On October 20, 2025, Spain’s Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) issued a second securities fraud warning against HelloBit, declaring it unauthorized to provide investment services under the Spanish Securities Markets and Investment Services Act, per. This follows a March 2025 warning citing hellobitd.com, now abandoned, per. The new alert flags three additional domains: hellobitese.com (registered September 11, 2025), hellobit.cc (July 2024, flagged for phishing by Cloudflare), and hellobit8.com (October 2024, also Cloudflare-flagged), per. Google searches reveal further domains like hellobitapp.com (June 3, 2025) and hellobitplw.com (September 11, 2025), indicating ongoing evasion tactics, per.
HelloBit operates as a “click a button” trading signals Ponzi, where investors receive fake signals from TSQ Investment Group, prompting daily “clicks” on its website or app to qualify for returns funded by new recruits, per. This model, prevalent in Chinese-run scams from human trafficking compounds in Myanmar and Cambodia, persists despite increased policing in 2025, with HelloBit rotating domains biweekly to continue defrauding users, per. New Zealand issued a similar warning in April 2025, aligning with CNMV’s concerns over unlicensed activities, per.
The CNMV emphasizes HelloBit’s violation of financial law, urging investors to avoid engagement. This second warning highlights the scheme’s adaptability, mirroring patterns in other MLM crypto Ponzi-like schemes, such as Forsage ($340M losses), per. HelloBit’s traffic, though low, targets global users, with efforts to evade detection underscoring enforcement challenges in unregulated crypto spaces, per. X posts from @CryptoLawyerz warn of HelloBit’s phishing risks, per [post:13].
HelloBit poses total loss risks through pyramid dynamics, with no licensed operations or transparent returns. Bitcoin (BTC) ($113,234) and Ethereum (ETH) ($4,070) remain unaffected, per CoinMarketCap, but such schemes erode DeFi trust. Verify platforms via cnmv.es or sec.gov, per. Diversify into USDC or ETH with stop-losses below BTC’s $112,000, per TradingView. Follow @TheBlock__ on X for updates. CNMV’s action may inspire EU-wide crackdowns under MiCA, per, but HelloBit’s persistence demands vigilance in 2025.
