Verdict up front: CDJ Rise, which runs as “The CD Rise” at thecdrise.com, sells “financial freedom” through market investing and claims over a million goals completed. The FSMA lists CDJ Rise among fraudulent online trading platforms, naming both cdjrise.com and thecdrise.com.
Key facts — checked 21 September 2026
Website: thecdrise.com · Domain registered: 6 July 2026 · Regulator: On the FSMA (Belgium) warning list, 30 June 2026 · Status: Live — site loads today
Two domains, one name change
The FSMA’s warning names cdjrise.com and thecdrise.com. When we tried cdjrise.com it blocked us outright. thecdrise.com is live, under the slightly different brand “The CD Rise” — a small change that is enough to dodge a search for the warned name.
The timing is telling. The FSMA published its warning on 30 June 2026. The domain thecdrise.com was registered on 6 July 2026 — six days later. cdjrise.com dates from 19 February 2026.
What the site claims
- “1,000,000+ goals completed” and “1,000+ paths forward”;
- “membership” plans and “active sessions”;
- a registered-trademark sign: “The CD Rise®”;
- an address at Place des Philosophes 18, 1205 Geneva, with a Swiss phone number.
The English reads as if machine-translated — “create your money achievements through smart innovation and personal direction”. The site names no licence or regulator.
⚠ Verified evidence — checked 21 September 2026
- CDJ Rise is on the FSMA list of fraudulent online trading platforms, published 30 June 2026, with domains cdjrise.com and thecdrise.com.
- thecdrise.com was registered on 6 July 2026, six days after the FSMA warning, and trades as “The CD Rise”.
- It claims 1,000,000+ goals completed.
- It gives a Geneva address but no licence or regulator.
- Support address: support@TheCDRise.com.
- Domain thecdrise.com registered: 6 July 2026.
How to check a trading platform in two minutes
Search the name on the FSMA’s own warning pages at fsma.be, and on the register of your own country’s regulator. A firm allowed to offer investments in Belgium will be in the FSMA’s register of authorised firms, not on its warning list. Look up when the website’s domain was registered. And treat any promise of a phone call from an “expert” after sign-up as the start of the sales pitch, not customer service.
Our view: CDJ Rise has moved to a near-identical name after an FSMA warning and still names no licence. Do not join its membership or send money.
Sources, checked 21 September 2026: the FSMA list of companies operating unlawfully in Belgium (fsma.be); RDAP registration record for thecdrise.com; the live site at thecdrise.com.
