{"id":26639,"date":"2020-07-30T10:45:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T07:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26639"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:35:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:35:32","slug":"crypto-bloggers-were-offered-5-btc-by-zeus-capital-to-post-negative-chainlink-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/crypto-bloggers-were-offered-5-btc-by-zeus-capital-to-post-negative-chainlink-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto bloggers were offered 5 BTC by Zeus Capital to post negative Chainlink reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notable figures in the crypto space received messages from the British investment bank Zeus Capital offering to publish negative information about the Chainlink project for a fee.<\/p>\n<p>Promotional offers were extended to Twitter users with large followings. Among them were analyst Josh Rager, a trader known as The Wolf of All Streets with 108,000 followers, and other industry figures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Let me be clear. I would never take money to post something negative. Ever.<\/p>\n<p>Zeus Capital did DM me this morning, but I replied politely (as I do to all DMs) that I had already posted a LINK chart yesterday. The screenshot is below for reference.<\/p>\n<p>Choose facts, not rumors. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/rMqz5YKMYh\\\">pic.twitter.com\/rMqz5YKMYh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Wolf Of All Streets (@scottmelker) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottmelker\/status\/1288553643063549955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">July 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWould you be interested in paying to publish a chart analysis of the current price movement of LINK and share it on your social networks?&#8221;, the trader&#8217;s message read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">I ignored them <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/YMQEczIGNH\\\">pic.twitter.com\/YMQEczIGNH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Rager \ud83d\udcc8 (@Josh_Rager) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Josh_Rager\/status\/1288520947008450561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">July 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI ignored them,\u201d wrote Josh Rager.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A developer using the pseudonym Icebergy, who has 12.4 thousand followers, received a similar message. He replied that he was prepared to post a \u201cnegative chart\u201d of LINK for 5 bitcoins (~$55,000). Later, on behalf of Zeus Capital, someone asked whether his offer remained valid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">HOLY SHIT <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/62E0x5rbRr\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/62E0x5rbRr<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/MhMvCTJcSk\\\">pic.twitter.com\/MhMvCTJcSk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 icebergy \u2744\ufe0f (@icebergy_) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/icebergy_\/status\/1288513700945633280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">July 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Crypto Bitlord, a trader with 122,000 followers, did indeed post a negative review of LINK; some users saw it as trolling in light of Zeus Capital\u2019s outreach.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">After carefully observing <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24LINK&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$LINK<\/a> fundamentals I can safely say it\u2019s going to zero. (Probably tonight)<\/p>\n<p>Chart looks terrible too.<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t want to be long right now!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Crypto Bitlord \ud83d\ude80 (@Crypto_Bitlord) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Crypto_Bitlord\/status\/1288510694225149952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">July 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is not Zeus Capital\u2019s first foray into Chainlink. In mid-July, unknown actors released a report on behalf of the bank accusing the project team of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Later, representatives of Zeus Capital Limited <a href=\\\"https:\/\/zeuscapital.co.uk\/news\/zeus-capital-limited\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">denied<\/a> the company&#8217;s involvement in the report and any link to Zeus Capital LLP. The people behind the fake company remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, LINK hit an all-time high, briefly surpassing $8.73. At the time of writing, the cryptocurrency was trading around $7.14 and ranked 12th by market capitalization, according to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/ru\/\u041a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0442\u044b\/chainlink\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notable figures in the crypto space received messages from the British investment bank Zeus Capital offering to publish negative information about the Chainlink project for a fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1388],"class_list":["post-26639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-chainlink-link"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26641,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26639\/revisions\/26641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}