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Anthony Scaramucci Says Bitcoin Not a Store of Value Today, Sees Wall Street ‘Selling Machine’ Amping Up for BTC The founder of investment firm SkyBridge Capital says that Bitcoin (BTC) is not yet a store of value today but envisions Wall Street’s “selling machine” eventually promoting the crypto king. In a new interview on CNBC Squawk Box, Anthony Scaramucci says that it’s too early to brand the top crypto asset by market cap as a store of value. “I don’t see Bitcoin as a store of value today. I still see it as an early-adopting technology. Could it be a store value if there are over a billion wallets? Sure, we can look at it that way. Is it a future store value? Yes, but I just think you’ve had a lot of things going on with Bitcoin as it relates to [its] regulatory headwinds.” Scaramucci goes on to say that fraudulent projects and scams associated with digital assets, such as the recent Grimace ...

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In a brazen attack, the official Instagram account of the global fast-food giant McDonald's was breached on August 21. The perpetrators leveraged the platform's reach, which boasts 5.1 million followers, to solicit investments in a fake cryptocurrency called Grimace. The hacker, known as India_X_kr3w, claimed to have defrauded $700,000 through this scam, causing significant unease among McDonald's followers. A blockchain analytics firm, Bubblemaps, discovered that over 75% of the Grimace token was controlled by the attacker through multiple addresses, indicating a classic pump-and-dump scheme. The market cap of Grimace skyrocketed to $25 million before crashing back down, highlighting the inherent instability and risk associated with such scams. While McDonald's has since regained control of their Instagram account, this incident serves as a stark reminder of the increasing threat of crypto-related attacks targeting mainstream social media platforms.

🦎A man who invested $150,000 in the GRIMACE meme token lost all his money. Later, he entered a random McDonald's and started demanding something from the cashier. A hamster is a hamster — what did he actually want to achieve from the cashier? 👍 - He did everything right 🤬 - Yeah, what a circus show

On August 21, hacker India_X_Kr3w took over McDonald’s Instagram and the X-account of marketing director Guillaume Vena to promote a fake meme token called GRIMACE. The hack claimed GRIMACE was McDonald’s new "experiment" on Solana, and a smart contract address was posted. 📈 Result? $GRIMACE spiked 60x to $0.1, hitting a $25M market cap before crashing back to $0.0004028 with a $404K cap. 💰 The hacker even thanked followers for the $700K in Solana! Looks like India_X_Kr3w might be planning more hijinks. Stay tuned! $SOL