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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Business
Akshay Puri

Indian Man Tattooed Wrong Crypto Ticker On Forehead — Lost The Bounty, Made $17,500 Instead

The dispute remains unresolved as Pump.fun moderators decide if Arivu met the challenge, with potential implications for the GO marketplace. (Credit: AI Chatgpt)

In the fast-moving world of cryptocurrency, fortunes can appear and disappear within hours. Few stories capture that reality better than the experience of Arivu, a man from Tamil Nadu, India, whose decision to tattoo a meme coin ticker on his forehead turned into one of the internet's most talked-about crypto moments.

What began as a simple bounty worth around $2,585 quickly became a dispute over its spelling. It eventually ended with a community-driven payout worth several times more than the original reward.

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