The other interesting detail: The FBI worked on its own fake token, with a real contract you could track on-chain, called NexFundAI. Its website, which now features a massive “FBI” banner, looked remarkably legit – that is to say, like a lot of other AI-focused crypto tokens making vague but extravagant promises.
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