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ZachXBT doesn’t operate in the shadows; he is the shadow. The self-taught, anonymous crypto investigator has spent the last three years tracking down scammers, hackers, and criminals in the industry. From industry elites, to celebrities and influencers, no one’s too big for Zach to strike. No one knows his real name, where he lives, or even what he looks like. But crypto thieves definitely know his reputation. Zach’s journey as a blockchain investigator has been one for the books. Andy Greenberg from WIRED recently highlighted his relentless pursuit of crypto scammers in a detailed profile and gave us a look into the sharp mind of the relentless investigator. Armed with nothing but a sharp mind and a relentless drive to trace crypto’s darkest transactions, Zach has become the go-to guy for sniffing out fraud and stolen funds. Tracing the crime scene The profile opened with a tale from August 19. Zach was at the airport, ready to catch a flight, when an alert hit his phone. It was the kind of alert he lives for:- a transfer of $600,000 worth of Bitcoin to a small exchange. Instantly, Zach knew something was off. This was way bigger than the typical transactions he sees on that exchange. By the time he reached the boarding gate, more pings hit his phone — another $1 million, then $2 million. He knew this wasn’t a lucky day trader cashing out. This was theft, and Zach was already racing against the clock to figure out where this money was going. Before the plane’s Wi-Fi kicked in at 10,000 feet, he had traced the funds back to a Bitcoin wallet that had been untouched since 2012. Within hours, he identified that someone had stolen over $243 million from a single victim. As soon as the plane’s Wi-Fi…

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