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Scam alertREPORTED2 min read

A trader lost $4M overnight at TOKEN2049. The cause is still unknown

A trader known as Frogman says his wallets were emptied of over $4 million while he slept in Singapore during TOKEN2049. The transfers were signed with his own key. What happened, what is unknown, and how to protect a wallet when you travel.

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Quick answer: a trader who posts as Frogman says more than 4 million US dollars left his wallets at about 4:15 a.m. Singapore time on 7 October, while he slept during the TOKEN2049 conference. The transfers were signed with his own wallet key, so whoever moved the funds had that key. He says he still does not know how.

What was reported

  • The first Solana transfer left at 20:14 UTC on 6 Oct (4:14 a.m. in Singapore). Tokens on BNB Chain moved in the same minute (REPORTED, The Defiant, from on-chain records).
  • Every transfer was signed by the wallet's own key (REPORTED, The Defiant).
  • On-chain analysts Lookonchain put the loss at about 4 million US dollars across two wallets (REPORTED, via The Defiant).
  • The tokens were sold within minutes and the proceeds moved out over the next 46 minutes (REPORTED, The Defiant).
  • Frogman says he found no sign of a break-in on his phone or email, did not use a public charging point, and that his exchange was not at fault (REPORTED, his posts on X as quoted by The Defiant).

What we checked

  • One detailed report (The Defiant) built from public on-chain records and the trader's own posts. We have not traced the transactions ourselves.

What we still can't confirm

  • How the key was obtained. Nobody has confirmed a cause.
  • Whether meeting people at the conference had anything to do with it. Frogman mentioned it, but there is no evidence either way.
  • Whether any funds have been frozen or recovered.

What to do when you travel with crypto

  1. Keep most of your funds in a hardware wallet that stays at home. Travel with a small hot wallet holding only what you need.
  2. Never keep your recovery words as a photo, a note on your phone or a cloud file.
  3. Do not install apps, scan QR codes or open files that new contacts send you, however friendly they seem.
  4. Review your token approvals before and after the trip. Our guide: what a wallet approval is.
  5. If funds disappear, move whatever is left to a new wallet with new recovery words, and ignore anyone offering to recover funds for a fee.
GuideWhat is a wallet approval, and how to revoke one

This is research and safety guidance, not financial advice.

Sources

  1. The Defiant: Trader Frogman drained of 4 million USD on the first morning of TOKEN2049 thedefiant.io

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