Gemini Crypto Exchange nga ba yung nag-hack? Kasi mukhang impossible naman ito na gawin ng isang kilalang exchanged at mukhang ginagamit lang yung pangalan ng Gemini para makapang-goyo ng tao. Gemini is owned by the Winkleboss twins who are billionaires with their crypto assets at sa tingin ko hindi nila gagawin yung ganitong krimen lalong lalo na madadawit yung pangalan nila kasi kita naman sa bagong pangalan ng Youtube channel ni Dogie na "Live News" yung pangalan niya and yung nakita ko na screenshot logo lang ng Gemini ang ginamit nila. Anyways the good thing is na-recover na nya Youtube channel nya at medyo mabilis yung proseso with Google yung mga similar cases katulad sakanya ay di na nila ma-recover kaya gumawa nalang ng bagong Youtube channel. I have a feeling na nabiktima si Dogie dito ng isang sponsorship scam na naman na kailangan nya mag-dowload ng kanilang software para "subukan" kung ok ba yung produkto nila pero sa katotohanan ay isang malware lang ito.

This is on a full go and from what I know CEZA is already in development with millions of dollars funded by foreign investments coming from Crypto/Blockchain-based companies, here is there Rules and Regulations they made for companies who want to enter the economic zone. Aside sa freeport na tinatayo duon ang alam ko confirmed na din na magkakaroon ng sariling airport ang CEZA which they plan to boost both tourism as well as the business industry they plan in mind. With regards naman sa mga konti or kulang yung update satin tungkol dito sa tingin ko it's either sa pandemic or di kaya mabagal lang talaga yung set deadline nila para sa proyekto na ito, I tried looking into their News page sa website nila and wala silang binigay na bagong detail about any development sa project during the start of the pandemic.

The news given by the OP is a perfect example on how crypto news websites just recycle their old news. Pinapalitan lang nila yung headline pero yung content ay parehas pa din at kadalasan ay misleading headline ang ibibigay satin. This thread was created a month ago at makikita mo yung balita dun ay ganun pa din tyungkol sa BSP "considering" creating their own cryptocurrency pero sa katotohanan ay research o di kaya field study palang ang ginagawa nila sa benefits ng pagkakaroon ng digital currency sa bansa, ni wala pa ng silang sinabing plano na gusto nilang gawin ito. In short pinapalaki lang ng mga crypto news websites na ito ang storya na wala naman talaga dyan.

The difference between Hashocean at yung Mining City na ito is yung Mining City ay mga local team na nag-propromote sakanila in the Philippines as compared sa Hashocean na tanging mga users lang nito nag-propromote by way of sending their referral links sa mga Social Media websites. Kaya naging involve kaagad ang SEC dito kasi obvious violation ito ng isang illegally operating company na wala naman silang proper registration and permit para makapaglakad ng serbisyo dito sa bansa. Kaya makikita mo yung mga scam websites like Bitcoin Revolution na may local team na nag-propromote dito ay bistado kaagad kasi ang SEC mismo ang makakakita ng violation. Pero yung mga scam websites na nag-ooperate internationally at mga tanging users lang na Pinoy ang nagpro-promote dito asahan mo na walang kibo ang SEC natin.

There's a good chance that all their likes, follows, shares are all bought up and not gained naturally through promoting their scam. Yung mga ganitong ponzi scheme kasi ay nakikita nilang mas mabisa pagka yung mga social media accounts nila ay madami ng likes or follows para mag mukhang "legit" sila sa pananaw ng mga viewers, kaya I won't be fooled if they have thousands of people following them right now kasi most probably mga alt accounts or fake accounts lang ito ng mga tao. Also the good thing about the SEC advisory is they have named people directly working for this scam kaya sa tingin ko medyo may kaligtasan na konti nalang makikita natin na may magpro-promote locally ng Mining City na ito.

