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Ethereum<\/a> co-founder Vitalik Buterin<\/a> said the issues with ZKasino were evidence that\u00a0the term “Zero-Knowledge (ZK)<\/a>” has gained enough prominence in the industry to attract misuse by fraudulent actors.<\/p>\n

Buterin's comment followed revelations that the blockchain-based gambling platform rugged its users \u2014 resulting in the loss of roughly $33 million worth of Ethereum (ETH).<\/p>\n

According<\/a> to Buterin:<\/p>\n

“There is nothing “ZK” about ZKasino except that it lives on zksync, correct? I guess we have to adapt; even “ZK” is now a mainstream-enough buzzword that full-on scammers are adopting it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Remarkably, the project has continued posting on its official account on the social media platform X while ignoring community concerns.<\/p>\n

ZKasino rugpull<\/h2>\n

On April 21, concerns about ZKasino emerged when community members noticed the removal of a previous commitment to refund over 10,500 bridged Ethereum used for ZKAS token farming.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, on-chain data<\/a> revealed that the company had placed users' ETH into the Ethereum-based liquid staking protocol, Lido<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In their statement<\/a>, ZKasino's team asserted they acted in the community's interest by converting all bridged ETH to ZKAS at a discounted rate of $0.055, subject to a 15-month vesting schedule.<\/p>\n

This explanation triggered widespread condemnation and scrutiny from the crypto industry.<\/p>\n

Crypto sleuth ZachXBT highlighted<\/a> the dubious history of ZKasino founder Ildar Elham, pointing out past instances of non-payment of debts, delayed giveaway announcements, evasion of bet payments, and failure to reimburse users following an internal phishing attack.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, crypto developer Cygaar alleged<\/a> that ZKasino's blockchain was an Arbitrum Nitro chain deployed in two minutes. He added that the chain lacked zero-knowledge technology or EigenDA, contrary to the project's claims.<\/p>\n

Investors disavow<\/h2>\n

Following recent events, numerous investors and supporters of ZKasino have distanced themselves from the project.<\/p>\n

MEXC, a prominent exchange supporter of the platform, canceled<\/a> its planned listing for the ZKAS token. MEXC had participated in the protocol's Series A funding round.<\/p>\n

Additionally, venture capital firm Big Brain said ZKasino “appears to be fraudulent” and clarified that it had never invested in the project. It added<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“We have never invested in ZKasino but were offered a pro-rata token distribution that we have not received and will not opt to receive.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the issues with ZKasino were evidence that\u00a0the term “Zero-Knowledge (ZK)” has gained enough prominence in the industry to attract misuse by fraudulent actors. Buterin’s comment followed revelations that the blockchain-based gambling platform rugged its users \u2014 resulting in the loss of roughly $33 million worth of Ethereum (ETH). 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