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Truth Terminal founder’s X account hacked to shill scam memecoin
29.10.2024
The hackers responsible for shilling the sham memecoin from Ayrey’s account made off with over $600,000 in ill-gotten gains.
An AI bot didn’t create the GOAT crypto token — but did shill it
14.10.2024
An a16z-funded AI bot called Truth Terminal did not launch a memecoin called GOAT, but it did endorse the token and sent it briefly rallying to a value of just over $150 million.
Supreme Court of India YouTube channel hijacked to shill XRP
20.9.2024
India's Supreme Court YouTube channel fell victim to a Ripple and XRP scam, promoting fraudulent investments via a fake livestream
McDonald’s Instagram hackers make $700K shilling Grimace memecoin
22.8.2024
Scammers hacked the official McDonald’s Instagram account to promote a sham memecoin based on the fast food giant’s mascot Grimace.
McDonald’s Instagram hackers make $700K shilling Grimace memecoin
22.8.2024
Scammers hacked the official McDonald’s Instagram account to promote a sham memecoin based on the fast food giant’s mascot Grimace.
Scammers hijack major Australian broadcaster’s YouTube to shill crypto scam
27.6.2024
Australian broadcaster 7News’ YouTube channel livestreamed a crypto-touting deep fake Elon Musk, which garnered hundreds of thousands of views
'I anti-endorse these projects' — Buterin's shitcoin war sees him sent another 250K
10.3.2023
Earlier this week, the Ethereum co-founder sold $700,000 worth of “shitcoins.”
Get Real, Lagarde — The Underlying Asset ‘Guaranteeing’ Your Euro Scam Coin Is a Gun
24.5.2022
With the approaching tsunami of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) looming ever closer, it shouldn’t come as a surprise when central banks shill their coins at the expense of sounder assets. Recently, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde went so far as to say that...
Leaked 'Shill Price List' Alleges Crypto Influencers Charge Up to USD 25,000 for a Shill Tweet
19.4.2022
Zachxbt, an anonymous crypto researcher and self-proclaimed "on-chain sleuth," has published an extensive list of crypto influencers and how much they allegedly charge to "shill" crypto projects on Twitter.
Zachxbt told Motherboard that the list came from a "marketing firm" but did not disclose...
'Crypto Critic' — Hollywood insider has a message for celebrities who shill token projects
1.12.2021
According to Ben McKenzie, blockchain technology may still play an important role in the future of finance, but “rich and famous people pushing these products" haven’t yet earned the trust of investors
Opensea NFT Marketplace Claims Employee Profited From Insider Information
16.9.2021
On September 15, the top non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, Opensea, revealed that an Opensea executive profited from insider trading. “Yesterday we learned that one of our employees purchased items that they knew were set to display on our front page before they appeared there...
Are NFT Sales Susceptible to Shill Bidding? NFT Skeptics Think It’s Possible
2.9.2021
In 2021, there’s no doubt that non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles have been extremely popular and NFTs have made billions in sales during the last year. For instance, in the last month Opensea saw $3.44 billion in NFT sales, Axie Infinity saw $838 million, and the pixelated NFTs...
Justin Sun Denies Bid to Enlist 13.6m-sub YouTuber as Tron ‘Shill’
16.2.2021
Marques Brownlee. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/Marques Brownlee
A YouTuber with over 13.6 million subscribers and over 5 million followers on Twitter said he was approached about promoting the tron (TRX) token – a charge which Tron chief Justin Sun has rushed to deny, despite skepticism...
'Ur welcome' — DOGE soars after Elon Musk returns to Twitter... to shill Dogecoin
4.2.2021
A sudden reappearance by the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has only one focus: a meme-based altcoin now masquerading as the Lion King