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This was one of the CRAZIEST Ponzi schemes in crypto.
PlusToken was a Ponzi scheme so big it dragged down the entire crypto market for months.
It ran wild across China and South Korea in 2019.
The pitch was automated trading that paid 9 to 30% a month.
People willingly handed over their Bitcoin and Ethereum to get in.
To look legit, they showed off fake PnL dashboards.
And when someone cashed out, they were paid with other users' money.
A classic Ponzi scheme, just in crypto.
Around 3 MILLION people fell for it.
Then in June it collapsed, leaving one message behind. "Sorry, we have run."
China later seized over $4 BILLION in crypto from the scammers.
But before the arrests, the operators started dumping the coins back into the market.
Roughly 200,000 Bitcoin, about 1% of all that existed, worth around $2 BILLION at the time.
That selling is widely blamed for pushing Bitcoin's price down for months.
One scam with MILLIONS of victims, and a dump big enough to move the whole market move.