Let’s face it. The Shiba Inu memecoin (SHIB) is enjoying unexpected success all over the world. But the token with the friendly canine has also been experiencing, for a few days, a real drama between the founder of the project, Shytoshi Kusama, and a former long-term supporter who now denounces a “scam”. And on top of that comes a lawsuit!
The creators of SHIBA INU accused of being “scammers
The Twitter account of the Canadian health company Ask The Doctor was until recently rather supportive of the Shiba Inu memecoin. But everything has changed violently in the last few days.
On Monday, December 20, and while the manager(s) of the Ask The Doctor app and account had clearly been a Shiba Inu promoter, the latter announced that a complaint should be filed against the crypto project. Although the tweet has since been deleted, media outlet BeInCrypto reports:
“We will begin our initial complaint filing against Shiba and Shytoshi Kusama in the UK tomorrow (…) It is our obligation to protect the crypto community from these potential scammers. We will get their identities.”
In another tweet, it was discovered that the Ask The Doctor account has turned into a die-hard fan of the Floki Inu (FLOKI) memecoin, which is a copy of SHIB, which was itself a copy of Dogecoin (DOGE), which was just a crypto joke in the first place (have you been following?).
Shytoshi Kusama fires back at threat of legal action
Although he remains anonymous, Shytoshi Kusama – one of the main creators of Shiba Inu – was far from being on the fence about these accusations, which were not supported by any crisp evidence, which could have supported these claims of scamming in the slightest.
The founder, heated up, therefore outbid the threat of legal action in a tweet, increasing the drama within the “Shiba Army” (the community gathered around memecoin):
“Tell your legal team that it’s illegal to buy a verified account to use to scam others! Tell them it’s illegal to take people’s money for a service you never provide! And if you REALLY want to come and get me… COME AND GET ME. It’s almost time to [reveal my identity]. Either way… I’m ready.”
Ask The Doctor’s turnaround is all the more strange given that, as recently as December 1, 2021, the Twitter account proudly announced that it had acquired 31 billion SHIB tokens, or for about $1.5 million.
Whether due to the effect of the legal counter-threat or to the numerous reactions of the Shiba Army, the Ask The Doctor account seems to have since deleted all its messages of accusations related to Shiba Inu. Even though the project is controversial due to its dangerous nature as a memecoin – with very high volatility prices – the SHIB token is already listed on many crypto exchange platforms, which are considered serious, and which normally would have verified that Shiba Inu was not a simple scam…normally!
