ArbiSmart's 10-Minute Promise: The 2020 Sponsored Post Revisited

Update 25 September 2026: This article was published in November 2020 as a sponsored post supplied by ArbiSmart and advertised the platform and its RBIS token. We have removed the promotional text, the return promises and the calls to buy. Since then, Estonia's Financial Intelligence Unit revoked the virtual currency licence FVT000353 of ArbiSmart OÜ on 15 November 2021, and Italy's regulator Consob ordered the websites arbismart.com and dashboard.arbismart.com to be blocked with resolution no. 23540 of 30 April 2025.

What did the sponsored post claim?

The post promised that ten minutes of setup would be enough to grow a Bitcoin and Ethereum holding. It advertised guaranteed returns of 10.8 to 45 percent a year and described the risk as almost nil, and it cited a projected rise of 3,000 percent for RBIS by the end of 2021. It presented ArbiSmart as an EU-licensed platform whose automated crypto arbitrage would keep earning in rising and falling markets. None of these statements came from independent sources, and the regulatory decisions that followed contradict the picture it painted.

What have regulators decided since?

• Licence revoked in Estonia: The list of revoked licences of the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit shows that the virtual currency licence FVT000353 of ArbiSmart OÜ was revoked on 15 November 2021. The EU licence the post relied on no longer existed from that day.
• Websites blocked in Italy: With resolution no. 23540 of 30 April 2025, announced on 2 May 2025, Consob ordered the blocking of arbismart.com and dashboard.arbismart.com, operated by Arbismart UAB, because services for crypto-assets were being offered to Italian investors without the authorisation required under the EU's MiCA regulation.

Why were returns like these never realistic?

Price gaps between large crypto exchanges are small and close within seconds, and fees and transfer times eat into the margin. Fixed annual returns of up to 45 percent from arbitrage with little risk are therefore not something a platform can promise, and a token whose price is set by the platform itself says nothing about real demand. Before depositing money with any crypto provider, check whether it is authorised: our guides to the EU warning list and the ESMA register and to checking a provider's licence show how.

The full story of the platform is in our review ArbiSmart looking back: Estonian licence revoked, websites blocked in Italy.

FAQ

Is ArbiSmart licensed?

No. Estonia revoked the licence of ArbiSmart OÜ on 15 November 2021, and Consob ordered ArbiSmart's websites blocked in Italy on 30 April 2025 because the required MiCA authorisation was missing.

What should former ArbiSmart customers do?

Keep all account statements, transaction records and correspondence, and contact the financial regulator or the police in your country.