<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:00:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/ponzi/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Pattaya news alert!   Another scam targeting retirees ]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the only visas that is relatively easy to get and maintain in Thailand is the retirement visa. All you have to do is prove that you have access to some comparatively low level of income and boom,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-141359/@jack.russelle/pattaya-news-alert-another-scam-targeting-retirees</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-141359/@jack.russelle/pattaya-news-alert-another-scam-targeting-retirees</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-141359]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jack.russelle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:17:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kymGjzvdZ7esqVCs6fcJj59HxMSpDvPGoCBtQCKR32X9SMhePeFtRfMuWMZjSjZndkA7X3UqwU5wMahTgM6tWxJxYCD7Wug78qYw3X8ixTXjfLEHLYcamfgG6fnL6BEHGbAN7Wo?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Money Out of Thin Air, Is the Least of Their Crimes]]></title><description><![CDATA[If we understood usury, every bankster would be strung up on lampposts by morning. But we don't, and many "educated" people believe that interest on a loan is normal, and fine. "As long]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@builderofcastles/making-money-out-of-thin-air-is-the-least-of-their-crimes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@builderofcastles/making-money-out-of-thin-air-is-the-least-of-their-crimes</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[builderofcastles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:56:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFkxbnGCXnHPUK3daVLCQA4oDc4ixtB3NgLBx5G7khXYokUnm231Q5CgAuZqeeW42L2jiPoNj43xKhTLi6QZEq2Kev8TgNTU1CmfdsNCVJcnMFQi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crypto in Cuba: Hope, Blackouts, and the Shadow of a Ponzi Scheme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! I’m new here, writing from Cuba 🇨🇺. Soon I’ll share how cryptocurrencies can truly transform the life of an ordinary Cuban — opening doors to freedom, opportunity, and financial independence]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@charlietommy/crypto-in-cuba-hope-blackouts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@charlietommy/crypto-in-cuba-hope-blackouts</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[charlietommy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:29:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without any real dapps, hive is just a ponzi scam now and becoming worthless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sad but hive must be forked just like steem was forked to make hive All the old whales must be had and new tokenpower assigned to long term holders of bitcoin and other altcoins It's over and the price]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/scam/@ackza/without-any-real-dapps-hive-is-just-a-ponzi-scam-now-and-becoming-worthless</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/scam/@ackza/without-any-real-dapps-hive-is-just-a-ponzi-scam-now-and-becoming-worthless</guid><category><![CDATA[scam]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ackza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 02:51:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[wtf happened to hive/steem price? Is Hive going down because steem was really just a meta ponzi? How in denial weer we all really?]]></title><description><![CDATA[BTC at nearly $120? and yet hive is what? 10 cents? 20 cents? STEEM was $8 when BTC was around $15k to $20k in late 2017 early 2018 .... Anyone who was around back then will know what I mean. Anyone whose]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@ackza/wtf-happened-to-hive-steem-price-is-hive-going-down-because-steem-was-really-just-a-meta-ponzi-how-in-denial-weer-we-all-really</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive/@ackza/wtf-happened-to-hive-steem-price-is-hive-going-down-because-steem-was-really-just-a-meta-ponzi-how-in-denial-weer-we-all-really</guid><category><![CDATA[hive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ackza]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:50:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mounting U.S. Treasury Debt: Are We Approaching a Breaking Point?