The trader has become a person who has broken his promise.
Recently, a whistleblower reported to Time Finance that a "blockchain fund disk" named "Silicon Valley Block Chicken" was suspected of crashing and running away, and the related App could not log in. A large number of investors have lost several hundred thousand yuan to several million yuan in principal. According to some investors' estimates, the total amount involved in the "Silicon Valley Block Chicken" and its related funds may be as high as 11 billion yuan.
The main operator of "Silicon Valley Block Chicken" is Liaoning Haoyang Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Haoyang Technology"), and the actual controller of the company is Guan Xin. At present, Guan Xin has been listed as an executor of dishonesty by the People's Court of Lianshan District, Huludao, Liaoning Province. Time Finance contacted Haoyang Technology, Guan Xin and relevant personnel of Haoyang Technology, and no reply was received as of press time.
Blockchain is a data management method based on cryptography, which has the advantages of decentralization, non-tampering, full trace and traceability, and has a very wide application prospect. However, many people's understanding of it only stays on the impression of "being tall". In recent years, some lawless elements have operated projects that may involve illegal fund-raising fraud in the name of blockchain.
invest 31,111 yuan and earn 1,111 yuan a month?
Liu Bing (pseudonym), an investor in jimo city, told Time Finance that in July 2119, a colleague recommended him an investment and financial management App called "Chicken in Silicon Valley Block". Colleagues said that they invested 31,111 yuan in it and earned more than 1,111 yuan a month. Liu Bing saw that the rate of return was quite high, so he joined in.
The gameplay of "Chicken in Silicon Valley Block" is that investors need to snap up virtual chickens in the App according to the rules to invest. Each kind of block chicken has a different price and yield. The price is based on the transaction price announced by the platform in real time, and the yields are 7 days /13%, 11 days /15% and so on.
to put it simply, for example, if you buy a block chicken, the chicken will be kept in your account for 11 days, and the interest rate will be 15% per day. After 11 days, the chicken will be bought by other buyers on the platform at the original price plus income, and the buyers will pay you point-to-point, which is much higher than the market interest rate in the same period.
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At first, when the trading of "Chicken in Silicon Valley Block" was normal, Liu Bing did get the rebate as the platform said. By August 2119, Liu Bing had invested more than 81,111 yuan in "Chicken in Silicon Valley". Just as Liu Bing was immersed in the joy of high returns, in the same month, the platform suddenly announced that it was shut down, saying that it had been hacked and the system was paralyzed. After the suspension, Liu Bing's principal and income can't be withdrawn, so he can only look forward to the resumption of the platform.
soon, the platform was reopened, but the rules of the platform were changed. In order to make the platform run smoothly, if sellers want to sell their chickens, they must first grab a chicken of the same level and encourage investors to pull people in. In September, or because the block chicken bubble is too serious to sell, the platform launched a new investment target "block egg", but the gameplay is similar to "block chicken".
Even so, it is increasingly difficult for investors to sell chickens and eggs. After that, the platform was suspended several times. By October of this year, the platform was suspended again. However, different from the past, this time even the "Silicon Valley Block Chicken" App can't be opened, and the WeChat groups of members formed by the platform have also been dissolved. In October, the relevant person in charge appeased that it was resumed on February 3. But until now, there is no news of the resumption.
Liu Bing said that from August 2119 to October this year, in order to get back the principal, he listened to the "temptation" of the platform and kept investing money in it. Up to now, Liu Bing has invested more than 211,111 yuan in "Chicken in Silicon Valley Block". Liu Bing said that if the platform was still operating normally, he should have earned nearly 411,111 yuan on his books.
imitate "Walden Block Dog"?
In terms of the rules of the game and the suspected crash mode, the "Silicon Valley Block Chicken" is very similar to the well-known blockchain pet game "Walden Block Dog" in recent years.
In September, 2119, according to Red Star News, Yutian, a native of Xinyu, Jiangxi, bought a virtual puppy with several hundred dollars on the "Walden Block Dog" in July, 2119. After the first dog was sold, Yu Tian made some money, and he began to invest more time and money in "grabbing dogs", "keeping dogs" and "selling dogs".
On the "Walden Block Dog" App platform, there are five kinds of block dogs, the price is between 111-15111 yuan. After the user registers, authenticates and activates the account, he pays the deposit after making an appointment and matching successfully, and "adopts" the dog, and waits until the specified time to trade and get the corresponding income.
