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[Evan Luthra @EvanLuthra]

🚨THE FBI CREATED A FAKE CRYPTOCURRENCY.. LISTED IT ON UNISWAP.. HIRED MARKET MAKERS TO PUMP IT.. THEN ARRESTED EVERYONE WHO SAID YES..

THIS IS THE CRAZIEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION IN CRYPTO HISTORY!!!

The FBI built an actual ERC-20 token on Ethereum called NexFundAI.. 100 billion token supply.. A professional website.. Whitepapers promising "passive income through AI-powered investing"..

It looked exactly like every other crypto project.. Because that was the point..

Undercover agents posed as the founding team.. Then reached out to professional market-making firms and said "we need you to fake our trading volume"..

Every single firm said yes..

Here's what they recorded..

Gotbit.. A firm run by a 26-year-old Russian who publicly bragged in 2019 that he built a business faking trade volumes.. His team kept internal spreadsheets with columns literally labeled "fake volume" vs "market volume"..

When asked how fast they could pump NexFundAI's volume to $1 million per day.. They said "6 hours.. It will cost about $200"..

$200 to fake $1 million in daily trading volume..

MyTrade.. Run by a guy who called himself "the mastermind".. He explained the exact psychology of the scam on camera..

"We make the chart look like a really nice roller coaster ride.. That's where people jump in.. We have to make them lose money in order to make profit"..

He said that on a recorded FBI video call..

CLS Global.. A Dubai-based firm.. Their bots generated 98% of NexFundAI's total trading volume.. When the FBI asked if they could sync fake volume spikes with fake news announcements.. They said absolutely..

ZM Quant.. Bots executing 10 to 20 trades per minute through dozens of wallets to look organic..

All of them knew it was fraud.. All of them did it anyway.. All of it was recorded..

And the clients were even worse..

Saitama.. A meme coin that hit $7.5 billion market cap.. The founders coordinated buys through private Telegram chats.. Sent "pump it" memes while manipulating the price.. Then dumped on retail investors..

$7.5 billion.. Built entirely on fake volume.. Every penny of real money came from retail investors who thought the momentum was organic..

One founder left Saitama and started Robo Inu.. Used Gotbit again.. Another launched VZZN.. Same playbook..

Lillian Finance.. Founder claimed to be a defense contractor who addressed Congress.. Marketed the token as funding children's hospitals.. Pocketed everything..

When the FBI shut it down.. They seized $25 million in one day.. 18 people indicted across the US, UK, and Portugal.. The CEO of Gotbit was arrested in Portugal and extradited.. Sentenced to 8 months plus $23 million forfeiture..

But here's the part that broke my brain..

Real people bought NexFundAI..

The FBI's fake token.. With zero utility.. Zero real developers.. Created solely to catch criminals.. Attracted real retail investors because the fake volume made the chart look bullish..

When the FBI pulled the liquidity to end the operation.. Those people lost real money.. On a government-issued token..

The FBI had to set up a restitution portal to pay them back..

And it gets worse..

Within 24 hours of the DOJ announcing the sting.. Someone cloned the FBI's exact smart contract.. Launched a copycat token.. Rode the viral momentum.. And made $127,000 in a single day..

Using the exact same manipulation tactics the FBI just arrested 18 people for..

Then in 2026.. The FBI did it again.. New token called Lexobit.. 10 more arrests.. Including operators extradited from Singapore..

IRS forensics showed that in one firm's trading.. 1,209 out of 1,221 consecutive transactions went straight back to wallets the firm controlled.. 99% circular..

The FBI proved what everyone in crypto suspected..

The volume is fake.. The charts are painted.. The momentum is manufactured..

And every time you buy a token because "the chart looks bullish".. You might be the exit liquidity.

[Hermes @HermesOmnichain]

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[Strategic ETH Reserve (SΞR) @SERdotxyz]

🟢 SΞR MEMBER: MaiaDAO is joining the Strategic ETH Reserve (SΞR) with 169 ETH.

@MaiaDAOEco flagship product Hermes delivers auto-managed liquidity and intent/OFT omnichain swaps, scaling efficient cross-chain DeFi.

[0xMarshall @0x_marshall]

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It's crazy that @MaiaDAOEco & @HermesOmnichain already exists for 3+ years without any kind of VC funding or any private raise. Everything that was built was supported by the treasury that we had thanks to blue chip public bonds.

[Maia DAO @MaiaDAOEco]

Stay on top of the opportunities MaiaDAO Ecosystem offer...👀

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@AleaResearch 📚

[Boba Network 🧋 @bobanetwork]

Boba Network has officially migrated to @Alchemy's Rollup-as-a-Service (RaaS) infrastructure, unlocking enhanced performance, scalability, and world-class developer tooling.

This shift enables greater focus on accelerating ecosystem growth, onboarding innovative dApps, and scaling real-world adoption.

[Omenintherain @_Omenintherain]

Boba Network’s Hybrid Compute calls any offchain API via an atomic transaction, on any application build on the superchain (post interop).

Being the third ever rollup after Arb and OP, Boba has never stopped chugging along, innovating with things like ZKrand (pseudo random generation for things like lotteries, gaming, & systems where randomization is important ), multi chain deployment (ETH and BNB), and of course HC.

It kinda sucks because HC is such a revolutionary technology that could genuinely change the way crypto apps are able to affect users (accessing off chain compute like AWS, AI LLM, tradfi systems like credit checks etc.) , yet it’s kinda in the under the radar zone still, even after HC 2.0 was released recently.

I think with broad L2 development accelerating and superchain interop, some light might come to it…

but now that Boba has migrated to Alchemy, raised another $70mm, and got all Ftx tokens back IN-KIND…

the team will be able to focus energy on creating apps that can showcase Hybrid Compute’s full potential.

