7 Crypto Projects That Were Total Scams (January 2022 Edition)

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The worst rug pulls of the month netted at least $4 million.

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At first glance, the NFT project Big Daddy Ape Club looked like either a parody or a rip-off of the much more famous Bored Ape Yacht Club, arguably the most successful NFT project in the world. But while Bored Ape has attracted celebrity attention from the likes of Paris Hilton, Jimmy Fallon, and Gwyneth Paltrow, the Big Daddy Ape Club won’t be featured on the Tonight Show anytime soon. At least not for anything good.

Strangely, the project was “verified” by Civic, a crypto company that supposedly audits NFT projects. Civic says it’s working with authorities to track down the perpetrators, according to the news outletAll of the social media accounts for Big Daddy Ape Club have been wiped but you can still see an archived version of the website at the

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