I actually saw a Faceboook post related to this one about a month ago kaya aware ako sa phishing attempts sa mga may Netflix account. Yung poster ay nag posts ng mga screenshots about the email and kaya lang naman nya nahuli is because the phishing email has been sent to one of her email na hindi naman nya ginagamit para makapag-login sa Netflix niya. Same method lang din about having problems with her payment and need ulit "mag verify ng payment". Hindi na ito bago sa tingin ko dahil tulad ng sinabi ko medyo matagal ko ng nakita yung post na iyon. Also one tip ko lang sa mga Netflix users dito dahil 5 users ang pwede makagamit ng isang account I would advice you to warn the other users about this phishing attempts na nangyayari dahil baka isa sainyo ay unaware at madali kayo sa kanilang kasakiman.

Konting preno muna sa pagiging optimistic natin about Philippines being a crypto-friendly country in the future kasi kung titignan mo mabuti medyo malayo pa tayo sa "crypto adoption" na tinutukoy mo. For one aside sa CEZA project and having at least a dozen of registered crypto exchanges ano pa ang masasabi mo na paraan ng gobyerno sa pag-supporta ng cryptocurrency? Makikita mo ba sila gumawa ng batas or proyekto sa pag-promote ng pag-gamit ng cryptocurrencies sa bansa? Sa ngayon wala kang makikitang ganito at puro negosyo lang makikita mo mag step-in sa pag-accept ng cryptocurrencies. Sa totoo lang kaya nila ginawa yung CEZA project na ito dahil alam nilang malaking foreign investments ang makukuha nila gayun din ang dahilan kung bakita more than 10 ang licensed crypto exchanges sa Pilipinas, sa nakikita ko its all about the money and not about adoption. You can correct me if I wrong pero sa nakikita kong walang presence ng utility ng Bitcoin ko hindi ako maniniwalang may nangyayaring adoption para sa crypto dito sa Pilipinas.

I agree this scammer/s won't create domain names similar or near Coins.ph and PDAX if they aren't trying to at least impersonate or fool other people thinking that they are the same thing. Domain names should be unique if you want to separate yourself to others plus makikita mo namam sa dami mg ginawa ng grupo na ito na madami silang rinegister na close sa pangalan ng Coins.ph at PDAX.


That's good pero most likely magkakaroon din sila lalong lalo na meron na yung top crypto related services natin. These scammers won't stop and the more they cover everything mas malaki yung chance nila makapang-loko ng tao.

Hanep din noh, na sa larangan ng panglalamang sa kapwa makikita mo na kaya nila gumawa ng ganito kadaming domain in relation sa Coins.ph at PDAX, most probably Abra meron din at hindi lang natin alam. Honestly the domain names included in the list you provided ay medyo malayo sa actual domain name ng Coins.ph at Abra pero may mga ilan siguro na mabibiktima dito kasi kadalasan naman hindi binabasa mabuti yung domain name at basta basta nalang sila mag-login.


For visiting websites at hindi mo kabisado ang domain name nito I highly advise using anti-phishing browser extensions like Netcraft kasi magandang paraan ito makakita ng risk level kung yung website na binibisita mo ay yung official website nila. One thing to take note is that Netcraft's data is taken from other users meaning ang reliability ng extension na ito ay nakadepende sa accuracy ng mga users din nito. Besides that I myself seen a couple of emails being provided by Coins.ph showing the links to their official website, Twitter and Facebook accounts not sure kung nakatanggap ka din ng ganun.

Note: Contrary to popular belief not all apps needs the user's permission in order to infiltrate your phone, all it needs to do is wait for you to download it.

Siguro may mga ilan sainyo na natatandaan yung app na tinatawag na "xHelper" na nag emerge last 10 months ago. Isa itong malware app na once downloaded sa phone mo ay hindi mo na sya madedelete (now it can be deleted with this method). Once na nasa phone mo na sya magsisilbi syang adware na kung saan sa browser mo ay mareredirect ka sa mga websites na prinopromote nya or di kaya mismo sa screen ng phone mo na walang binubuksan na app, some users said na once they dowloaded it the app didn't ask for any kind of permission pero nagawa pa rin nito mag-control ng mga certain parts ng mobile phone ng isang user. Iba pa rin talaga ang mag-doble ingat pag dating sa mga app store ng Google or Apple kasi alam naman natin na kahit sino ay makakapag-upload ng kanilang apps dito na walang matinding screening process.