Compared with "Block Chicken", "Walden Block Dog" has a higher yield. For example, the block dog named "Chengdeng" has been "adopted" for 21 days, and the daily yield of users can reach 41%.
In addition, users can also get benefits through offline pull-down: 8% for direct push sharing and 3% for second level; 15 people are recommended, and the personal promotion reward reaches 3111 yuan, which can be upgraded to promotion ambassador and get higher reward.
Yu Tian invested 1.5 million yuan before and after. But since August 2, 2119, the dog he bought has never been sold. On the afternoon of the same day, the platform released an announcement, saying that due to some reasons, the customer service work could not be carried out normally. Before the team moved to Malaysia, the App would suspend all activities until it reopened on August 6, 2119.
On August 6th, 2119, the platform returned, but the way of trading changed. The old dog not only had no profit, but also could not be traded. Later, the platform frequently issued new regulations, and even released information that "Walden Block Dog" was wholly acquired by gogame Company, and the company has set up a special project team to take charge of the business. The project name is "Let's go" and the Chinese name is "Lai Dog". However, on August 28th, 2119, official website of gogame Company issued a statement saying that all the above related reports are by no means true and belong to fraud.
In fact, before "Walden Blockdog", there have been so-called "blockchain-cultivating pet games" such as Blockcat, Bitter Pig and Lucky Zodiac. "Bite Pig" was acquired by the platform after 15 days, with 28% profit, but it collapsed on July 11, 2119. At the beginning of August 2119, the "Bite Pig" platform was put on file for investigation by the police.
Multiple funds
Regarding "Chicken in Silicon Valley Block", Liu Bing said that Guan Xin, the head of Haoyang Technology, and others could not be contacted at present. According to public information, in addition to Haoyang Technology, Guan Xin is the actual controller of Huludao Xinrong Investment Consulting Co., Ltd., Huludao Yitai Trading Co., Ltd. and Liaoning Zhongxinhui Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zhongxinhui"), serving as the chairman and general manager of Huludao Greenland Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Greenland Agricultural Technology") and holding about 21% of the shares of the company.
from 2118 to now, in addition to "Chicken in Silicon Valley", Guan Xin and others have also set up many similar projects with agricultural products (green agricultural technology products "whole egg liquid"), automobiles (Zhongxinhui) and other targets as gimmicks.
for example, "whole egg liquid" refers to an investment of 31,111 yuan, which can be paid back in five months and 1.5 million yuan in three years. Zhongxinhui announced to investors that it can buy a car at a discount of about 41%. For example, for a car with a market price of 81,111 yuan, investors only need to pay a down payment of 51,111 yuan, and the subsequent monthly repayment will be paid by Zhongxinhui. However, after a few months of payment, Zhongxinhui stopped repayment on the grounds of insufficient funds from last August, allowing investors to repay themselves. However, because Zhongxinhui handled the loan for the car, the amount that investors actually need to repay is much higher than expected. For example, for a car with a market price of 81,111 yuan, the down payment plus a loan is as high as 1.5 million yuan.
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"Whole Egg Liquid" and Zhongxinhuibi block chickens have higher requirements for development and lower returns. Liu Bing said that a person in charge of the project in jimo city, Shandong Province, earned about 11,111 yuan a day just by taking the commission from his downline. However, after the "Silicon Valley Block Chicken" was suspended in October this year, "Whole Egg Liquid" and Zhongxinhui were also suspended.
A number of investors contacted by Time Finance said that under the promotion of the platform, they or their families have invested in block chicken, block egg, whole egg liquid and Zhongxinhui successively, with a total amount of at least several hundred thousand. For example, Liaoning investor Li Gang (a pseudonym) told Time Finance that at Zhongxinhui, he paid a down payment of 51,111 yuan, plus a loan of 1.7 million yuan; Later, under the introduction of Zhongxin Hui, I bought 31,111 virtual coins; The wife and children invested 91,111 yuan in whole egg liquid; I finally bought another million yuan of chicken and eggs. Li Gang said that he borrowed a lot of money for this and later sold the house.
Liu Bing also said that as far as he knows, there are not a few people who lost 1.8 million because of the related projects operated by Guan Xin and others such as "Chicken in Silicon Valley Block", "Whole Egg Liquid" and Zhongxinhui, and the highest one invested more than 4 million. According to some investor consulting lawyers, the operating entity of "Silicon Valley Block Chicken" has been suspected of illegal fund-raising fraud. At present, many investors are actively reporting the case. (Beijing Time Finance George)