Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT has accused Vova Sadkov, founder of AI trading terminal project LAB, of orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme and is offering a $10,000 bounty for the founder's passport or ID, insider market-maker contracts, or chat logs tied to activity on Bitget spot, Bybit perps, Binance perps, and OKX perps.
Onchain analysts allege the LAB team coordinated massive token deposits — worth tens of millions of dollars — to major centralized exchanges weeks before a sharp price pump in early May. Analyst Specter linked the wallets via gas fees to the LAB team and to SkyAI, another token ZachXBT has flagged for similar manipulation patterns. ZachXBT said he DM'd the team first with no reply before going public.
ZachXBT also publicly called out Bitget CEO Gracy Chen, arguing exchanges that collect fees on manipulated volume should freeze market-maker profits and distribute them…
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