@OP I understand na isa kalang sa mga marketing team ng Bitsails but you have to understand why the first posts in your thread are all about suspicion on Bitsails. Tama ang sinabi nila na kulang ang informasyon na binibigay ninyo tungkol sa Bitsails, na para sa isang bagong cryptoexchange ay talagang nakakaduda. Even sa about page ng website ninyo ay nag-fail magbigay ng company information tungkol sa Bitsails na kahit buong pangalan ng CEO at CTO ninyo ay hindi binibigay. Sa kakulangan ng informasyon sa inyong cryptoexchange wag na kayo magtaka kung bakit konti lang ang inyong maa-aatract na tao.

Lesson: Don't install or use older versions of wallets even if it's not Electrum

Sa akin mga nakita in the past masasabi ko na hindi lang ito ang naging kaso sa pagnanakaw gamit ang lumang version ng Electrum. From what I have seen people who mostly use the older/outdated versions of Electrum are the most vulnerable, why? Hackers mainly target outdated versions of Electrum and try to hijack it by putting a notice for the users that they need to update to a "newer version" of Electrum in order to access their wallet. Yung "newer version" na ito is yung malicious version na gawa ng mga scammer na kung saan once na ilagay mo yung private keys mo ay mayayari ka na. Kaya always practice to update your Electrum application as well as read some announcements found in their website, crucial announcements are always announced by them right after the header of their website, just like this one.

For an owner (Dennis Uy) who plans to have multiple businesses from logistics, telco, and media I don't think this is the right man to bet your money on. If you are reading company disclosures in pse.edge their disclosure named "Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities" dated at Feb 28, 2020 clearly states that not only Dennis Uy but also his wife offloaded their shares of ISM now known as DITO. What does this tell us? It either means he is broke or he is not confident with his own company. DITO for a lot of investors in the market is seen as a big speculative stock, it's not considered as a good investment yet as they have push backed their intended operations twice now from 2020 and now 2021, who knows when will they really operate locally now with COVID 19 restricting a lot within our economy.

I think you are jumping to conclusions here, the news clearly said na ang bangko sentral ng Pilipinas ay gumawa pa lang ng committee para pag-aralan mabuti yung posibilidad na magkaroon ng digital currency ang Pilipinas. They didn't say anything na ginagawa nila yung research na ito para wala ng ibang cryptocurrency na gagamitin sa Pilipinas. Naka-saad din sa article na ito kaya lang naman nila tinitignan yung posibilidad na magkaroon ng digital currency sa Pilipinas ay para maging efficient at mabawasan yung gastos nila sa pamamalakad ng physical Philippine Peso. They are just basically planning to digitized our own fiat currency which has been done by corporate banks already with our atms as well as e-payment channels like PayMaya o Gcash. Basically their plan won't even be a threat to cryptocurrency just like how we see Gcash and PayMaya being use for payment.

Sa katulad ko naman gusto ko din naman maging successful ang kanilang plano to have their own digital currency. Pero ang Brazil kasi parang Pilipinas din yan na "cash is still king" pag dating sa ating daily transactions. So aside sa gawin nila itong economical solution for their citizens I don't see a big benefit for it especially kung wala naman masyadong tao na gagamit sa kanilang digital payment system na itatambal sa digital currency. What's the use of a digital currency sa isang bansa kung ang mismong citizen mo ay gusto pa ding fiat ang gamit sa pagbayad? Unlike China where they actually planned ahead of digitalizing payments with the help of WeChat and Alibaba sa kanilang mga payment getaways wala kang makikitang balita na ganito sa Brazil when it comes to the preparation of their own cryptocurrency.

