As an outsider, cryptocurrencies appear to be an ideal environment for fraud: most of the talk is around investing in it, its value is highly speculative, and i

As an outsider, cryptocurrencies appear to be an ideal environment for fraud: most of the talk is around investing in it, its value is highly speculative, and it has relatively little uptake for its stated purpose. Even when a give cryptocurrency is legitimate, something that is difficult to discern through all of the noise, the instability in its value makes it a target for fraud.