@Pentaeth_@greedcatss These are good too - @TorchBrokerRH, though it’s not clear what time the launch will be - it’s a stealth mint. Some NFT platform is launching its first collection..
Amazing.. @TorchBrokerRH caught my eye:
1. Stealth mint, no date
2. $CASHCAT to mint
3. Top two rarities only come from burning
4. Burning also opens their next mint
Wild mechanics.
@KiranL3sp@TroveMarkets@Polymarket I hope this will be resolved in the end.. and yet they will make a refand.. And @kiranl3sp, thank you very much for this analysis and a full-fledged post!
Trove ICO - a complete scam. Full breakdown.
@TroveMarkets scammed investors during the ICO and on @Polymarket.
Below is exactly how it was done. There is a lot of information, and some facts surfaced only recently.
1) Emergence of @TroveMarkets as a “project”.
Trove claimed they were building an innovative product for longing and shorting collectible assets.
At the same time, they announced:
• The launch of a testnet.
• “Raised” $500,000 in $HYPE investments (we’ll get back to this).
A tournament with rewards was announced on the testnet.
The website clearly stated (screenshot attached):
• Rewards would be paid in $TROVE tokens at TGE.
• All participants would receive 10,000 testnet USDH.
Facts:
• The tournament never happened.
• TGE was announced, but there will apparently be no payouts.
• Or the “tournament” would have to start and end within an hour, which is absurd.
2) Sale of $500,000 HYPE allocated for HIP-3 functionality.
This point was covered in detail by another investigator - @mlmabs.
In short:
@TroveMarkets is selling 500K $HYPE (~$12.9M) allocated for the HIP-3 DEX
without $HYPE, the product cannot exist
Source - @mlmabs:
"Trove is selling the 500K HYPE allocated for the HIP-3 DEX. Without the HYPE there is no product. Total scam.
Tx:
https://t.co/vx39iY5uAi"
3) ICO preparation: buying “trust”.
Before the ICO, the @TroveMarkets team contacted several funds and paid them for promotional “investment recommendations” to create the illusion of legitimacy and demand.
I intentionally do not name the funds - they are Tier-3 funds paid relatively small amounts.
4) Manipulation during the first hour of the ICO.
In the first hour of the ICO:
• The team itself deposited large sums to generate hype and marketing traction.
• Together with the promoting funds, around $2.4M was deposited.
After concerns about investigations and unwillingness to participate in a losing ICO, these funds were returned.
How?
Under the pretext: “we cannot approve your allocation, you are suspicious.”
Facts:
• Returned amounts almost exactly matched the original deposits.
• Artificial hype and ICO manipulation for their own benefit.
5) Links to previously banned scam accounts
@sheriff_hl discovered that @unwisecap is linked to @hisvault_eth,
an account that was banned in 2024 for crypto rug pulls and Russian propaganda.
6) Investor funds used for personal purposes and casino laundering.
@zachxbt previously conducted an investigation and found that:
• Trove investor funds were used for gambling in casinos. A classic scam scheme.
7) Final rug via “sale extension” and @solana TGE announcement
Final move:
• Trove announced that the sale was extended.
• The Polymarket market reacted.
• The team bought “NO” positions and then announced the sale’s end
(insider trading).
The same was done on Polymarket markets related to:
• “When TGE will happen”.
• “What FDV it will have”.
Conclusion: @TroveMarkets is
1)A fake product.
2)Stolen investments and unfulfilled promises.
3)ICO manipulation.
4)Misuse and sale of development-allocated assets, money laundering.
5)Insider trading and a Polymarket rug.
A complete, well-planned scam.
Sources used in this post: @Sheriff_hl
@mlmabs
@zachxbt@mlmabc
Retweets are appreciated - let more people see this breakdown.
@HyperliquidX