I'd like to add my experience with Trade Satoshi.
There has been two communities who have been systematically targeted by Trade Satoshi. ColossusXT and Safex.
First,
ColossusXT. This coin was scheduled for delisting on Trade Satoshi. That on it's own isn't unusual. Exchanges delist all the time - albeit TS did not give them any reason as to why.
What's interesting here is that there is solid evidence that the ColossusXT balance on TS was emptied and trasferred to CryptoBridge exchange - they dumped the entire funds.
Full story here:
https://medium.com/@colossusxt/tradesatoshi-the-colossusxt-markets-dc14de42f9eaThrought this entire event, the Trade Satoshi twitter account systematically blocked anyone associated with ColossusXT. TS accounts were blocked and frozen on the grounds of KYC. Ususal stuff.
Next,
Safex.
Safex is changing blockchains, so the old coin (which was on Trade Satoshi) was scheduled for delisting August 1st. Again, standard practice.
Then suddenly, the delisting was pulled forward to 1st of July. A few community members complained, and then suddenly the TS Twitter account started blocking anyone associated with Safex. Also one of the Mods from the TS Discord started joining Safex related Telegram/Discord channels, and started blocking/freezing exchange accounts.
Further reading:
https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/crypto-news/finance-and-funding/tradesatoshi-accused-of-malpractices-regarding-their-exchange-handling/Then on the 28th, we see a sudden rise in Twitter accounts acting incredibly aggressive against Safex. All accounts were heavily pro Trade Satoshi, anti Safex. All were following or followed by Trade Satoshi. Many of them were Venezuelan accounts (which ties in with some of the other comments in this thread).
I've kept a running record of all the known "sock puppet" accounts:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AJxKA8cv8BdX0Ak24VAObv6gxAzPyJZX1ZIs1eAltYI/Interestingly, all of these accounts are either following or being followed by another exchange that's just popped up called DodgeMarkets.
All accounts are active during the same timezones. All follow the same format, and all accounts follow each other and like each other's comments and posts.
This is all very coordinated.
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