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<p class="is-style-lead">Allegations of insider trading have marred Mystiko Network’s second airdrop after a few select wallets amassed more airdropped tokens than regular users.</p>
<p>The accusations started with an X post from blockchain reporter Colin Wu, who highlighted suspicious activities involving newly created addresses and large token distributions.</p>
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to community, Mystiko Network is suspected of a large amount of insider trading in the 2nd Airdrop. The official Mystiko-Vault Community Incentives: 0xBc…25d6 distributed 20 million XZK to 1,487 newly created addresses through the Multisender app at 16:22 UTC on July…</p>— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href="https://twitter.com/WuBlockchain/status/1816364887318356408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">July 25, 2024</a>
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<p>Notably, Mystiko Network’s second <a href="https://crypto.news/what-is-a-crypto-airdrop-how-does-it-work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">airdrop</a> is meant to reward holders of the vXZK, the <a href="https://crypto.news/how-to-create-an-ethereum-wallet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ERC-20</a> wrapped version of the XZK, which functions as the governance token. The team disclosed that the second airdrop was distributed, according to a snapshot of vXZK balances, from June 30 to July 17.</p>
<p>Interestingly, citing on-chain data, Wu revealed that on July 5, the official Mystiko-Vault Community Incentives wallet moved 20 million XZK tokens to 1,487 newly created addresses using Multisender, a crypto app that allows market participants to send tokens to multiple addresses.</p>
<p>The new addresses then received gas funds from major exchanges like OKX or <a href="https://crypto.news/bybit-crypto-exchange-receives-warning-from-amf/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bybit</a> just a day after receiving the airdrop. The community has attributed such coordinated actions to an orchestration aimed at favoring insiders, who then benefited from these substantial token allocations.</p>
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<p>Moreover, the number of airdropped tokens received by these new addresses was notably higher than that of regular users, prompting accusations of insider trading. The event has intensified scrutiny on Mystiko Network, especially since the project secured $18 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital India in March.</p>
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<p>In response to these allegations, the Mystiko Network team issued a statement on X, addressing the community’s concerns and outlining their steps to investigate the matter.&nbsp;</p>
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">At Mystiko Network, transparency and community trust are paramount. We were recently made aware of allegations regarding certain transactions involving our tokens. Here's our response:<br><br>1. Mystiko was alerted to these allegations and immediately launched an internal…</p>— Mystiko.Network (@MystikoNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/MystikoNetwork/status/1816382369995366427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">July 25, 2024</a>
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<p>Mystiko stated that they immediately launched an internal investigation upon learning about the allegations. The investigation confirmed the existence of the addresses in question and reviewed their transaction history.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The team stressed that these addresses met the criteria for early contributors to the ecosystem, having conducted multiple transactions within the network. This marks the second airdrop controversy in two months following the lack of anti-Sybil <a href="https://crypto.news/zksync-faces-community-backlash-over-lack-of-anti-sybil-measures-in-zk-airdrop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">concerns</a> around the zkSync <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/airdrop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">airdrop</a>.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the Mystiko Network has continued to attract over 150,000 users and over $276 million in transaction volume. since the mainnet launch in March 2023.&nbsp;</p>
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let's touch base with Mystiko current stats.<br><br>Mystiko V1 launched on the Mainnet March 2023 and has securely served over:<br>✅$276,710,654 in transaction volume <br>✅ 153,790 unique users <br>✅ 1,293,994 total txns <br>in 6 Chains: Ethereum, BASE, Polygon, BSC, Avalanche, Linea. <br>✅ More… <a href="https://t.co/rE0qdWFHj1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/rE0qdWFHj1</a></p>— Mystiko.Network (@MystikoNetwork) <a href="https://twitter.com/MystikoNetwork/status/1813294760188428458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">July 16, 2024</a>
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