Crypto poster admits viral 'scoop' was Claude slop with made-up numbers
toptickcrypto · x · 2026-09-02
A widely shared crypto leak post was admitted by its author to be "Claude slop"—numbers entirely fabricated and exaggerated. Commenters had already flagged it as an obvious larp, noting it would have been a massive SEC reporting violation if true.
Another reminder that AI-generated 'professional-looking' content is becoming a source of information pollution: long-form prose plus specific numbers does not equal credibility.
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