Is Cointelegraph culpable? - WorldofBattles ICO
Allowing paid "sponsored" articles on your site without vetting them gives scammers a venue to SCAM!
Is the money you made in accepting the article worth defrauding your readers. Apparently so!
Case in point. WorldofBattles ICO is a complete scam (albeit, well thought out) in which over 500 people contributed more than $500,000 USD. The scammers did a pretty good job creating what appears to be a real company with Linkedin profiles and other social media propaganda. over 500 people were mislead and probably didn't go past the cointelegraph article before investing.
SHAME ON YOU - Cointelegraph!
If Cointelegraph cared at all, they would remove the article from their site immediately. They have not!
In my opinion, they serve to delay or otherwise restrict the growth of crypto.