Monday, March 5, 2018

Shady cryptocurrency touting Ryan Gosling as their designer raises $830K in ICO


This is a pretty wild case: A shifty cryptocurrency startup which used a stock photo of Hollywood actor Ryan Gosling for the headshot of their lead graphic designer has managed to raise almost a million in an initial coin offering (ICO). Miroskii – as the company is called – has since attracted the attention of Reddit with its crafty marketing shenanigans. But things actually get worse: as pointed out by numerous users on Reddit and Twitter, it appears that the shady cryptocurrency startup used ripped images for pretty much all of its team members. But unlike the fake Gosling –…

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