๐จ The FBI has created its own crypto token.
They listed it on Uniswap. Built a website, a whitepaper, real tokenomics.
And then they waited.
It was 2024. The operation was called โOperation Token Mirrorsโ and the token was named
#NexFundAI .
This wasn't a warning. It wasn't an educational campaign. It was real-time evidence. The manipulation signatures came in hot, unaware that every move was being recorded. One of them documented in their internal files the difference between โwash tradingโ and โreal market volume.โ They incriminated themselves. ๐๏ธ
Outcome: 18 individuals and entities arrested, over $25 million confiscated, and bots disabled across 60 different tokens. โ๏ธ
The first time in history that a financial services firm faced criminal charges for market manipulation in crypto.
But the case didnโt end there.
On the same day as the DOJ announcement, someone cloned the token's contract. In 24 hours, they replicated the scheme and made $127,000 before vanishing. ๐ป
And there's a detail that almost no one reported: the FBI had to open a restitution portal because when they pulled liquidity, regular investors lost money. The trap also caught the innocent. ๐ฏ
Does this say anything about the state of crypto regulationโฆ or how deep the manipulation runs in this market?
๐ Do you think the FBI should conduct more operations like this, or is it playing with fire?
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