What Brazil is doing sounds familiar to me, kasi last few weeks ago may mga nabasa akong article about Brazin and as well as Argentina heading the same situation as Venezuela in terms of their economy going bad the Brazilian Real from what I know is devaluing kaya hindi siguro rason itong pandemic kaya gusto mag push-through ng central bank ng Brazil sa pag-gawa ng isang digital currency kung hindi dahil itong digital currency na ito ay isa sa mga paraan nila para mag-karoon ng addition cash ang kanilang bansa. Similar in a sense na ganito din ginawa ng Venezuela hoping na ito ay magiging solusyon para sa nararanasan nilang masama sa ekonomiya. Yung nababasa nating tungkol sa gusto nilang maging efficient ang payment sa bansa ay baka isang palusot lamang nila.



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At first I thought they deleted their article pero nung sinearch ko sa Google nakita ko yung link. @OP baka na-mali kalang sa pagkuha ng link for the article.

I don't see your assumption to be correct at all. First of all bakit nila gagawing solusyon ang isang bagay na kung saan kahit ang user nito ay maapektuhan kahit hindi naman nila kasalanan yung nangyayari? Ang mismong scam dapat ang kanilang intindihan at hindi yung pera na kinukuha ng mga scammer nila. Touching Bitcoin directly will also affect all of the millions of dollars of investment they received from the foreign crypto companies they attracted with their CEZA project an outright blanket ban in crypto will just simply void their contract with these companies and will simply cancel all of the investments they will have for our country. The Philippines is into deep with the crypto industry na mahirap ng gawing "ban" ang solusyon sa mga bagay bagay kaya I don't see this happening.

So far yung mga nasa listahan mo ang masasabi ko lang na pwedeng gamitin ng mga users ay ang pagbabasa ng reviews kasi kahit ang number of downloads as well as user rating can easily be padded by fake numbers and fake ratings, sometimes high ratings aren't even achieved by official apps Coinbase for example only has 3.7 stars for their app. Even reviews can be faked by these scammers just to fool people pero ang kagandahan sa reviews ay makikita mo yung mga reklamo ng mga nai-scam na tao sa pag-download nito. When it comes to downloading apps in either apps store I recommend you to always look the name of the developer or either go to the website of that app/service and look for their app store links through their para mas segurado kayo na official app nga ang inyong ida-download.

I can't really say something bad against Akon lalong lalo na alam syang philanthropist which naging involved na sya sa mga charities and projects, isa na rito yung "Akon Lighting Africa" project nya na nag-aim na bigyan ng kuryente via solar power ang mga ilang communities sa mga African countries. For him creating "Akoin" it's understandable kung bakit nya ginawa ito, with a project this magnitude hindi kayang ma-sustain ang mga expenses sa mga kinita lang nya or mga donations sakanyan, kailangan din nya ng other source of raising funds in support sakanyang project. Lahat naman siguro ng crypto project ganito eh it's all about raising funds para matuloy yung ginagawa nila. Kaya for Akon creating his own cryptocurrency in order to fulfill his good cause I have nothing against what he is doing.

Actually medyo matagal ng na-recognize ng mga kumpanya in particular ang blockchain technology mas na una pa ngang i-utlize ang Blockchain kaysa sa Bitcoin dahil sa kapangyarihan nitong bigyan sila ng malaking pera. Just Google "Blockchain-related Patents" you will see names of companies popping out like Walmart, Alibaba, Intel, IBM, and even Accenture all of which are involved in the current Patent War going on with each other. At ang napansin ko dito is yung mga top na companies na ito ay hindi naman involved sa Bitcoin or the crypto industry.



Like what I said above it is possible to separate the technology behind Bitcoin and Bitcoin itself like what these companies are currently doing now. They see more potential on earning more money sa Blockchain technology kaysa sa Bitcoin kaya di mo makikita na mababanggit nila ang salitang Bitcoin sa kanilang mga plano. If you are looking for Bitcoin to be recognized sa tingin ko hindi ito mang-gagaling sa pag-utilize ng Blockchain sa ibang sektor.