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On Tuesday, popular YouTuber KSI returned to crypto after almost two years. After his return, a crypto investigator discussed some of the YouTuber’s alleged shady practices from 2021 and 2022. KSI’s Second Coming To The Crypto Kingdom British YouTuber and boxer Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, professionally known as KSI, came back to the crypto community after almost two years away. The content creator revived his crypto-related X account on February 13, asking, “Does this still work?” The internet celebrity rose to fame at the beginning of the last decade thanks to the vlogging and gaming content posted on his YouTube channel. Since then, KSI has amassed a large following, with over 24 million subscribers. His crypto-related X account, created in March 2021, has over 372,000 followers. Inb4 he starts sharing garbage again. Dumping your tokens on Logan Paul’s lapdog is permitted and encouraged. — ZachXBT (@zachxbt) February 13, 2024 Shortly after KSI’s return, crypto investigator ZachXBT called out the YouTuber for allegedly engaging in shady practices during the last bull run. According to the investigator, KSI was “shilling a couple of the scammy Polkastarter IDOs that went to zero way before the bull market ended last run.” The crypto detective then revealed that KSI had allegedly manipulated the market on at least three occasions. According to the investigator, on March 27, 2022, the YouTuber posted that he was part of XCAD’s “#HodlGang” before selling approximately $850,000 worth of the token in the following days. On March 20, 2021, KSI announced two NFT coins he seemingly was bullish on: SUPER and ERN. In the following hours, the content creator proceeded to sell around $349,000 worth of the ERN token, as the data shown by the crypto detective reveals. Remember when KSI posted “All of a sudden, my $XCAD bag is looking…

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