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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alex Hern

TechScape: They used my identity to flog a doomed cryptocurrency – and then things got weird

Representations of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Ripple and Litecoin.
Representations of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Ripple and Litecoin. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

On Monday morning I woke up to a pair of odd DMs on Twitter. “Sir, Greetings, Do you have any information about Dejitaru Tsuka token,” asked one “Dr. Joker”; another had a similar question: “Yo dude what do you know about Tsuka.”

I’d not heard about the cryptocurrency, and a quick scan suggested it wasn’t worth my time: it was a classic “shitcoin”, a newly created token with no reason for existence beyond buying low and selling high.

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