🚨 Arthur Hayes (BitMEX co-founder) just sold everything. And within minutes, scammers tried to trick his own wallet.
📌 The facts (Oct. 24)
• Hayes on X: “I dumped it all.” His directional trading portfolio (Maelstrom family office) took profits on $ETH , ENA, UNI…
• His reason: macro and geopolitical conditions are “a little risky.” He thinks the market needs to “go down to go back up.”
• Lookonchain: ~$22.28M sold, including 6,400 ETH (~$15.2M)
• Caveat: no sale of $BTC was announced, and this isn't all of Maelstrom
🪤 The trap: address poisoning
26 fake “ETH” transfers appeared in his transaction history within 90 minutes (Blockscout, via Bitcoin.com News). Scammers create addresses with the same beginning and ending as the real ones, so the victim copies the wrong one for their next transfer.
👤 Imagine Fatou (a fictional character), a shopkeeper in Abidjan. Every month, she copies her supplier’s address from her transaction history. One day, an almost identical fake address appears there. If she checks only the beginning and the end, her money goes to the scammer, with no way to get it back.
✅ Good habits
• Never copy an address from your transaction history
• Use the app’s address book
• Check the entire address
• Large amount? Send a small test first
⚖️ A whale selling doesn’t predict the market: Hayes gave neither a target price nor a date for returning.
💬 Do you check the entire address? 🟢 Always / 🔴 Just the beginning and end 👇
Not financial advice. DYOR.
Sources: Hayes (X), Lookonchain, Bitcoin.com News, CoinDesk.
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📌 The facts (Oct. 24)
• Hayes on X: “I dumped it all.” His directional trading portfolio (Maelstrom family office) took profits on $ETH , ENA, UNI…
• His reason: macro and geopolitical conditions are “a little risky.” He thinks the market needs to “go down to go back up.”
• Lookonchain: ~$22.28M sold, including 6,400 ETH (~$15.2M)
• Caveat: no sale of $BTC was announced, and this isn't all of Maelstrom
🪤 The trap: address poisoning
26 fake “ETH” transfers appeared in his transaction history within 90 minutes (Blockscout, via Bitcoin.com News). Scammers create addresses with the same beginning and ending as the real ones, so the victim copies the wrong one for their next transfer.
👤 Imagine Fatou (a fictional character), a shopkeeper in Abidjan. Every month, she copies her supplier’s address from her transaction history. One day, an almost identical fake address appears there. If she checks only the beginning and the end, her money goes to the scammer, with no way to get it back.
✅ Good habits
• Never copy an address from your transaction history
• Use the app’s address book
• Check the entire address
• Large amount? Send a small test first
⚖️ A whale selling doesn’t predict the market: Hayes gave neither a target price nor a date for returning.
💬 Do you check the entire address? 🟢 Always / 🔴 Just the beginning and end 👇
Not financial advice. DYOR.
Sources: Hayes (X), Lookonchain, Bitcoin.com News, CoinDesk.
#CryptoNews #Sécurité #Africa