Award-winning crypto influencer deletes X account after bot accusations
The winner of the Best Content Creator award at a crypto event in Singapore has deleted his X (formerly Twitter) account after being accused of using bots to manipulate his social metrics. Professor Crypto collected his Key Opinion Leader (KOL) award yesterday evening at one of Token2049’s side events, DeGen Summit. He then shared this success on X. However, his now-deleted celebratory post prompted crypto sleuth ZachXBT to point out that Professor Crypto seemingly utilizes thousands of bots. “It might be a good idea to lay off the thousands of bots you use on all social media platforms to deceive people into thinking you have an influence,” said ZachXBT. He also linked to a Federal Trade Commission law that “prohibits anyone from selling or buying fake indicators of social media influence, such as followers or views generated by a bot or hijacked account.” The original post before it was deleted. It also received a community note. Read more: No, a crypto CEO wasn’t arres...