Crypto bloggers were offered 5 BTC by Zeus Capital to post negative Chainlink reviews

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.

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.

Let me be clear. I would never take money to post something negative. Ever.

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.

Choose facts, not rumors. pic.twitter.com/rMqz5YKMYh

— The Wolf Of All Streets (@scottmelker) July 29, 2020

“Would you be interested in paying to publish a chart analysis of the current price movement of LINK and share it on your social networks?”, the trader’s message read.

I ignored them pic.twitter.com/YMQEczIGNH

— Josh Rager 📈 (@Josh_Rager) July 29, 2020

“I ignored them,” wrote Josh Rager.

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 “negative chart” of LINK for 5 bitcoins (~$55,000). Later, on behalf of Zeus Capital, someone asked whether his offer remained valid.

HOLY SHIT https://t.co/62E0x5rbRr pic.twitter.com/MhMvCTJcSk

— icebergy ❄️ (@icebergy_) July 29, 2020

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’s outreach.

After carefully observing $LINK fundamentals I can safely say it’s going to zero. (Probably tonight)

Chart looks terrible too.

Wouldn’t want to be long right now!

— Crypto Bitlord 🚀 (@Crypto_Bitlord) July 29, 2020

This is not Zeus Capital’s first foray into Chainlink. In mid-July, unknown actors released a report on behalf of the bank accusing the project team of fraud.

Later, representatives of Zeus Capital Limited denied the company’s involvement in the report and any link to Zeus Capital LLP. The people behind the fake company remain unknown.

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 CoinGecko.

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