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Every state-changing event for Polycule: moderation decisions on community submissions, plus corrections and updates from the news pipeline. URL-based decisions carry three independent witnesses — the original source, an Internet Archive snapshot taken at submission time, and a Solana memo signed by our publicly-disclosed publisher key.

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   2026-05-29 02:35:11Z
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   ●mainnet-betaslot 422,848,492

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   3ofXFEmL1yze…TwF5fa9dcopyexplorer ↗

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Launched in May 2025 by a founder identified as 'krish' and backed by a $560,000 seed from AllianceDAO, the project gained significant traction before its bot was compromised in January 2026, resulting in approximately $230,000 in user funds stolen. Extended team silence following the incident generated widespread rug pull allegations, and ZachXBT has flagged the entity in connection with these concerns.","timeline":[{"date":"2025-05-18","event":"Polycule founder 'krish' launches the PCULE token on Solana via the Bellive platform; market cap reaches approximately $15 million USD at peak.","source":""},{"date":"2025-06-08","event":"Polycule announces a $560,000 seed investment from AllianceDAO, disclosed publicly on X by founder krish.","source":""},{"date":"2025-10-01","event":"Polycule founder krish announces the launch of PMX, a permissionless prediction market platform built in partnership with Meteora. PCULE token is rebranded as PMX; token surges 43.97% within 24 hours to a $22.8 million market cap.","source":""},{"date":"2026-01-07","event":"Polycule team announces a security breach affecting approximately $230,000 in user funds; bot is taken offline. Team promises patches, a security audit, and user reimbursement via Polygon treasury 'before the weekend.'","source":""},{"date":"2026-01-08","event":"KuCoin News and multiple crypto outlets report the hack. PMX Trade posts on X confirming the vulnerability and reimbursement commitment.","source":""},{"date":"2026-01-12","event":"Team's self-imposed deadline passes with no updates, no audit report, and no reimbursements. User withdrawals remain frozen. Competitor Ryan Chi of Insiders.bot publicly declares the situation a confirmed rug pull on X.","source":""},{"date":"2026-01-13","event":"Crypto media (MEXC News, Phemex, WEEX, Cryptorank) cover the developing rug pull accusations. Team remains silent. ZachXBT flagged in connection with the entity.","source":""}]},"v":1}

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