Audit log

Every state-changing event for TurtleDex: 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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   2026-05-28 18:37:06Z
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   ●mainnet-betaslot 422,776,070

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   4krWgB6YVTeX…c1RvW3wdcopyexplorer ↗

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Binance Smart Chain Hit By $2.4 Million TurtleDex Exit Scam","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/62204/binance-smart-chain-hit-by-2-4-million-turtledex-exit-scam"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinTelegraph: Binance Smart Chain's TurtleDex rug-pulls shortly after launch","type":"news_article","url":"https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-smart-chain-s-turtledex-rugpulls-shortly-after-launch"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoSlate: Binance Smart Chain project TurtleDex pulls the rug on its users and steals $2.5 million","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptoslate.com/binance-smart-chain-project-turtledex-pulls-the-rug-on-its-users-and-steals-2-5-million/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CryptoPotato: Another Binance Smart Chain Rug Pull: TurtleDex Drains $2.5 Million in BNB","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptopotato.com/another-binance-smart-chain-rug-pull-turtledex-drains-2-5-million-in-bnb/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Bitcoin.com: Another Binance Smart Chain Project Turtledex Rug Pulls With Tokens Worth $2.5M","type":"news_article","url":"https://news.bitcoin.com/another-binance-smart-chain-project-turtledex-rug-pulls-with-tokens-worth-2-5-million-confirmed-stolen/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"U.Today: TurtleDex Rugpulls, Converts 9,000 Stolen BNB In ETH","type":"news_article","url":"https://u.today/binance-based-defi-project-turtledex-rugpulls-converts-9000-stolen-bnb-in-eth"},{"credibility":3,"name":"DEFSTALKR on X: TechRate audit observation","type":"social_media","url":"https://x.com/DEFSTALKR/status/1373067023173885956"},{"credibility":1,"name":"BscScan: TTDX Token Contract","type":"on_chain","url":"https://bscscan.com/token/0xc095ed6c12af980051f220ea89c40992d98aae4f"},{"credibility":1,"name":"BscScan: TTDX Address","type":"on_chain","url":"https://bscscan.com/address/0xc4957a864245aa4373be1f33ae24e93876b7dfe1"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Coinopsy: Turtledex Dead Coin Listing","type":"community_report","url":"https://www.coinopsy.com/dead-coins/turtledex/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"TechRate Smart Contract Audits GitHub","type":"research","url":"https://github.com/TechRate/Smart-Contract-Audits"}],"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.","timeline":[{"date":"2021-02-21","event":"TechRate audits TurtleDex smart contract and finds no significant security issues.","source":""},{"date":"2021-03-15","event":"TurtleDex presale raises 9,000 BNB (~$2.5 million) in under two hours.","source":""},{"date":"2021-03-18","event":"TTDX tokens unlock at 15:00 UTC; liquidity pools go live on PancakeSwap and ApeSwap.","source":""},{"date":"2021-03-19","event":"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.","source":""},{"date":"2021-03-19","event":"Jet Fuel Finance confirms the exit scam publicly via Twitter and delists TTDX. Community recovery Telegram groups are established.","source":""},{"date":"2021-03-20","event":"Multiple crypto news outlets (Decrypt, CoinTelegraph, CryptoSlate, CryptoPotato) publish confirmed reporting on the rug pull. Community requests Binance freeze destination wallets.","source":""},{"date":"2021-03-22","event":"Bitcoin.com and additional outlets publish follow-up coverage. No recovery of funds is confirmed. Perpetrators remain unidentified.","source":""}]},"v":1}

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