. Tokenization—the process of converting real-world assets or rights into blockchain-based digital tokens—is now being eyed as a potential savior of startup finance.
Imagine a startup founder—say, in Nairobi or Lahore—who once had to rely on foreign investors to buy into their dream. Now, with a well-designed token model, they can offer value directly to a global community. Their supporters don't merely fund them; they own a stake, perhaps in equity, perhaps in future revenue, perhaps in utility. The market—not a few elite investors—decides what that value should be.
Already, experiments in tokenized startup equity are underway. Platforms such as Republic, Securitize, and Coinlist have begun to blur the line between venture capital and open markets. Even in their early days, these platforms are drawing hundreds of millions in participation. In 2024 alone, blockchain-based fundraising raised over $9 billion—a small number compared to legacy finance, but one growing steadily even as traditional VC retreats.
Yet, one cannot ignore the risks. The very openness that makes tokenization powerful can also make it vulnerable. Without proper regulation, markets can be manipulated, and investors misled. Here, the vision of Web3 becomes crucial—not just as a technology stack, but as a philosophy: decentralized governance, transparent smart contracts, and community-driven oversight. Ethereum, as the most mature smart contract platform, remains central to this architecture—enabling secure, programmable agreements that operate without intermediaries.
But this vision still lacks a legal frame. Most jurisdictions remain uncertain—caught between suspicion and confusion. In Pakistan, for instance, startups remain locked out of global token-based fundraising due to a lack of enabling regulation. This, too, can change.
As the world seeks new tools to fund innovation, it must look beyond traditional finance. If we build the bridges carefully—combining blockchain’s openness with legal clarity and ethical design—we may not just fund more startups. We may democratize the very act of creation.
The funding winter may be long. But the thaw, as always, begins in unexpected places—with an idea, a token, and a dream too stubborn to die.
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