Gurhan Kiziloz (BlockDAG Co-Founder)
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Gurhan Kiziloz is a British-Turkish entrepreneur alleged to be the hidden co-founder of BlockDAG Network, a crypto presale project that claimed to raise up to $442 million but whose actual receipts appear materially lower based on on-chain analysis by investigator ZachXBT. Kiziloz previously founded UK fintech Lanistar, which received a Financial Conduct Authority warning for unauthorised financial services activity in 2020 and was ordered into liquidation by the High Court in April 2025. The Financial Services Authority of Seychelles issued a formal unauthorised-activity warning against BlockDAG's operating entity, DAG Systems Ltd., in March 2025, and no valid business registration for BlockDAG has been confirmed in Samoa despite the project's claims.
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Timeline(22 events)
2019
Gurhan Kiziloz founds Lanistar, a UK fintech company targeting Gen Z with an influencer-marketed debit card product.
FinTelegramNovember 2020
UK Financial Conduct Authority issues a public warning against Lanistar for operating without FCA authorisation.
Fintech Futures2021
UK Advertising Standards Authority rules against Lanistar's claim that its card was the 'world's most secure.'
SiftedJune 2021
Lanistar secures FCA approval less than six months after the original FCA warning.
Fintech FuturesApril 2024
BlockDAG introduces bonus token schemes ('buy one, get ten'), raising concerns about actual token supply.
DL News27 September 2024
Borussia Dortmund issues a default notice to BlockDAG for €2,007,444 in unpaid sponsorship fees.
DL News19 March 2025
Financial Services Authority of Seychelles issues a formal unauthorised-activity warning against DAG Systems Ltd. (BlockDAG) under the Virtual Asset Service Providers Act, 2024.
FSA SeychellesJune 2025
Inter Milan issues a cease-and-desist for material breach of its sponsorship contract with BlockDAG over non-payment.
DL NewsAugust 2025
Kiziloz holds a reported $1 million-plus wedding at Lake Como with alleged six-figure entertainment spend, while investors await undelivered miners and tokens.
Kiziloz-exposed.com28 October 2025
ZachXBT publishes allegations on X identifying Gurhan Kiziloz as BlockDAG's concealed co-founder and alleging presale funds were routed through Middle Eastern OTC brokers. BlockDAG alleges on-chain receipts total far below the publicly claimed $433 million.
Blockchain.News / Crypto TimesNovember 2025
BWT Alpine F1 issues a $1.4 million breach notice to BlockDAG over unpaid sponsorship fees, with a December 3 cure deadline.
DL NewsDecember 2025
Antony Turner is fired as BlockDAG CEO, with Kiziloz citing NDA breaches. Nic Van Den Bergh is appointed new CEO.
DL News29 December 2025
Gurhan Kiziloz publicly acknowledges his role as BlockDAG founder in a live AMA session.
DL News15 January 2026
DL News publishes a major investigative report based on 13 insider interviews documenting unpaid employees, undelivered mining hardware, breached sports sponsorship contracts, and discrepancies between claimed and actual fundraise amounts.
DL News29 March 2026
BDAG token reaches an all-time high of approximately $0.4005 following exchange listings.
CoinGabbarApril 2026
BDAG token collapses approximately 98–99% from its all-time high as presale holders sell at listing.
CoinGabbar21 May 2026
ZachXBT alleges at least $25 million in BlockDAG and ZKP presale funds were commingled and used to pay influencers promoting Kiziloz's casino venture, Spartans.com.
Yahoo FinanceJuly 2026
BDAG trades at approximately $0.00003864, representing a decline of approximately 99.99% from its all-time high.
CoinGabbarDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 events). 15 of 19 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 8/2/2026, 11:15:53 PM
last updated: 8/26/2026, 11:56:16 AM
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