Crypto detective ZachXBT uncovered the malicious activities of Crypto Rover, including concealing sponsorships and pump-and-dump schemes, on the evening of the 20th. However, Rover continues to post on Twitter today, seemingly unaffected, and has blocked ZachXBT.
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KOL “Crypto Rover”
ZachXBT Uncovers Crypto Rover
Crypto Rover: Easily Increasing Market Cap by $5 Million
Crypto Rover Never Published Sponsorship Posts
Crypto Rover Dumped Tokens After Promoting Them Multiple Times
Crypto Rover Continues Posting and Deletes Numerous Comments
KOL “Crypto Rover”
Crypto Rover frequently shares cryptocurrency information on Twitter, mostly about price trends. He is also the founder of CryptoSea, a project claiming to be a trading bot, and has a large following on social media:
Twitter: 676,000
YouTube: 126,000
Instagram: Closed
ZachXBT Uncovers Crypto Rover
Cryptocurrency detective ZachXBT pointed out on the evening of the 20th that Rover was involved in malicious activities, such as concealing sponsorships and engaging in pump-and-dump schemes.
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Crypto Rover: Easily Increasing Market Cap by $5 Million
Rover claimed to be able to easily increase the market cap from $5 million to tens of millions of dollars when collaborating with a certain project. The project agreed to pay Rover $10,000 plus 1% of the token supply.
Rover’s address can be found here.
Crypto Rover Never Published Sponsorship Posts
ZachXBT pointed out that Rover later claimed multiple times to publish related tweets but failed to do so. The project started requesting a refund from him.
Rover stated that he did not engage in fraud and cannot issue a refund. If reported by the project, he will take legal action.
Crypto Rover Dumped Tokens After Promoting Them Multiple Times
Crypto Rover recommended various low market cap tokens, claiming to buy and hold them long-term, but immediately sold the tokens afterward.
Including:
XTP
RLB
STONED
Crypto Rover Continues Posting and Deletes Numerous Comments
ZachXBT mentioned that he is not the only KOL doing this. The crypto space needs to stop allowing these individuals to profit from their followers through dumping.
Crypto community member @philippbtc also noted that due to ZachXBT’s exposure, Rover’s YouTube channel received a flood of negative comments, which were all deleted.
Despite this, Rover continues to post on Twitter today, seemingly unaffected, and has already blocked ZachXBT.
Crypto Rover
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