ZachXBT, the pseudonymous blockchain detective who has built a reputation unmasking crypto scams, found himself on the other side of the exploitation playbook this week. Meme coin creators launched tokens using his name and likeness without permission, essentially turning the industry’s most prominent fraud investigator into involuntary marketing material.
His response was characteristically direct: deny any involvement, sell every unsolicited token that landed in his public wallet, and send the money to charity. The total haul from liquidating these unauthorized tokens came to roughly $41,000, all of which was directed to verified humanitarian organizations.
The donations and where they went
On July 6, ZachXBT publicly confirmed he had no connection to any meme coin contracts and had never promoted such tokens through his accounts. He then disclosed that a single batch sale of unsolicited tokens netted approximately $25,000, which he sent to GiveDirectly for earthquake relief efforts in Venezuela.
That $25,000 wasn’t the whole picture. When combined with an earlier donation made around June 28 to Direct Relief, also supporting Venezuela-related humanitarian efforts, the combined total reached approximately $41,000.
