What happened
Quick Summary
Meme token GOAT conducted a rug pull on June 20th, resulting in the theft of approximately $43,168 (~23 ETH) from holders.
Details of the Exploit
The team behind $GOAT swapped 5,192,294,839,382,761 tokens for 23.214 Ether and proceeded to sell the ETH, leaving investors with no value. They then distributed the obtained funds to various wallets in an attempt to obfuscate their tracks and avoid accountability.
Block Data Reference
Swap tx:
https://etherscan.io/tx/0xa198cced…4ea0f6
Address:
https://etherscan.io/address/0xc74d2fe1…fc539c
Case & protocol details
Classification
Token
Protocol Type
Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract
GOAT
Evidence & learning
Sources and on-chain records
- report Report twitter.com
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