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ZachXBT accuses four crypto influencers of market manipulation

Blockchain analyst ZachXBT accused crypto influencers TraderSZ, Trader_XO, TraderNJ1, and PetaByte of scamming. Expert claims that they fraudulently obtained tokens, inflated their price, and sold them. His investigation consists of two parts. In the first one he covers the actions of TraderNJ1 and PetaByte who used other people’s names to obtain (CompanionBot) CBOT and (Baby Shiba Inu) BABYSHIB tokens. 1/ Part 1 of an breakdown into how @TraderNJ1 @PetaByteCapital have deceived multiple projects by leveraging the names of other influencer to obtain free tokens from CBOT and BABYSHIB to dump on followers undisclosed. pic.twitter.com/BllmaDzDO5 — ZachXBT (@zachxbt) September 10, 2023 These coins were allocated 8% and 3.5% of the supply, respectively. Both influencer s claimed that these tokens would increase in value by 10-20x. You might also like: One wallet conducted 114 meme coin scams, ZachXBT’s findings After the asset price soared, traders drained their...

Tether CTO stays silent on Bitcoin mining locations

Tether’s chief technology officer, Paolo Ardoino dropped a hint that the operations are based in Latin America, but hesitated to reveal any more details beyond that. Paolo Ardoino, chief technology officer of stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT), recently found himself addressing rumors about images of large industrial containers online. These speculations led him to rejecting questions about where Tether is mining Bitcoin (BTC).  In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) published on Aug. 26, Ardoino shed light on the curiosity sparked by the photo he shared on Aug. 24. The image displayed a container with a photoshopped Tether Energy logo, leaving many people pondering over what it's all about.  One of #Tether energy production and #Bitcoin mining sites coming along well. pic.twitter.com/6Z8o6A5OaE — Paolo Ardoino (@paoloardoino) August 24, 2023 He clarified that the photo shows a control room at a Bitcoin mining site that Tether is currently completing and will soon begin ...

Jack Dorsey courts controversy by claiming ETH is a security

Since Binance and Coinbase were sued for offering unregistered securities, Dorsey has tweeted posts promoting a focus on Bitcoin development. Long-time Bitcoin (BTC) advocate Jack Dorsey has found himself in a Twitter war with several crypto industry pundits after he responded with “yes” to a question asking if Ether (ETH) was a security . The comment caught the attention of Udi Wertheimer, a Bitcoin Ordinals developer at Taproot Wizards, who inferred Dorsey was a “clown” in a tweet on June 6. In response, Dorsey tweeted “ETH is not a security ? Teach me wizard,” which prompted Wertheimer to share a five-year-old video of the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler stating that ETH was now “sufficiently decentralized” and wasn’t a security . clowns. pic.twitter.com/S8AiJwuMem — Udi Wertheimer (@udiWertheimer) June 6, 2023 However, Gabor Gurbacs, strategy advisor to stablecoin issuer Tether and investment management firm VanEck weighed in on Werthei...