Railgun, a cryptocurrency privacy tool often compared to the now-sanctioned Tornado Cash, has robustly defended itself against allegations of facilitating money laundering activities. These claims have surfaced in the wake of scrutiny from the FBI, which has pointed to potential misuse of the platform by malicious actors to launder cryptocurrencies. The Tornado Cash founders and a developer have been charged in the U.S. and the Netherlands.
A few days ago, Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) warned via Twitter that out of more than 7,000 LinkedIn profiles of alleged Binance employees, only about 50 were genuine. Scammers would pose as LinkedIn employees and offer listings, for example. It is a fact that, especially in the high-risk payment segment, many providers such as Paypound or OpenUp work with fake profiles to trick merchants. It has already reached pandemic proportions.
Twitter continues to be the battleground of tech apostles like Elon Musk, Michael Saylor, or crypto pundit Vitalik Buterin. The latest battle aroused around Zhu Su (@zushu), CEO of struggling crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), who allegedly purchased a superyacht for $50 million. The rumor was brought by @AutismCapital and @FatManTerra and later commented by Ethereum founder and mastermind Vitalik Buterin (@VitalikButerin). The depressed crypto environment only makes envy and ill will run high on Twitter as well.
The Austrian Julian HOSP (or Dr. Julian HOSP as he likes to call himself) has certainly shaped the ICO developments in the crypto scene since 2017. He contributed his extensive experience and network from the MLM sector he acquired as team leader of the Austrian LYONESS system, an MLM scheme with global reach and a questionable reputation. HOSP's starting point in his crypto-career was the successful TenX ICO. Since then, he has toured the Crypto Summits worldwide, promoting and telling the people how to set up a successful company like TenX.