5 entries tagged “disputed”.
An Ethereum token whose deployer key was compromised on March 5, 2021, letting an attacker upgrade the contract, mint ~59.5M PAID, and sell ~2.5M for ~$3M in ETH before liquidity was pulled. The team blamed a leaked key; some observers alleged an insider rug.
A BNB Chain index token whose website briefly displayed 'WE SCAMMED YOU GUYS…' in May 2021, prompting rug-pull reports. A widely shared $32M figure is disputed — the team said the site was hacked and its market cap never exceeded $2M.
An NFT 'play-to-earn' game promoted by Logan Paul in 2021 that never fully launched after raising millions. A Coffeezilla exposé called it a 'rug pull'; Paul apologized and offered refunds. An investor class action against Paul was dismissed; a defamation suit over the 'scam' label was ongoing.
Two ICO tokens promoted in Vietnam by Modern Tech as MLM investments advertising up to 48% monthly returns. Widely reported as a ~$660M exit scam affecting ~32,000 people, though later Vietnamese investigation said those figures were inflated.
A South African crypto investment platform (founded 2019) whose founders said it was hacked in April 2021, then left the country. Loss figures are heavily disputed ($3.6B reported vs ~$40–50M later); the founders deny wrongdoing.