The Creator of Donald Trump Memecoin (DJT) Has Been Revealed. A Crypto Analyzer Has Won the Arkham Prize.
The blockchain analysis platform Arkham awarded $150,000 to ZachXBT for identifying creator of the Donald Trump-themed DJT token.
Arkham said ZachXBT provided “conclusive evidence” that Martin Shkreli was the creator. ZachXBT thanked Arkham for the reward.
The Creator of Donald Trump Memecoin (DJT)
Earlier this week, an unverified report claimed the DJT token was linked to Trump, causing it to surge 300%. Shkreli had promoted the token as the “official Trump campaign token” and challenged a trader to a $100 million bet on its legitimacy.
Shkreli gained notoriety in 2015 for raising a drug’s price over 5,000% as a pharmaceutical CEO. He was laterw convicted in federal court on two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy and sentenced to 7 years in prison.