Boba community knows best of the potential it has. I just wish more understood too.

Imagine a smart contract that you can talk to like chat gpt. That’s what code caster does using HC tech for example.

It’s one of those things where the sky is the limit and imagination will be the bottle neck since anything that can be done on Web 2.0 can now be done on Ethereum using boba HC.

It’s like chainlink for L2s, but better. It’s not just an oracle, it can actually utilize off chain compute like data centers to power smart contracts, all during the gas estimation phase of a transaction.

Developers from web 2 can connect their api’s to the superchain using HC.

Anyway yeah, Boba needs some more recognition.

The community is as strong as they come and ready to take the world by storm.

Thank you for your attention to this matter @binji_x !!!

You give me hope in this space.

[Rare @Bushido__x]

Hermes

[Hermes @HermesOmnichain]

Hermes

[omniDRAGON @OmniDragon_io]

@pappas9999 Where Liquidity Meets Luck 🎰

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[Rare @Bushido__x]

@SonicRedDragon @pappas9999 Hey Im really digging this!

[Cryptowealth 2026🧋 @Cryptowealth15]

This was critical to the deal. They wanted to share the upside!👀
What does $FTX know that we don't know in the next 18 months?
The answer is of course: 🚀🚀🚀!
$boba #HOLD #DYOR $GOLD

[Boba Governance Foundation @bobafoundation]

Boba Governance Foundation has secured a $70 million capital commitment from Awaken Foundation and LDA Capital to accelerate the development of Boba Network, the Layer-2 blockchain powering AI-enabled decentralized applications.

[AKITA V█ (3,3) @wenakita]

Check out what I've been doing for the past few weeks!

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@chainlink @SonicLabs @arbitrum @LayerZero_Core

[Montekili V3 @montekili]

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Most people still don't get what’s happening under the hood at @HermesOmnichain.

But if you're serious about DeFi UX, liquidity efficiency, and the real omnichain future — keep reading. This is next-level stuff you can't ignore. 👇

[Cryptowealth 2026🧋 @Cryptowealth15]

Testing Testing FTX/Boba 🚨🚨🚨
$Boba #FTX

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[Montekili V3 @montekili]

🚨 While everyone's hyped about the rise of institutional stablecoins... few are watching the real infrastructure that will power them crosschain.

Stablecoins won’t thrive without:

– Deep omnichain liquidity
– Bribe-enabled incentive control
– Neutral governance infra

@HermesOmnichain already has all three.
bHermes is the ve(3,3) layer for crosschain liquidity.
And it’s still flying under the radar.

Keep your eyes open. Stablecoins are coming. Hermes is already here.
$HERMES $bHERMES. @MaiaDAOEco

[Hermes @HermesOmnichain]

Powered by OFTs + intents, Hermes will becomes more than a router:
→ Real omnichain UX
→ Smart fallback paths
→ One-click access to DeFi on any chain

🔜🔜🔜

[Arbitrum Universe @ARB_Universe]

🚀 #DeFi's future is here! @MaiaDAOEco's @HermesOmnichain delivers instant, fee-free swaps across @Ethereum, @Optimism, @Base, & @Arbitrum. Say goodbye to slow bridges & high costs!

⚡ Fast Mode = zero-markup swaps with top-tier UX & unbeatable quotes. More chains coming soon!

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[Tanaka @Tanaka_L2]

@crypto_linn @HermesOmnichain @MaiaDAOEco Tried out Talos recently, actually wild how much better it feels than manual LPing.

Feels like we’re moving past passive LPs getting rekt by volatility.

[🉐 Crypto Linn @crypto_linn]

quick look at @HermesOmnichain + @MaiaDAOEco : crosschain liquidity, ve(3,3) upgrades, and the subtle art of not fragmenting your ecosystem

the eco centres around two tokens:
- $HERMES is inflationary, used to reward LPs and can be burned for voting power
- $MAIA is staked to earn a share of burned hermes and used to vote on gauge emissions

instead of locking tokens like classic ve(3,3), users either burn $HERMES or stake $MAIA to vote for gauges
those votes direct emissions and earn trading fees from staked LP tokens in each gauge
(some prefer le burn mechanics over lockups)

liquidity is unified on Arbitrum:
- backed by balancer and uniswap pools
- concentrated in one place but accessible from any supported chain through layerzero
- users from any chain can interact without needing to bridge
- projects can rent liquidity on arbitrum instead of fragmenting it across multiple deployments

they also built Talos, their dynamic LP manager:
- automatically rebalances and adjusts concentrated LP positions
- helps LPs stay within range and earn more without constant micromanagement
- turns manual LPing into a more automated and optimized yield strategy

latest upgrade improves UX and routing:
- integrated paraswap and across routing directly into the swap page
- users can swap tokens crosschain, opt into talos strategies, and stake LPs into gauges all in one flow
- supports many tokens and chains with fast execution and no hidden UI fees
- routing often beats jumper, which makes it more competitive and sticky

Maia also became the exclusive intents relayer for Across:
- they fill intents requests and redirect the earnings back into bribes on their own gauges
- this captures external value and loops it back into the ecosystem to reward aligned behavior

the mechanics are well thought out
rewards go to those who provide value
liquidity stays deep and accessible
and the protocol doesn’t rely on hype
just clean, aligned infrastructure

mucho excited to see how they continue to develop going forward

for fixed and dynamic strategies check them out here: https://t.co/lWHXsw7Vih

linn out: this post was written in collab with Maia/Hermes to help educate the masses (they said pls educate them linn and so linn did so)