But running a stock scam is a lot of work. It requires crooked lawyers, brokers, and bankers to draft reams of securities paperwork, even if all the information in them is false. And that leaves a paper trail that pretty much inevitably leads to the scammers getting busted. Crypto didn’t require any of that. All it takes is some rudimentary programming, which can be done by freelancers hired online, and some posts by a social media influencer.
