This has been a painful week for anyone paying attention to crypto. Markets are crashing, Bitcoin is struggling to touch $90,000. Almost every day of this week has brought news of another platform winding down, another product going dark. On Jan. 19, on-chain analytics firm Elliptic reported that Tudou Guarantee, a Telegram-based illicit crypto marketplace, had shut down operations. Tudou had emerged as a dominant hub in Southeast Asia’s scam economy after the earlier closure of Huione Guarantee. Days later, Nifty Gateway, once one of the most recognizable names of the NFT boom, confirmed it would shut down its ... (full story)