The Dekado platform, operating under the domain dekado.io, was registered privately on September 18th, 2017, with no identifying information about its operators available on its website. Potential participants should exercise extreme caution when considering any investment where the ownership remains undisclosed.
Dekado offers no tangible products or services for sale. The only way for affiliates to earn is by marketing membership in Dekado itself. Affiliates purchase Dekadocoin (DKD) points, priced at $15.37 each at the time of review. These points are then "lent" back to Dekado. The company promises a monthly return on investment (ROI) of up to 42% for these lent points, structured across various investment tiers. Investments ranging from $100 to $100,000 receive differing ROI percentages and durations, with larger investments potentially earning bonus daily ROI rates.
Commissions for recruiting new members are distributed through a ten-level unilevel compensation structure. Personally recruited affiliates form level 1, earning a 7% commission. Subsequent levels offer diminishing commission rates, from 3% on level 2 down to 0.5% on levels 5 through 10. A withdrawal fee of 0.0007 BTC is applied to all affiliate commission payouts. Free membership allows only for earning referral commissions; full participation requires a minimum $100 investment in DKD points.
Dekadocoin (DKD) itself is presented as a cryptocurrency but functions solely within an internal exchange controlled by Dekado's anonymous owners. The company claims its purported "price buoyancy software," essentially a trading bot, generates the revenue to guarantee investment returns. However, no evidence substantiates the existence of this software or any external trading profits used to pay investors. The platform's sole verifiable income stream is new money invested by participants. This reliance on new funds to pay existing investors is the defining characteristic of a Ponzi scheme.
When lending ICO Ponzi schemes like Dekado operate, anonymous administrators sell pre-generated digital points for fiat currency. Investors are promised high monthly returns, often exceeding 40%. The company claims these returns are generated by trading bots or other unspecified investment activities. In reality, the only money available to pay these promised returns comes from the subsequent investments of new participants. This model inevitably collapses when recruitment slows, leaving later investors with significant losses. The scheme's administrators typically disappear with the collected funds.