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An account linked to ZKasino, a gambling platform that stole more than $30 million from its users in 2024, lost $27.1 million after closing a long position on Hyperliquid. According to on-chain data on Hyperdash, the scammer address behind the blockchain-based betting platform had its 20x leveraged long ETH (ETH) position on Hyperliquid fully liquidated. As a result, the trader lost approximately $27.1 million. However, the trader still had around $147.38 in unrealized profit and losses. The address is linked to a scammer behind the blockchain gambling platform that reportedly stole around $32 million last year. On the social media platform X, traders reacted positively to the news, with many stating that the scammer got what they deserved. “A scammer gets a dose of karma,” wrote Onchain Lens in a recent post about the liquidation. “Karma is real!” said another user on X. Meanwhile, another user doxxed the scammer by sharing his full name and passport picture as well as the pictures of both his mother and sister. The user also tagged Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the FBI among other major U.S. government accounts in an attempt to alert them. What is ZKasino? ZKasino was introduced as a betting and gambling platform a decentralized gambling platform built on the Ethereum-based layer-2 blockchain platform, ZKsync. The platform was powered by its native token ZKAS and has around 75,000 followers on its official X account. In April 2024, it received widespread backlash from users who claimed that the platform still had not returned their Ethereum funds two months after their initial “signup” deposits. Users at the time accused the platform was a scam, because it only swallowed up ZKAS tokens but did not give them the returns as promised. Due to this controversy, the team behind ZKasino promised users that it…

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Filed under: News - @ April 7, 2025 7:28 pm