Crypto Quant founder: Scammers made $241 million in 2023 pump-and-dump scheme for 90,408 tokens

Golden Finance reported that Ki Young Ju, the founder of Crypto Quant, stated on social media that scammers earned $241 million in 2023 through a pump and dump scheme of 90,408 tokens on the Ethereum network.

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