{"id":13061,"date":"2024-01-23T16:37:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/hyperverse-crypto-scheme-targeted-developing-countries-before-collapse-left-some-investors-suicidal\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:37:17","slug":"hyperverse-crypto-scheme-targeted-developing-countries-before-collapse-left-some-investors-suicidal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/hyperverse-crypto-scheme-targeted-developing-countries-before-collapse-left-some-investors-suicidal\/","title":{"rendered":"HyperVerse crypto scheme targeted developing countries before collapse left some investors \u2018suicidal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Promoters of the scheme, which collapsed owing millions, targeted countries such as Nepal, with claims some investors took out bank loans to buy packages<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The HyperVerse cryptocurrency scheme targeted investors in developing countries across Asia, Africa and the Pacific before its eventual collapse left many people unable to access funds.<\/p>\n<p>In Nepal, some people who took out bank loans to buy packages in HyperVerse said they felt suicidal when they were unable to withdraw their money, with some cases of self harm, according to one investor.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/jan\/24\/hyperverse-crypto-scheme-targeted-developing-countries-before-collapse-left-some-investors-suicidal\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/078d4c55b770d948ace648d7dab8bdf4defb4c49\/0_0_2500_1500\/master\/2500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=9345094cc50e46598f1cb5c90725f14f\" title=\"HyperVerse crypto scheme targeted developing countries before collapse left some investors \u2018suicidal\u2019\" \/>Promoters of the scheme, which collapsed owing millions, targeted countries such as Nepal, with claims some investors took out bank loans to buy packages<br \/>\nGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>The HyperVerse cryptocurrency scheme targeted investors in developing countries across Asia, Africa and the Pacific before its eventual collapse left many people unable to access funds.<br \/>\nIn Nepal, some people who took out bank loans to buy packages in HyperVerse said they felt suicidal when they were unable to withdraw their money, with some cases of self harm, according to one investor. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promoters of the scheme, which collapsed owing millions, targeted countries such as Nepal, with claims some investors took out bank loans to buy packages Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The HyperVerse cryptocurrency scheme targeted investors in developing countries across Asia, Africa and the Pacific before its eventual &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/hyperverse-crypto-scheme-targeted-developing-countries-before-collapse-left-some-investors-suicidal\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">HyperVerse crypto scheme targeted developing countries before collapse left some investors \u2018suicidal\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}