There must have been something that went wrong. There are scammers as well that make use of legitimate platforms to trick their users. After all, no legitimate exchange would ask for a hefty deposit first before you can withdraw your balance.


The thing is, the legitimate crypto.com defi wallet is non-custodial which means the cryptos aren't being held by a company. And you mentioned your wife's funds are being blocked right? then it is possible that the app is fake. Could you cross-check using the official link/s from here: https://crypto.com/defi-wallet

I suggest looking into casino guru, see: https://casinoguru-int.com/top-online-casinos

They have an extensive casino list and filters you could use to narrow your search depending on your use case. Although you could use their website to gauge a casino's reputation, I would still recommend taking a peek on the forum to see more user reviews plus it'd be preferable if they have an active account here which could be another channel to help you if you encounter a problem.

Just to be clear, where does the money sit currently? crypto.com exchange? crypto.com defi wallet?

Could you triple check that you weren't on some phishing link? how sure is your wife that no sensitive info was shared -- login information, seed, etc.

Yes, crypto.com is one of the popular exchanges but I've never heard of DIFI. Did you mean DeFi or it's actually spelled like that--DIFI? because crypto.com has an app called DeFi wallet, it could be a phishing/fake app made and controlled by the scammers.

I don't think the additional information you provided changes anything, op mainly because what happened to your wife follows the formula of a well known scam. If you look up pig butchering scams, you'll find similar stories. Please don't send them anymore money, they will just milk you dry.

While it wouldn't hurt to check if op's friend was phished, I wouldn't be so sure that they availed a third party service.

From their help article, there is indeed a "priority" paid service directly from CMC now.



and looks like those that could avail a free of charge service are exchanges that have a good traction already

Lol 6 weeks, so much for a "priority" service costing 50K USD

At this price, they should at least provide update/s if there's gonna be a delay or something was wrong. I hope your friend has applied to coingeko as well-- honestly, it has better rep here.


I'm guessing the friend has also written to CMC about this-- through their online form? did it not get any response as well?

Quite a big amount if you're just testing the platform I'd say. It may be backed with big fellas but being one of the early adopter has its risk as always. In any case, good luck!

Also, strange. If they're claiming they don't accept retail customers, they most likely don't have the legal rights for it. I'm not saying it can't happen but with how rigorous their onboarding process is [from what i see on the website], it'll be a lot harder to slip through retail customers "by mistake".

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Ayyy nice to see another news aggregator.

Does the newsfeed --all recent news-- update in real time? meaning I don't have to refresh in order to get new entries?

Also appreciate that I can create a permalink for the filters I've used hence I can just bookmark the link to get the same setup in one click.

But I'm curious how these sources are sorted as it does seem random to me.



Perhaps we can do either alphabetically sorted or top choices first then the rest is alphabetically arranged as a QoL improvement. I would also be interested if there's an optional compact theme or something -- smaller font for news entries, smaller sidebars.

I would just offer both fiat and bitcoin payment methods, this way you'll have a bigger target audience while still keeping the option of paying with bitcoin for the interested people. It is indeed very likely that you'll get more fiat than bitcoin but you always have the option of using the fiat money to buy more bitcoin.

You may use the general marketplaces but there are also some marketplace like craiglist (and some subreddits? -- vague memory lol) that allows you to mark post if cryptocurrency payment is also okay.

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By join, did you mean you have passed their rigorous onboarding process? -- you know, all that evaluation and whatnot.

Could you also triple check you're not on some phishing website? specially if you've got the link from someone online, scam PMs are pretty rampant.

It does sound like op is out of the loop seeing how they used the old "blockchain.info" domain haha. IIRC web wallets were a thing back then especially for day to day transactions however, I'd say even back then there were far better choices for this type of use case.

Fast forward, web wallets have lost most of its appeal to the general users. I can't remember the names but a couple of long time competitors to blockchain.com web wallet have also shut down most likely because of the lack of usage.

If this is about convenience, op. There are some feature packed mobile wallets out there, I suggest taking a look, see: https://bitcoiner.guide/wallet/mobile/

I don't think you could find any personal reviews here seeing how the platform does not take retail customers and internet message boards like bitcointalk being filled with average people AKA retail customers


There's also the fact that they just started:

I highly suggest using exchanges for trading and absolutely not as a means of storage.

Assuming it's for general use case, other reputable CEX should work like bybit, kucoin,etc. yes? and In case you're interested who has obtained a license, I found a nice list, see: List of Licensed Virtual Currency Exchanges in the Philippines

In addition, perhaps you're interested on talking about this with your locals on Pilipinas board? 

Easy. It's scammers trying to outsmart you.

In p2p, you don't trade with the exchange but with a user. There is typically an escrow in place to safeguard the trade but scammers play mind tricks on their victims to get around it.

1. They could try to reverse the payment hence avoid easily reversible payment methods
2. They could try to fake a fiat transfer notification e.g. sending a fake deposit text to make you think the money was actually sent
3. They could also try to redirect the conversation off-site and play some mind tricks since conversations outside the exchange are typically not valid as an evidence in case of dispute
4. If you're buying and have successfully sent the money, scammers could try to make you cancel the trade. This would mean, their locked crypto in escrow would return to them.
5. User ratings are not everything. Yes, you should always go for the established accounts but don't blindly trust someone's words just because of the high rating because buying and selling or accounts are a thing.

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You did not pay tax to the UK government, you sent your money to the scammers pocket. Blocking withdrawals and asking for a new deposit under the guise of tax and whatnot is a part of the scam to further milk the victims.

It's certainly interesting how your previous posts conveys you knew they're a scam but apparently still bit their bait...


Maybe they'll come up another excuse for "frozen withdrawals through it, who knows. But honestly, it's not that important, since it doesn't make the situation any less better.

It's a cookie-cutter scam hence scammers don't need to exert so much effort or think of some elaborate idea, it's pretty much a copy-paste kind of thing.

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