Strange, but true: 5 outlandish and weird crypto stories of 2024
In 2024, significant events in the crypto world included the FBI creating a fake token, NexFundAI, to catch fraudsters, resulting in at least 18 charges. A memecoin developer, Mikol, suffered severe burns during a livestream stunt to promote his coin, leading to a temporary market cap surge for TruthOrDare (DARE) but later a decline. A 13-year-old creator rug-pulled his token, Gen Z Quant (QUANT), live, making $30,000 while traders later profited from a massive price increase. Justin Sun purchased and ate a $6.2 million banana artwork, claiming it represented a cultural phenomenon. The Hellcat crime organization humorously demanded a ransom from Schneider Electric in either Monero or French baguettes. Other notable incidents included a user mistakenly paying a $90,000 fee for a $2,000 ETH transfer and various boxing matches among crypto influencers.
