{"content":"She looks very innocent until you know her secret… Meet the Cryptoqueen At first glance, Ruja Ignatova didn’t look like the kind of person who could pull off one of the biggest scams in crypto history. Elegant dresses, powerful speeches, big conferences—she carried herself like a visionary. Millions trusted her. But behind that innocent look was OneCoin, a “cryptocurrency” that never even had a blockchain. No tokens, no ledger—just a carefully built Ponzi scheme that collected more than $4 billion from people around the world. What shocks me the most is how convincing she was. She knew exactly how to play the role of a leader, how to sell the dream, and how to make people believe they were part of the future. Then, in 2017, she disappeared. Since then, she’s been on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, with theories ranging from hiding under mafia protection to being long gone. For me, the Cryptoqueen story is a perfect reminder that in crypto, not everything shiny is real. Sometimes the biggest scams hide behind the most charming faces. $BTC | $GUN | $XRP ","images":["https://d2kdcqywr8ua22.cloudfront.net/uploadfile/article/blog/2025082025/08/17/16798936e153464086febe150d7f896a.png"],"tags":[],"tradingPairs":["XRP/USDT"],"quotearticleid":0}