The robot says: SAME ARTIST, FAKE ACCOUNTS, REAL LOSSES
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Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 · Sunrise Edition
Scammers used artist Tyler Hobbs's name to push a closed NFT mint and drain wallets.
@0xQuit wrotePSA QQL minting has not reopened. Already aware of one person who got drained
The takeaway
A scammer's fake post shows crypto people still trust a familiar name fast.
@Darkfost_Coc wroteXRP whale outflows hit a 5-year low
The takeaway
A quiet tweet about fading whale moves still became a widely covered story.
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The robot says: SAME ARTIST, FAKE ACCOUNTS, REAL LOSSES
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Scammers used artist Tyler Hobbs's name to push a closed NFT mint and drain wallets.
Published 4:37 a.m. ET by The CryptoLately.com Desk
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Number 1
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@0xQuit on XPosted
Quit@0xQuitPSA QQL minting has not reopened. Already aware of one person who got drained and one who would've if not for pocket universe.
Scammer is making several accounts impersonating Tyler Hobbs. Please do not interact.
QQL is a generative art project. Artists Tyler Hobbs and Dandelion Mané built it in 2022. Its first sale ran as a Dutch auction.
That auction raised 12,600 ETH. The dollar value then was about $16.7M. Its mint stayed shut to new buyers after that sale. Scarcity like that can push a price up fast.
On Monday, new accounts used Hobbs's name on X. They claimed QQL minting had reopened. That claim was false.
The fake posts asked buyers for 50 ETH each. At Monday's price, that is about $119,100. The number matched the real 2022 price exactly. A matching number can make a fake post look real.
One person sent funds to the fake wallet. That person lost the funds for good. A second person almost made the same move. Something called Pocket Universe stopped that loss. Pocket Universe checks a wallet before it signs.
Quit works at Yuga Labs. Yuga Labs built the Bored Ape Yacht Club. Quit posted a public warning about the fake accounts.
The post told people to skip those accounts. It picked up 117 likes within hours. Its thread drew 20 replies.
Why did this story spread so fast? Tyler Hobbs carries a real name in crypto art. His true work once sold for millions. A fake post wearing a known name travels fast.
Crypto wallets move money with one signature. That speed helps a real buyer act fast. It also helps a scammer act just as fast.
What does this story say about us today? We still trust a familiar face in a hurry. The record shows a wallet drained within minutes. It also shows a tool built to catch that move. Crypto people built the trap and the catch both.
What it says about us
A scammer's fake post shows crypto people still trust a familiar name fast.
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@Darkfost_Coc on XPosted
Darkfost@Darkfost_Coc🗞️ XRP whale outflows hit a 5-year low
Since its peak at around $3.3, XRP has seen a clear shift in whale outflow dynamics.
In February 2025, at the top of the cycle, whale outflows on Binance (90-dma) reached $3.5 billion. It was a massive accumulation, marked by several daily… pic.twitter.com/HX51HRwu3q
Darkfost is a crypto analyst on X. He tracks money moving on exchanges. Those exchanges are where most people buy and sell crypto. Early Tuesday, he posted new data about XRP.
XRP is a token built for fast payments. A whale is someone who holds a lot of one coin. Binance is a large crypto exchange. Darkfost watches XRP moving off Binance into whale wallets.
He tracks that flow as a 90-day average. Money leaving an exchange often means a holder plans to keep it. That average now sits at $49.7M. It is the lowest that number has been since 2021.
In February 2025, the same average hit $3.5B. Whales were pulling huge sums off Binance back then. Big withdrawals like that often signal strong buying mood. That pace has faded for months now.
Darkfost said whales may be waiting on a better price. A falling number can signal the opposite mood instead. XRP traded near $1.30 early Tuesday.
Darkfost's post picked up just 20 likes. It drew zero replies right away. Outlets across crypto picked up the number fast. A quiet post turned into a loud story.
Why did a 20-like post travel so far? The number itself carried the real weight. A chart can spread fast on strength alone. Five-year lows are easy to grasp. Numbers like that travel past their first small crowd.
What does this say about crypto people today? We watch quiet data more than loud posts. A whale moving money still earns our attention. That attention holds steady even when the messenger stays small. Crypto people read the chain more than the likes. Darkfost says that pause could mean fewer big trades soon. XRP traders will watch the next update closely.
What it says about us
A quiet tweet about fading whale moves still became a widely covered story.
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