3Commas API leak victims demand refunds and apology for ‘gaslighting’ users
Victims of the 3Commas API leak are calling for refunds and an apology from the crypto trading platform for being gaslighted over the whole ordeal. The past couple of months have seen an ongoing back and forth between 3Commas and supposed victims of unauthorized trades coming from their accounts. 3Commas and its CEO Yuriy Sorokin […]
Crypto sleuth debunks 3 biggest misconceptions about the FTX hack
On-chain sleuth ZachXBT has shared his findings on what he sees as the three most common misconceptions about the FTX hack — taking to Twitter to correct a “ton of misinformation” about the event and the possible culprits. In a lengthy Nov. 20 post on Twitter, the self-proclaimed “on-chain sleuth” debunked speculation that Bahamian officials […]
Phishing scammer Monkey Drainer has pilfered as much as $1M in Ethereum
An alleged phishing scammer going by the pseudonym “Monkey Drainer” has reportedly swiped around $1 million worth of Ether (ETH) via dubious copycat NFT minting websites this week. Well-known blockchain sleuth ZachXBT was one of the first to track and highlight the activity, outlining on Oct. 26 that: “Over the past 24 hrs ~700 ETH […]
French police use Twitter crypto sleuth’s research to catch scammers
‘I’ve done nothing wrong’ — Lark Davis denies ‘pump-and-dump’ allegations
Crypto influencer Lark Davis has refuted new allegations from Twitter “on-chain sleuth” ZachXBT of shilling “low cap projects” to his audience “just to dump them shortly after.” Davis was responding to a Twitter thread posted by Zach on Sept. 29, containing allegations that he profited over $1.2 million through selling tokens from crypto projects which […]
High-profile BAYC collector denies allegations of wrongdoing brought by DeFi detective
On Thursday, ZachXBT, a cyber detective in the decentralized finance, or DeFi, realm, accused prominent Taiwanese musician and blockchain personality Jeff Huang, also known as Machi Big Brother, of misconduct in 10 different cryptocurrency projects. Machi Big Brother is known outside of Taiwan as an avid collector of Bored Ape Yacht Club nonfungible tokens (NFTs) […]
TreasureDAO engineer alleged to have past involvement in questionable NFT projects
On Wednesday, decentralized finance, or DeFi, detective @zachxbt published a long thread about TreasureDAO’s frontend engineer Just Cheese, or JC, and his alleged past involvement in several nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, projects. According to its whitepaper, TreasureDAO is a “decentralized NFT ecosystem on Arbitrum that is built specifically for metaverse projects.” Listed projects use the […]