YouTube-Star MrBeast im Visier: 23-Millionen-Dollar-Krypto-Insiderhandelsvorwürfe erschüttern die Szene
Ein Sturm zieht über die Kryptolandschaft auf – diesmal trifft es einen der größten YouTube-Stars.
Die Vorwürfe wiegen schwer: Insiderhandel mit digitalen Assets in schwindelerregender Höhe. 23 Millionen Dollar sollen es gewesen sein – ein Betrag, der selbst erfahrene Trader blass werden lässt.
Wie tief geht das Kaninchenloch?
Ermittler haben offenbar brisante Transaktionsdaten aufgedeckt, die auf ungewöhnliche Timing-Muster hindeuten. Die Aufsichtsbehörden scharren bereits mit den Hufen – man kennt das Spiel aus der traditionellen Finanzwelt nur zu gut.
Die Krypto-Community reagiert gespalten: Während einige Transparenz fordern, verteidigen andere den Internet-Star. Schließlich sei der Markt doch dezentralisiert und frei für alle, oder?
Ein klassischer Fall von 'Wenn es zu gut klingt, um wahr zu sein' – nur dass diesmal 23 Millionen Dollar auf dem Spiel stehen. Die Börsenaufsicht FSA dürfte ihre Freude haben, endlich mal wieder einen großen Fisch an der Angel zu haben.
MrBeast wallet transactions started four days ago
Per Arkham, MrBeast’s wallet received a small inflow of 10 GEMS tokens last Thursday, worth just $2.03, from a Gnosis Safe wallet. Three days later, 114,483 USDT arrived in his wallet from ChangeNOW’s hot wallet, which was used in the Aster purchase. A separate inflow came through PancakeSwap with 15.83 billion BABYGR tokens, valued at $152.16.
More recently, 20 hours ago, MrBeast’s wallet received 998,456 AGRO tokens worth $226.42 from the cryptocurrency exchange MEXC.
It is unknown what he plans to do with the tokens, but according to some analysts, Donaldson could be involved in another insider trading scandal since Aster is barely a week old in the market.
The wallet labeled “WuTangClan” (0x9e67D018488aD636B538e4158E9e7577F2ECac12) is not the only account tied to MrBeast. DeFind, a platform that identifies wallets belonging to high-profile individuals, listed more MrBeast wallets on X that included 0x4f7b6…33007ae8, 0xd6210…6dfa26935b, 0x2c07…9977394, 0x7c1b…218a1b6d6, but only the third wallet has a balance of more than $10.
Allegations of insider trading follow MrBeast’s profit collection of $11.45 million from SuperVerse (SUPER), $4.65 million from Ethernity Chain (ERN), $1.72 million from Polkamon (PMON), $1.31 million from STAK, and $1 million from AIOZ Network (AIOZ). Combined, these trades have generated more than $23 million.
Why SuperVerse became MrBeast’s highest gainer
SuperVerse, one of MrBeast’s most profitable ventures, was heavily promoted by crypto marketers including EllioTrades and Alex Becker.
According to an insight from blockchain researchers, Loock, influencers MrBeast, KSI, and LazarBeam also advertised the tokens, but most of the posts proving their involvement have been deleted.
The token’s public presale in late 2021 saw investors purchase $SUPER at $0.02 each, but after its launch, the token’s value surged 50-fold to $1. Presale investors expected significant gains, but many were later refunded their initial contributions through legal loopholes to exclude them from the windfall.
Influencers with early allocations, including MrBeast, were able to sell into the rally and secure large profits. A leaked screenshot from EllioTrades’ stream revealed private X messages suggesting MrBeast intended to commit $100,000 toward the $SUPER presale.
He also used his platform to promote the token, posting about it to his 33 million followers.
The Aster token, where MrBeast recently invested in, officially launched on September 17 after the merger of Astherus and APX Finance. The project is backed by YZi Labs, formerly Binance Labs, and has received endorsements from Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao.
At the time of this publication, the token was trading at $1.55, 18% down from its all-time high of $1.97 reached on Sunday morning, but still more than 1,707% higher on the week.
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