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Connecticut Attorney General Issues Crypto Warning: Investors Lose $200,000

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Mars Finance reports that Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and State Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez issued a consumer alert after a resident deposited $200,000 with an unregulated DeFi crypto trading platform following an alleged scam and is currently unable to recover the funds. The alert listed seven offshore DeFi platforms—GMX, Gains Network, dYdX, Aevo, Drift Protocol, Vertex Protocol, and Hyperliquid—but did not say that the resident involved used any of them. Connecticut officials noted that some platforms offer 50x, 100x, and up to 250x leverage; the related perpetual contracts also involve liquidation, funding rate, smart contract, and oracle risks. The alert also addressed perpetual contracts linked to Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, and SpaceX, stating that they correspond to synthetic prices rather than actual stocks. Officials urged residents to verify the registration status of crypto services, retain transaction and communication records, and promptly report suspected scams.
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ValueDip
3 hours ago
Naming seven companies without saying which ones—what’s the difference between that warning and no warning at all?
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NFTFreeloader
3 hours ago
DeFi is not the original sin; offshore platforms that do not conduct KYC are the problem.
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L2Gypsy
4 hours ago
$200k gone just like that—smart contract risks are no joke.
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PriorityFee
5 hours ago
First Review
High leverage + synthetic assets + offshore operations—the buffs are fully stacked.
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