As the popular blockchain sleuth prepares to face defamation charges, the crypto community and big corporations have given over $1 million in various stablecoins and tokens to ZachXBT.
Hundreds of wallets sent ZachXBT USD Coin (USDC), tether (USDT), dai (DAI), and memecoins like JESUS and PEPE, according to data from the on-chain analytics platform Nansen.
Binance, CertiK, and Tron developer Justin Sun are among those who have backed the project.
The majority of these payments were received on the Ethereum blockchain, with smaller amounts supplied from tokens based on Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Optimism, Polygon, and Fantom.
MachiBigBrother, also known as Jeffrey Huang, sued ZachXBT, an independent blockchain detective, last week after the on-chain sleuth issued a report last year saying Huang embezzled tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency.
The action, filed Friday in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, claims ZachXBT defamed MachiBigBrother, causing him “serious reputational and monetary harm.” According to the complaint, ZachXBT faces one count of libel and one count of libel per se.