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🎙️ MIC CHECK. $20K?. This week: Synonym CEO John Carvalho - @BitcoinErrorLog - says he was offered a spot on @scottmelker's Wolf of All Streets podcast - for $20K. He posted screenshots of alleged emails pitching an “interview” as part of a paid influencer campaign. 🧵.
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The Context: ❓ Who is Aqua1?. Aqua1 has become the largest supporter of Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial, but no one knows what or who it is. Latest from @BennettTomlin . Subscribe and read 👉
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🫨 NON-STOP DEFI DRAMA. — Researchers saved $10M from North Korean hackers — @texture_fi got hacked for $2.2M but recovered 90% — @KintoXYZ's "rug pull" was actually a state actor attack. In DeFi, chaos isn't the exception - it's the business model 🧵.
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Melker’s faced controversy before - including past accusations of promoting tokens while holding bags. The revolution will be monetized - and possibly include a rate card. More ⤵️
Crypto’s ‘pay-to-play’ problem resurfaces in Wolf of All Streets podcast accusations
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Melker denied charging for interviews, claiming it was part of a new initiative offering clearly labeled sponsored content. “We maintain a clear separation between sponsored and editorial,” he told Protos. Carvalho’s response? “They can equivocate all they like.”.
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“They asked me to be on their retarded show, and then to pay $20k for it,” Carvalho wrote. The rep pitched “influencer coverage,” including paid interviews and “organic mentions.” . Carvalho replied he'd do the show - if they donated $2K to @BitcoinSmiles.
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🎙️ MIC CHECK. $20K?. This week: Synonym CEO John Carvalho - @BitcoinErrorLog - says he was offered a spot on @scottmelker's Wolf of All Streets podcast - for $20K. He posted screenshots of alleged emails pitching an “interview” as part of a paid influencer campaign. 🧵.
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The real story? All of this happened in ONE DAY. $10M saved, hackers spooked, state actors rugging, and researchers playing cat-and-mouse with North Korea. 🥷 DeFi is simultaneously the most innovative and most dangerous corner of finance. More ⤵️
Just another day in DeFi: A hack, a rug-pull, and $10M saved
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Plot twist: Kinto's token crash wasn't a rug pull but a state actor upgrading their token contract to mint fake tokens and dump them. Even Arbiscan couldn't detect the implementation. 🌪️ When nation-states start rugging your DeFi tokens, you know we've reached peak chaos.
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Meanwhile, Texture's hack had a Hollywood ending. 👮♂️ Team went full bad cop: "You made an opsec mistake, but it's not too late to avoid escalating." . Hacker got spooked and returned 90% of the $2.2M. Sometimes intimidation works better than playing nice.
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The $10M save was wild: . 🇰🇵 North Korean hackers had been laying traps in thousands of smart contracts for months, waiting for bigger fish. They front-ran proxy contracts with malicious versions while spoofing logs to hide their tracks.
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🫨 NON-STOP DEFI DRAMA. — Researchers saved $10M from North Korean hackers — @texture_fi got hacked for $2.2M but recovered 90% — @KintoXYZ's "rug pull" was actually a state actor attack. In DeFi, chaos isn't the exception - it's the business model 🧵.
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Crypto’s ‘pay-to-play’ problem resurfaces in Wolf of All Streets podcast accusations
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