Hype Bet Finance Rug Pull

Reported loss $364K
Ethereum
Rugpull

What happened

The project was holding a fundraising event using a Proxy smart contract:

Source

The contract deployer minted tokens and transferred them to the Proxy smart contract:

Tx 0xd290…cef5

Tx 0xe760…67f6

The initial liquidity was added through the Proxy smart contract using 721.78 ETH at:

Tx 0x9e49…3917

The rest of ETH, raised on the presale was distributed between different external addresses:

Tx 0x33db…3339

Tx 0x65db…b2f7

Tx 0x98fd…2bfc

Protocol details

Classification Gaming / Metaverse
Protocol Type Exit Scam/Rugpull
Affected asset / contract HYPE
Protocol links Website @HypeDefi

Evidence

Same attack technique

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