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GNUS.AI (Genius Ventures, Inc.) is a decentralized AI computing platform that issues the GNUS token across Ethereum, Polygon, and Fantom networks. On May 5, 2024, the project suffered a $1.27 million exploit in which an attacker leveraged a Discord breach to steal private key material, mint 100 million counterfeit GNUS tokens, and sell them into live liquidity pools — causing the token price to collapse. The token has traded 98-99% below its all-time high and ZachXBT has flagged the entity as a concern in the crypto community.
Connected Entities
5 entities · 60 linked investigations- ZachXBT→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
- GeniusAI→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
- GeniusAI→mentioned with→ZachXBT(70%)
- GeniusAI→mentioned with→Polygon(70%)
- GeniusAI→mentioned with→Fantom (Sonic Labs)(80%)
- Polygon→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
Timeline(7 events)
June 2016
Kenneth Hurley and Brent Arias co-found Genius Ventures, Inc., the parent entity behind GNUS.AI, with a focus on AI/ML cryptotoken infrastructure.
22 March 2024
GNUS token reaches an alleged all-time high of approximately $101.92 according to some market trackers, prior to the exploit.
5 May 2024
GNUS.AI Discord server is compromised. Attacker gains access to team's private communications and the 0x18 deployment wallet private key. 100 million counterfeit GNUS tokens are minted on Fantom via the Axelar bridge, then bridged to Ethereum and Polygon and sold, causing $1.27 million in losses.
7 May 2024
GNUS.AI team publicly discloses the exploit. CEO 'SuperGenius' acknowledges Discord was the attack vector. Team urges all users to stop purchasing the compromised token. Buyback-and-burn strategy announced along with a white-hat bounty of 10% of stolen funds.
7 May 2024
Blockchain security firm CertiK confirms the exploit mechanism: attacker generated tokens from nothing and exchanged them for legitimate assets. Estimated loss confirmed at approximately $1.25-1.27 million.
7 May 2024
GNUS.AI announces remediation plan: $500,000 in ETH deposited to new token liquidity pool at launch, plus $500,000 in locked fees (available February 2025), targeting coverage of approximately 80% of losses.
February 2025
Alleged unlock date for the second $500,000 tranche of locked compensation fees per the team's stated remediation plan.
Decision Log
- hash: J6uf9EgxkVEdt4hVbaoYefbyVSK6fdpuV5M1P2bmChWB
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 12 of 14 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/4/2026, 2:54:32 AM
last updated: 8/30/2026, 1:16:27 AM
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