DeFi100, a cryptocurrency project, allegedly scammed investors of $32 million (roughly Rs. 233 crore) according to reports and tweets. However, the project has now issued a denial of the claims, although some doubt apparently remains. The reports of people behind the project running away with the money started circulating after a rather distasteful message appeared on their website on Sunday. “We scammed you guys, and you can’t do **** about it,” read the message on the DeFi100 website. Since then, DeFi100has clarified that their website was hacked and the hackers had put the message, which has been taken down now.
Like Bitcoin (price in India), Dogecoin (price in India), and Ether (price in India), among others, DeFi100 is a cryptocurrency. However, it’s much lesser-known than the other popular digital assets. At the time of writing, the website was still down. “Oops, looks like the page is lost. This is not a fault, just an accident that was not intentional,” is what it says now.
Speculation about a scam started with a tweet this weekend:
BREAKING: DeFi100 coin exit scams, and runs away with $32 million in investors funds.
Website is now updated with the message “We scammed you guys, and you can’t do shit about it” pic.twitter.com/uyeYUDgbwo
— Mr. Whale (@CryptoWhale) May 22, 2021
On Sunday, the crypto project, on its official Twitter handle said they had not exited as was suspected. “Firstly, total supply of D100 at present is less than 4 million tokens. At…
