Decoding OneCoin: Understanding the Technology behind It

Not to be confused with the Onecoin issued by Chinese company Xunlei. OneCoin is a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme conducted by offshore companies OneCoin Ltd, based in Bulgaria and registered in Dubai, and OneLife Network Ltd (registered in Belize), both founded by Ruja Ignatova in concert with Sebastian Greenwood. OneCoin is considered a Ponzi scheme due to its organisational structure of paying early investors using money obtained from newer ones. It was also…

Ruja Ignatova: A Closer Look

“In this Bulgarian name, the patronymic is Plamenova and the family name is Ignatova.” Ruja Plamenova Ignatova (Bulgarian: Ружа Пламенова Игнатова, romanized: Ruža Plamenova Ignatova, occasionally transliterated as “Ruga Ignatova”; born 30 May 1980) is a Bulgarian-born German entrepreneur who in 2019 was convicted of fraud. She is best known as the founder of a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme known as OneCoin, which The Times has described as “one of the biggest…

BMW: A Symbol of German Engineering Excellence

BMW Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly abbreviated to BMW (German pronunciation: [ˌbeːʔɛmˈveː]). is a German multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 to 1918 and again from 1933 to 1945 creating engines for aircraft that were used in the Second World War. Automobiles are…

NeXT: A Look Back at Steve Jobs’ Forgotten Project

NeXT, Inc. (later NeXT Computer, Inc. and NeXT Software, Inc.) was an American technology company headquartered in Redwood City, California that specialized in computer workstations for higher education and business markets, and later developed web software. It was founded in 1985 by CEO Steve Jobs, the Apple Computer co-founder who had been forcibly removed from Apple that year. NeXT debuted with the NeXT Computer in 1988, and released the NeXTcube and smaller NeXTstation in 1990.…

Illuminating Diwali: History and Customs

दिवाली (अंग्रेजी: /dɪˈwɑːliː/; दीपावली, आईएएसटी: दीपावली) रोशनी का हिंदू त्योहार है, जिसमें अन्य भारतीय धर्मों में भिन्नताएं मनाई जाती हैं। यह आध्यात्मिक “अंधकार पर प्रकाश की, बुराई पर अच्छाई की और अज्ञान पर ज्ञान की जीत” का प्रतीक है। दिवाली हिंदू चंद्र-सौर महीनों अश्विन (अमांता परंपरा के अनुसार) और कार्तिक के दौरान मनाई जाती है…

Unveiling the Hidden Gems of Cryptocurrency’s History

History & Theory cryptocurrency digital asset Also known as: crypto currency Top Questions What is cryptocurrency? Cryptocurrency is currency in a digital form that is not overseen by a central authority. How was cryptocurrency invented? The first cryptocurrency was created by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym for an anonymous computer programmer or group of programmers, on January 3, 2009,…

Exploring the Life of Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese football player When was Cristiano Ronaldo born? Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. What was Cristiano Ronaldo’s early life like? Ronaldo joined Clube Desportivo Nacional of Madeira and then transferred to Sporting Clube de Portugal (known as Sporting Lisbon), where he played for that club’s various youth football (soccer) teams before…