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. national debt has surpassed a staggering $35 trillion, and the trajectory shows no signs of slowing. Even more concerning is that in 2025 alone, over $9 trillion in Treasury debt is set to mature]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@newageinv/the-mounting-us-treasury-debt-are-we-approaching-a-breaking-point</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@newageinv/the-mounting-us-treasury-debt-are-we-approaching-a-breaking-point</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[newageinv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4QDL8y8nEcdvniVkHmDgYsfmdwyHLE9ws5J7VKQkrpkonXoGdNVuKJ5rtLuHZVRtL1ivwdqXa9Tfd5KFvk1nGtnqBHEZpuZX7NzGVkGgiXB42ayJkN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Is Not a Ponzi Scheme - It's The Exit From One]]></title><description><![CDATA[I see many people talking about if Bitcoin fit the requirements for a Pozi-scheme. Let’s settle this once and for all: Bitcoin is not a Ponzi scheme. In fact, calling it one isn’t just wrong — it’s a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@anderssinho/bitcoin-is-not-a-ponzi-scheme-its-the-exit-from-one-3rs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@anderssinho/bitcoin-is-not-a-ponzi-scheme-its-the-exit-from-one-3rs</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[anderssinho]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:19:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEzNZ3d5YmatJmN6HQJyw9Z3W6xgntAm27dCtNmVf3GzLa6F4zDgfg15isJbJ7zSjnNxpa73rrwTPQdGUtAoUaxci9QS7F8CbNSrAKU7HETdNNH4KL4LynHW6VQ8RVtf2R91WomYr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, I trust you all are doing good. Today, I’ll be talking about “Greed” Greed is a very bad thing that doesn’t come out with good results. People say greed is a desire to want more, it could]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/greed</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/greed</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-146620]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwayne16]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:01:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4EufsPhBnhmrLwhxvZWHzfNfvuRRbQzr8bMrU8p9qmQDmuRJsrdkfrFL6fnazp2vdQoSp5eRyado1ZJ4uR6SNtxqda5g4zREGbUB3s61a3hTNMoHmY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazilian Crypto Ponzi Scheme Operator Sentenced to 128 Years in Prison]]></title><description><![CDATA[The operator of a major Brazilian crypto Ponzi scheme, Joel Ferreira de Souza, has been sentenced to 128 years in prison by a Brazilian court. De Souza was the mastermind behind the Braiscompany crypto]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@justmythoughts/brazilian-crypto-ponzi-scheme-operator</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@justmythoughts/brazilian-crypto-ponzi-scheme-operator</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[justmythoughts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:31:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8XPrHkfZdMt57jY6pRt6zEt5iRJV9oYVTcUqZmisejFe3znPd2tYGMRgFznudp7HMhGfP2b2VGFxCFZuqt8KcdqstFPFDtxvoLoKAjgJ9TxtLi2CVurZKDvUX8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you really learn from experience?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are two types of people right now over here. There's the group that is laughing and others that are crying. Why? Well, because despite the many Ponzi schemes that have come and gone [and shown people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-11060/@olujay/do-you-really-learn-from-experience-kxw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-11060/@olujay/do-you-really-learn-from-experience-kxw</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-11060]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[olujay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:08:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgt1ToxyJNZ2CBe2hrJJxxFumrTYgdiB16dsHGkxy5u76CYhpwZQsKUr78vb1oZgZ8NuDTyk9kjCVoz6pH7svB9fBf229LxbFkExdMN4ciWjoH2Z37txHR8CSXYrCcdt62eJWABt2WZRG16PwBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[CBEX Has Crashed: Who Should We Blame?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, CBEX has crashed. Another so-called investment platform is gone, and with it, the hopes and savings of many Nigerians. Angry youths have stormed their offices, looking for answers, but the question]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@toluwanispecial/cbex-has-crashed-who-should</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196233/@toluwanispecial/cbex-has-crashed-who-should</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196233]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[toluwanispecial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:40:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4Zpvbh4jZ2hFJtYYF7a6k8UFpoGSiqRWETaR9VyYErLRMy5yqgCGcdrTEFYCnzBUyVedoYAemEQmf3RVgGqdHsL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The edge ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I stopped working in Benin City in 2016 and I remember that I worked for two years with hard labor. I was able to save something very close to 200,000 naira. At that time 200,000 naira was a good amount]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/the-edge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-146620/@dwayne16/the-edge</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-146620]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dwayne16]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:58:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4EufsPhBnhmrLwhxs2tEeKrumMAPNixRW7HutRfhXyJ4BsRpt1wdeWGX82Rw4xRgJywmVgn5ALnKGMpn2CTav2hBENmQJ4qtWJcTmASw1JQpZq5FRY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TrumpCoin is a "Get Out of Jail, Free" card]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings, everyone! For