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anchored·4krWgB…W3wdSummary
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
5 entities · 60 linked investigations- Binance→mentioned with→Ethereum(65%)
- TurtleDex→mentioned with→Ethereum(60%)
- TurtleDex→mentioned with→Binance(80%)
- Cointelegraph→mentioned with→Ethereum(60%)
- TurtleDex→mentioned with→Cointelegraph(65%)
Timeline(7 events)
21 February 2021
TechRate audits TurtleDex smart contract and finds no significant security issues.
15 March 2021
TurtleDex presale raises 9,000 BNB (~$2.5 million) in under two hours.
18 March 2021
TTDX tokens unlock at 15:00 UTC; liquidity pools go live on PancakeSwap and ApeSwap.
19 March 2021
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.
19 March 2021
Jet Fuel Finance confirms the exit scam publicly via Twitter and delists TTDX. Community recovery Telegram groups are established.
20 March 2021
Multiple crypto news outlets (Decrypt, CoinTelegraph, CryptoSlate, CryptoPotato) publish confirmed reporting on the rug pull. Community requests Binance freeze destination wallets.
22 March 2021
Bitcoin.com and additional outlets publish follow-up coverage. No recovery of funds is confirmed. Perpetrators remain unidentified.
Decision Log
- hash: 9ph4qshzJeBV984aqUBhNr2SRVRi4kyuVLfgkbf6pvP1
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 9 of 11 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-sonnet-4-6
generated: 5/4/2026, 2:54:58 AM
last updated: 8/29/2026, 1:35:33 AM
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