What happened with the Squid Game crypto?

The cryptocurrency, called Squid , began trading early last week at a price of just one penny per token. In the following days, it drew attention from a number of mainstream media outlets. By early Monday, it was trading at $38 a token on a cryptocurrency exchange called Pancakeswap.

A digital token inspired by the popular South Korean Netflix series Squid Game has lost almost all of its value as it was revealed to be an apparent scam . Squid, which marketed itself as a “play-to-earn cryptocurrency”, had seen its price soar in recent days – surging by thousands of per cent.

The cryptocurrency Squid Game (SQUID) immensely collapsed in price. The developers appear to have created a scam, cashing in on more than $3 million . The creators of the Squid Game crypto are sitting pretty following a “rug pull” scam that took profits from tricked investors.