those (still) believing in morale and absolute good — me included — bad news continues to flood our time: Joe Biden invented pre-emptive pardons for siblings, Fauci, and others;]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/idiocracy/@steemmillionaire/trumpcoin-is-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card-l9b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/idiocracy/@steemmillionaire/trumpcoin-is-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card-l9b</guid><category><![CDATA[idiocracy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemmillionaire]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:02:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdtKm2UoLdRggqmP8si9jxVB4mR6snM6mek3Lt3drj93sWu9sHXNNE4jh3bJ78WtQR3DK8Z3pZuRFZNH8hx2tY3DQUhSVuvax6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Libertarian ideas and safety nets]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm under no delusion that this post will "solve" the problem we are attempting to fix, but I do hope that it at least can bring some realistic balance to the conversation. It's of common knowledge]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/libertarian-ideas-and-safety-nets</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@meno/libertarian-ideas-and-safety-nets</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[meno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:39:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPeqsBDeyoNi96vcqAWQoEvFNbLM8W7JhKg2N8TXegkAGwP7xgVLC8JjPBrXVtvmNc38ed1QCGrcKAghUhJ7X772C6S25JhQXNbcAoJd8bjc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crypto MMO Inheritance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Programmable Money on the Base Layer The economy is a massively multiplayer game of sorts. Unfortunately it's pretty boring for most of us. 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She was very excited about it and when I asked her what it was, she described it as a platform where you earn through playing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-109288/@oluchi31/play-to-earn-gvt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-109288/@oluchi31/play-to-earn-gvt</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-109288]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[oluchi31]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:21:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBNvuVEtB8SNtsEcpKt3VfwQJ7N52JBsNpxuzkzPQUbx4pzS4SEqEdYJh23MvkL3SQ76TV6EDKxgM35EnDVdkoaUU1oSn33BR1MHDABLzAPR6tB9uT7gpv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack Of Circulation]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's not my fault, don't blame me Of course, it works The ponzi system is solid You'll see if you join me Look at all the money I earned just within a few weeks days What do you mean there's nothing to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@wakeupkitty/lack-of-circulation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@wakeupkitty/lack-of-circulation</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wakeupkitty]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:46:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVecs4xkhd5EvhidWEEBnn9tCVDBkBhQpUFvab78MhbU1VvQx9UwxjozAzUgRdvwMEx329g51HxtETHeyeBkAWkPTRWUek1bwnrzPe51ggRzkT2Rq38T5HL1sqBGFZCFHiUg3XuxS8yZJ5MLVyX1NJcYnr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting scammed - a personal story]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is about how I was inevitably scammed, and what I would change if I would redo it all from the start. I have a good friend, whom I really appreciate and trust. (I will not disclose if it is a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@katerinaramm/getting-scammed-a-personal-story-gks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@katerinaramm/getting-scammed-a-personal-story-gks</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[katerinaramm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:22:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhDq2Z9hFLornCVb5wDfcWbqtW7AUysw4bhjDAAJqnhnU4FgoSsPqjPF8ZyVpvvVLzmT3VFsh5p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2139 exchange: blacked out by Consob with allegations of being a Ponzi scheme ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Italian financial regulator Consob has taken action to block 2139 Exchange, a Ponzi-style platform suspected of defrauding hundreds of thousands of users globally, including tens of thousands in Italy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@mikezillo/2139-exchange-blacked-out-by</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@mikezillo/2139-exchange-blacked-out-by</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mikezillo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 17:35:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptr38pL3pkC8r8MgXyVmJy577RYTCNczNxByjBiEXCxyH5BTJxfAGEVyq7v1pHJt51xtvXhE7ZvXCBme84csgPhfUucMQHMwEPvRZsJE6uurKVXdyY6gURyzjHskGGFBNZsTtzY2Gt9Cb1DASJgXTH7qVj7gqxbAW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ponzi Schemes 💰| What you Need to Know? 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