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Bitcoin Lenders Take the Money and Run During Crypto Crash

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People keep lending money to anonymous cryptocurrency dealers. Now that crypto values are plummeting, the dealers are vanishing.

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Lend us your money and you’ll have the chance to win $1,000,000, the cryptocurrency company Davor Coin promised users on Jan. 31. Optimists poured cash into the platform, but a week later all anyone had was a cease-and-desist letter from the state of Texas.

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