Why Crypto Scammers Are Scared of This Man - ZachXBT

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Video Description

On-Chain Detective ZachXBT built a large following exposing over 40 cases of alleged fraud and questionable ethics in crypto...and he's done it again!

His latest bust of Wonderland is one of the most controversial and has even made Bloomberg headlines. This week, he shares with us:

His most memorable exposés
How investors can detect and expose fraud
Dealing with death threats
Zach's future targets

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

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Disclaimer: Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, a subsidiary of The Spartan Group. All opinions expressed by Jason and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of The Spartan Group and any of its subsidiaries

Follow Along Guide

Intro to ZachXBT (00:00 - 2:52)

When did he join Crypto?
Which platforms are he most active on?

Out Of All His Exposes (2:53 - 4:02)

Which is his most memorable one?
How did build the case for it?

Case Building (4:03 - 7:39)

How does he categorize the different people that he goes after?
How does each of the cases begin?
What tools does he use to aid his research?
Are the bad actors actually good at covering their tracks?

Outcome Of Exposes (7:40 - 11:42)

What is Zach’s idea situation? Involvement of feds or self-policing?
Was there actually any cases where bad actors got into legal trouble or Zach was contacted by feds to help with a case?
Did any expose targets reach out / threaten Zach to take down a thread?

MoonRock Case (11:43 - 15:18)

When did they start?
Why were they targets of Zach and what did they do wrong?

Silicon Valley’s darling - World Coin Case (15:19 - 17:45)

Who are some popular crypto VCs that are involved?
Why is the project messed up?
After their Twitter silence, who are they targeting recently?

Criteria Of Who To Go After (17:46 - 19:42)

What is Zach’s criteria on deciding who is okay to research / expose?
What is Zach’s strategy in expose selection and why?

Community’s Reaction To Zach’s Expose (19:43 - 24:00)

Why are some of the exposed targets still popular?
Who is one of the exposed individuals that is still popular even though Zach called him out?

WonderLand & SiFu Situation (24:01 - 40:40)

What is the back story of this whole case?
Why did Zach think it was necessary to bring this information to light even though nothing bad explicitly happened?
What was the community’s reaction?
Given that nature of such news is bound to cause a sell-off, does Zach consider about the impact on community’s bags?
How does he deal with the hostile feedback from pissed-off community members?
What is his motivation in posting even though he knows that he will get some backlash for it?
Has he ever been wrong on any of the exposes?

Future of On-chain Monitoring (40:41 - 43:14)

Will the rapid advancement of Zero Knowledge Proofs and Privacy Preserving Technology affect his detective work?
Will it get harder in the future to uncover bad actors?

Profiting From Exposes (43:15 - 44:33)

Has Zach actually considered starting an activist short-selling fund (e.g Muddy Waters Research in Stocks)
If no, why hasn’t he done it? What is his intention for such exposes?

Leaking Expose He’s Working On (44:34 - 47:10)

What are some of the threads that he is working on?
What kind of bad actors did Zach notice using Tornado-Cash the most?

Reaching out to Zach (47:11 - END)

Where can people reach him?
What are his tips to get his attention?
How can people help his work?