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    Algorithmic stablecoin (UST) paired with the LUNA token. The peg failed in May 2022, wiping out approximately $60B in market value within a week. The collapse triggered cascading failures across crypto lenders and hedge funds (Celsius, 3AC, Voyager).

    280,000 victimsalgorithmic-stablecoin

    Singapore-based crypto hedge fund whose leveraged bets on stETH, GBTC, and Luna unraveled in June 2022, triggering cross-defaults across the crypto lending sector (Voyager, Celsius, BlockFi, Genesis).

    0 victimsfund-collapse

    FTX

    prosecuted

    Bahamas-based crypto exchange that grew to a $32B valuation before collapsing in November 2022. Bankruptcy revealed that customer funds were commingled with sister hedge fund Alameda Research and used to cover losses, real-estate purchases, and political donations.

    1,000,000 victimsexchange-collapse

    Celsius

    prosecuted

    Crypto lending platform that paid retail depositors yield on their crypto holdings while making aggressive leveraged bets and DeFi loans. Froze withdrawals June 2022 following Terra/Luna collapse, filed Chapter 11 in July.

    1,700,000 victimslending-collapse

    PlusToken

    prosecuted

    Asia-targeted wallet app that promised yields from a "trading bot". Recruited primarily in China, South Korea, and Japan. Founders disappeared in June 2019, taking control of customer wallets containing approximately 200,000 BTC, 800,000 ETH and other tokens.

    ponzi

    BitConnect

    prosecuted

    Crypto lending Ponzi promising up to 1% daily returns through a proprietary "trading bot". Operated 2016 to early 2018 with an aggressive multi-level promoter network. SEC and state regulators issued cease-and-desist orders before the platform shut down in January 2018, wiping out the BCC token.

    800 victimsponzi

    Thodex

    prosecuted

    Turkish cryptocurrency exchange that abruptly halted withdrawals in April 2021. Founder Faruk Fatih Özer fled the country the same day, leaving an estimated 400,000 customers locked out of their accounts.

    391,000 victimsfake-exchange

    Wirecard

    prosecuted

    German payment processor and former DAX 30 component. Filed for insolvency June 25, 2020 after auditor EY refused to sign off on accounts containing a phantom 1.9 billion EUR cash balance supposedly held in Philippine bank trust accounts. The funds did not exist.

    100,000 victimscorporate-fraud

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