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The PlusToken scheme collapses

One of the largest cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes on record stopped paying out, having taken in billions.

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The operation promised high returns on deposits and recruited heavily across China and South Korea. Chinese authorities prosecuted dozens of participants, and movements of the seized coins were widely blamed for pressuring the market.