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Rug Pulls

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cryptocurrency2 years ago

Bitcoin Pizza Day: From Nostalgia to Rug Pulls.

Meme coin issuers have profited over $200,000 from pizza-related rug pulls on Bitcoin Pizza Day, with at least four confirmed rug pulls and five suspected honey pots. Investors flocked to tokens named bitcoin pizza and pizza inu, ending up with losses of more than $12,000 in total. Developers can "pull the rug" on projects by adding a modifiable sell tax to the smart contract or by holding the vast majority of a token, waiting for the price to rise before selling the token into freshly formed liquidity from unsuspecting investors.

cryptocurrency2 years ago

The Rise and Fall of Memecoins: What It Means for Crypto Investors.

A Twitter video showing how to create a memecoin crypto project in just 27 seconds using OpenZeppelin's Contracts Wizard has gone viral, raising concerns about an increase in rug pulls. The video has already garnered over 1.5 million views and nearly 10,000 bookmarks. Industry players warn that the ease of creating memecoins could lead to bad actors developing as many as possible, resulting in more rug pulls. Crypto investors are advised to conduct proper research before investing in any digital asset, as memecoin investments are high risk.