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Every state-changing event for Giddy: moderation decisions on community submissions, plus corrections and updates from the news pipeline. URL-based decisions are designed to carry three independent witnesses — the original source, an Internet Archive snapshot, and a Solana memo signed by our publicly-disclosed publisher key. Archive coverage is still being backfilled, so each decision below reports its own snapshot status rather than assuming one exists.

1. #1publishby system:backfill

   2026-05-26 19:24:41Z
   Score: ? → ? (no score change)
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The project raised over $15 million from VC investors including Pelion Venture Partners, but has since shut down — leaving the GIDDY token trading more than 99% below its all-time high of approximately $0.35 in May 2022. ZachXBT has flagged the entity as a concern in the crypto trust-intelligence space, and community reviews allege that team members sold tokens prior to the app's public launch and that advertised staking yields were never delivered.","timeline":[{"date":"2021-05-01","event":"Giddy (DefiQ, Inc.) founded by Eric Parker and Ethan Parker in Draper, Utah.","source":""},{"date":"2022-04-07","event":"GIDDY token launched on the Polygon network via Token Generation Event (TGE).","source":""},{"date":"2022-04-10","event":"Token Generation Event (TGE) concluded; token listed on Polygon DEXes.","source":""},{"date":"2022-04-01","event":"Giddy announces $8 million seed round led by Pelion Venture Partners, with notable angel investors including Geremy Mustard (Fortnite co-creator).","source":""},{"date":"2022-05-09","event":"GIDDY token reaches all-time high of approximately $0.35 on Polygon DEXes.","source":""},{"date":"2022-11-01","event":"FTX collapses; Giddy publicly positions itself as a safer self-custody alternative, with 100,000 users on waitlist.","source":""},{"date":"2023-01-31","event":"Utah Business publishes article noting Giddy was unaffected by FTX collapse but some Utah crypto investors lost big in the broader market.","source":""},{"date":"2023-04-01","event":"GIDDY staking rewards distribution program ends (12-month distribution of 57% of supply concludes).","source":""},{"date":"2023-04-27","event":"Giddy raises additional $6.9 million round with continued Pelion, Peak, and Clarke Capital participation, bringing total funding to over $15 million.","source":""},{"date":"2023-11-22","event":"Last documented Giddy news/activity entry on CryptoRank tracker.","source":""},{"date":"2024-01-01","event":"Estimated period when Giddy ceased active operations (exact date not publicly confirmed).","source":""},{"date":"2026-05-01","event":"giddy.co displays only a shutdown notice; GIDDY token trading at approximately $0.0001 or below — more than 99.9% below all-time high.","source":""}]},"v":1}

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2. #2rescoreby systemsystem

   2026-10-10 18:39:57Z
   Score: 25 → 50 (+25)
   Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 25 → 50. Problems weighed by who is responsible: the subject's own conduct −16, concerns that are not fraud −9.6, problems around the subject, caused by others −2.4; legitimacy credit long-running +10, regulated +10; no longer operating, so capped at 50.
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3. #3reviewby reviewerreviewer

   2026-11-02 04:48:01Z
   Score: 50 → 50 (no score change)
   Funding figures and the launch date check out against CoinDesk and PR Newswire, and giddy.co does display a shutdown message. The seed round is misdated to April 2022 when it was announced in January 2022. The ZachXBT flag in the summary is unsupported by its only cited source. The shutdown is asserted from the website alone, with no independent corroboration. Many claims (price, FinCEN number, Medium review, tokenomics) were not checked.
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4. #4review reviseby judgejudge

   2026-11-02 04:48:01Z
   Score: 50 → 50 (no score change)
   Of 6 reviewed claims, 1 was disputed and 1 could not be verified, giving a disputed rate of about 33%. The seed round is dated April 2022 in the timeline, but a Utah Business report dates it to January 14, 2022 (claim_findings[0]). The summary states that ZachXBT flagged Giddy as fact, but the only cited source never mentions Giddy (claim_findings[4]). The penalty is kept at the lower end of the band because the reviewer's confidence was moderate (0.5). The funding totals and the April 7, 2022 launch are supported, and the review found no material omissions.
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