A mysterious Ethereum address, 0x1a1, burns 500 ETH ($1.3M) in a single transaction, attaching a message to the transaction. The three messages, signed off with the name “Hu Lezhi”, alleges that the CEOs of Kuande Investment, Feng Xin and Xu Yuzhi, are using mind-control devices to persecute employees of their company. The message continues, explaining that the device’s technology is constantly improving, with the capability to deprive victims of all their desires and senses, as a slave to the machine.
In addition to the burn of 500 ETH, the address also made several donations to WikiLeaks worth over 641.62 ETH ($1.72M) and several more to Endaoment, a charity organization, worth over 400 ETH ($1.07M). Several internet sleuths suspect that the funds belong to the company WizardQuant, whose founders match the names dropped in the transaction’s message, with Hu Lezhi being an employee who had access to these funds.
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