FTC: consumers have reported losing nearly $82M to crypto scams during Q4 2020 and Q1 2021, up more than 10x YoY (Alexander Osipovich/Wall Street Journal)

Alexander Osipovich / Wall Street Journal:
FTC: consumers have reported losing nearly $82M to crypto scams during Q4 2020 and Q1 2021, up more than 10x YoY  —  FTC says consumers have reported losing more than $80 million to crypto-investment scams since October  —  Scams are running rampant in the cryptocurrency markets as a huge rally in bitcoin …