rant · moment 18 of 20
Crypto Exit Scams and Ben's Ethereum Payment Scheme
from #253 - Jenner's Joyride | The Tim Dillon Show · #253
3 min
Tim discusses crypto exit scams like DeFi100 and Ethereum overtaking Bitcoin speculation, then jokes about Ben and his wife scheming to fake blindness to extract money from him.
- Crypto coins like DeFi 100 are running exit scams with websites explicitly telling investors they've been scammed.
- DeFi 100 developers walked away with $32 million in investor funds.
- Tim argues crypto is clearly an asset bubble, but altcoins get people interested in the space, which the Winklevosses see as long-term positive despite the clownish element.
- Ethereum could overtake Bitcoin according to recent articles and analysts.
- Tim owns three Ethereum he received for an NFT that didn't sell for what he expected.
- Ben actually has five Ethereum, not three.
- Tim suspects Ben and his wife are constantly scheming to extract more money from him.
- Tim imagines Ben's wife coaching him to fake blindness with thick glasses to manipulate Tim into paying for a fake eye operation.
- Tim claims he caught the scam immediately when Ben visited the eye doctor.