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ZachXBT still holds the crown as the crypto world’s pseudonymous Sherlock Holmes.
By Oliver Knight|Edited by Cheyenne Ligon
Updated Dec 15, 2025, 3:09 p.m. Published Dec 15, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
In an industry that has produced its fair share of villains, opportunists and rogue insiders, ZachXBT has carved out a rare position: the crypto world’s unofficial detective. Working largely alone and without institutional backing, he has spent years tracing stolen funds, exposing fraudsters and helping scam victims recover millions.
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ZachXBT’s investigations have become essential reading for traders and market watchers alike. His public threads combine meticulous on-chain forensics with a no-nonsense persona that has made him both feared and respected across the crypto space.
In 2025, he again proved why. He revealed that a well-known whale who had been swinging millions on leverage was, in fact, a convicted fraudster. Weeks later, he linked a sudden surge in Monero’s price to a large hack, tracing the flow of tainted funds into privacy pools long before the market caught on. And earlier in the year, he quantified what many suspected but few could measure: Coinbase users alone were losing roughly $300 million annually to sophisticated social-engineering scams.
Despite his growing profile, ZachXBT has stayed grounded in the work. He posts calmly, almost clinically, even when uncovering schemes that have ruined lives. His findings routinely prompt exchanges, law enforcement agencies and project teams to take action. Some victims have credited him with recovering money they had written off entirely; others refer to him simply as crypto’s own Sherlock Holmes.
In a space defined by opacity and self-promotion, ZachXBT’s persistence stands out. He doesn’t chase stardom or celebrity status, but his relentless pursuit of exposing scammers and fraudsters is a major step in crypto moving from a wild west industry to becoming a mainstay in people’s everyday lives.
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