5 entries tagged “pump-and-dump”.
A 2021 BNB Chain 'charity' token heavily promoted by influencers, including FaZe Clan members. Its advertised anti-whale limit was changed from 24 hours to 60 seconds just before launch, enabling insiders to dump; widely described as a pump-and-dump.
RaveDAO's $RAVE token spiked thousands of percent (from ~$0.25 to a peak around $19–28) in under a week in 2026, then collapsed ~98%. On-chain investigators including ZachXBT alleged a coordinated pump-and-dump that lured short sellers with ~$42M of inflows to Bitget before a squeeze and dump; Binance and Bitget said they were investigating market-manipulation claims.
An 'AI' meme coin ($SIREN) whose price was widely flagged as a manipulated pump-and-dump in 2026. After a rally of roughly 6,800% on a still-unreleased product, on-chain analysts found the supply heavily concentrated in a handful of wallets; a single whale then dumped ~670M tokens (~92% of circulating supply) for about $64.8M, crashing the price ~95% in a week.
A dog-themed crypto token (Saitama Inu, plus the related SaitaRealty) that the SEC and DOJ charged in October 2024 as a fraudulent, manipulated securities offering. Promoters allegedly hyped a 'Saitama ecosystem' while secretly dumping holdings and hiring market makers (Gotbit, ZM Quant) to fake volume.
A 2021 Ethereum token (unrelated to Ethereum) promoted by celebrities. The SEC charged Kim Kardashian for touting it without disclosing a $250,000 payment; she settled for $1.26M. A private 'pump-and-dump' class action was later dismissed.
