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Summary

TurtleDex (TTDX) was a Binance Smart Chain decentralized file-storage protocol that conducted a confirmed exit scam on March 19, 2021, approximately 72 hours after its presale closed. The anonymous development team drained 9,000 BNB (approximately $2.5 million) from liquidity pools on PancakeSwap and ApeSwap, converted the proceeds to ETH split across nine wallets, and routed the funds to Binance exchange addresses before deleting all official channels. No funds are known to have been recovered and no perpetrators have been publicly identified.

Connected Entities

2 entities · 10 linked investigations
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    1 shared actor · 1 investigation

    Distinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.

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    Timeline(7 events)

    2021-02-21

    TechRate audits TurtleDex smart contract and finds no significant security issues.

    2021-03-15

    TurtleDex presale raises 9,000 BNB (~$2.5 million) in under two hours.

    2021-03-18

    TTDX tokens unlock at 15:00 UTC; liquidity pools go live on PancakeSwap and ApeSwap.

    2021-03-19

    TurtleDex operators drain all liquidity from PancakeSwap and ApeSwap, convert BNB to ETH across nine wallets, and route funds to Binance addresses. Website, Telegram, and Twitter are deleted. @DEFSTALKR detects the exit scam at ~09:30 UTC.

    2021-03-19

    Jet Fuel Finance confirms the exit scam publicly via Twitter and delists TTDX. Community recovery Telegram groups are established.

    2021-03-20

    Multiple crypto news outlets (Decrypt, CoinTelegraph, CryptoSlate, CryptoPotato) publish confirmed reporting on the rug pull. Community requests Binance freeze destination wallets.

    2021-03-22

    Bitcoin.com and additional outlets publish follow-up coverage. No recovery of funds is confirmed. Perpetrators remain unidentified.

    Provenance & Audit Trail
    Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chainsrc:defillama

    Decision Log

    This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.

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    model: claude-sonnet-4-6

    generated: 5/4/2026, 2:54:58 AM

    last updated: 5/28/2026, 6:37:06 PM

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