A recent Blockchain Sports Ponzi promo event in Belarus has seen local media ask uncomfortable questions.

Supposedly at the root of Belarus’ government embracing crypto Ponzi fraud is Chinese debt.

Back in October residents of Gomel, a city in Belarus,
woke to cars being “drifted”
by drivers from Japan, Australia, the Netherlands, Thailand and Brazil.

The promo was a marketing campaign for Blockchain Sports, an MLM crypto Ponzi run by convicted fraudster Dmitriy Saksonov.

When BehindMLM first looked into Blockchain Sports earlier this year, Saksonov represented he was based out of Brazil. Saksonov appears to have since relocated to the UAE.

Blockchain Sports initially launched in 2023. The original Ponzi was built around SPORTS and FTBLL tokens.

After the first Ponzi collapsed, an NFT grift reboot was
launched as part of the collapsed Daisy Global Ponzi scheme
.

With
Daisy Global collapsing for a third and final time
in December 2023, Saksonov and Blockchain Sports then came up with an AI drifting marketing ruse around mid 2024.

BelTA, Belarus’ state-owned news agency, is reported to have relentlessly pitched Blockchain Sports’ recent marketing event to locals.

Foreign pilots in professional drift cars collect data for an AI-controlled car by conducting races on special stages, and the best Belarusian drifters hospitably show off the most picturesque places in the country.

A
November 17th investigative report from Nasha Niva
states these claims “do not stand up to criticism”.

If you brush away the dust in your eyes, the outlines of another murky story around Shanter Hill, Shakutin’s long-term construction project near Drozdy, appear.

Brushing aside drifting as a motor racing subculture with no mainstream appeal, Hawa Hiba reports most of Blockchain Sports’ drivers “are minor figures whose names are absent from the tournament tables of serious drift leagues”.

The cars used in Blockchain Sports’ event were owned by three Belarusian drivers. None of the drifting “stars” Blockchain Sports’ touted appeared in any driving footage.

It is not clear exactly how long the guests were allowed to hold the steering wheel; they do not appear in the video reports inside the cars; they mostly bow to the press.

BelTA published comical photos of the “guest stars” sitting as extras and shaking their heads on the second floor of a tourist bus, around which Belarusians are dancing.

And one of the Japanese admits that this is the first time he has dealt with a left-hand drive drift car (in Japan, traffic is on the left side).

Supposedly Blockchain Sports’ event was held to gather data to feed into an AI model that would eventually drift cars on its own.

As Nasha Niva points out though, AI controlled drifting was
performed successfully
nine years ago
in the US
.

In case it wasn’t obvious, Blockchain Sports’ “AI drifting” ruse isn’t supposed to make sense. It’s a simple gateway to a “Drift Pool” fraudulent investment scheme.

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🤖 Quick Answer

What is Blockchain Sports?
Blockchain Sports is an MLM cryptocurrency scheme launched in 2023, reportedly operated by convicted fraudster Dmitriy Saksonov. Originally built around SPORTS and FTBLL tokens, the platform has been identified by investigative sources such as BehindMLM as a Ponzi structure. Saksonov was initially based in Brazil before reportedly relocating to the UAE.

Why did Blockchain Sports hold a promotional event in Belarus?
In October, a Blockchain Sports marketing campaign took place in Gomel, Belarus, featuring international drivers performing car drifts. The event attracted participants from Japan, Australia, the Netherlands, Thailand, and Brazil. Local media subsequently raised questions about the legitimacy of the promotion and its connection to cryptocurrency Ponzi activity.

What concerns has the Blockchain Sports event raised in Belarus?
Local Belarusian media outlets have questioned why

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