C1 Executive Admits Contract with Stratify/Tag Markets Ended
On or around April 2, 2026, C1 (formerly Crowd1) executive Kenny Nordlund confirmed during a marketing webinar that the company has ended its contract with Stratify and Tag Markets.
He told investors:
“You probably or might have heard in your backoffice, C1 has communicated that they have ended the contract with Stratify and Tag Markets. Which is their choice. Pretty strange that you don’t communicate with your partner but that’s another story.”
This marks the effective collapse of the Stratify unregistered investment scheme that C1 had been funneling victims into since late 2025.
How the Stratify Scheme Worked
Stratify (and Tag Markets) allowed C1 investors to convert worthless CBIT tokens (issued through Crowd1) on a 1:1 basis into a new investment, with an additional matching amount in USDT. Returns were marketed as “passive” through a supposed “copy trading” strategy called Sonic AI (the same name previously used in the failed Exfusion scheme).
Tag Markets disabled withdrawals around April 1, 2026, leaving many C1 investors unable to access their funds.
Nordlund Reveals Insider Exits
During the same webinar, Nordlund admitted that several high-level C1 insiders had recently stepped down, including the CEO and Network Director.
He also appeared alongside Tag Markets co-owner Niklas Freihofer, who attempted to shift blame back onto C1, claiming the company failed to deliver on promised pledges. Freihofer then immediately began promoting Bit1, Tag Markets’ latest unregistered investment scheme (previously pitched to victims of the Daisy Global Ponzi).
C1 and Tag Markets’ Troubled History
Both companies operate primarily out of Dubai. Kenny Nordlund (former OneCoin “top leader”), Niklas Freihofer, and C1 owner Jonas Eric Wener have all relocated there.
C1 (as Crowd1) has a long record of regulatory actions worldwide, including bans and fraud warnings from Namibia, Paraguay, Philippines, Mauritius, Gabon, New Zealand, Vietnam, South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Peru, Azerbaijan, Russia, Nepal, Bhutan, India, and Quebec, plus arrests in Sweden and sentencing of promoters in 2025.
Tag Markets has also received recent securities fraud warnings from Russia (January 2026), Austria (February 2026), and Slovenia (April 2026). Its website now carries a lengthy disclaimer excluding numerous countries, yet traffic in March 2026 still came heavily from “restricted” jurisdictions including Germany, the US, UK, Switzerland, and Austria.
Investor Guidance
The repeated pattern of collapsed schemes, insider exits, and new token launches is typical of Ponzi-style operations. C1 investors who were moved into Stratify/Tag Markets should treat any promises of recovery with extreme skepticism.
Bitcoin (BTC) and broader crypto markets remain unaffected by this specific development, but such schemes continue to damage public trust in the industry.
Key Advice: Avoid any MLM or “passive return” crypto schemes, especially those promising guaranteed yields or involving token swaps. Always verify regulatory status through official authorities before investing.
