Before Elon Musk bought Twitter and renamed it X, a blue checkmark – like the one emblazoned on @Grayscale_FND’s account – was a sign the account was verified, that some measure of thought and vetting had occurred before the account got that label. Now, it means the account owner can afford $8 a month, giving rise to a proliferation of crypto scams wielding blue-checked X accounts.
Source link: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/09/08/a-new-crypto-scam-shows-perils-of-elon-musks-twitter/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines by Nick Baker at www.coindesk.com
