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Yescoin Founder Arrested by Police Amid Repeated Delays in Token Launch

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In Brief

  • Yescoin founder Zoroo arrested in Shanghai over a business dispute with partner OldWang, escalating into a criminal case.
  • The Telegram mini-game continues to operate despite the arrest, but few details about the charges have been disclosed to the public.
  • Community skepticism grows as the token launch faces delays, with the next launch date set for March 31.
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The founder of Yescoin, a tap-to-earn game on Telegram, has apparently been arrested by Shanghai law enforcement. The project still hasn’t launched a token, citing delays due to repeated cyberattacks, and the community is growing restless.

Yescoin’s statement assured users that operations would continue as normal, but it gave very few details about the dispute or criminal charges. Hopefully, everyone involved is acting in good faith, and its token launch will happen on March 31.

Yescoin Founder Arrested Over Dispute

Yescoin, a popular Telegram-based tap-to-earn game, is facing a difficult episode. Since its launch last year, it’s been a trendy platform, onboarding a significant amount of users to The Open Network.

Today, however, Yescoin has encountered legal trouble, as its pseudonymous founder, Zoroo, was arrested by Shanghai law enforcement:

“We regret to inform you that Zoroo, the founder of Yescoin, has been taken away from Hangzhou by Shanghai police due to a dispute with his business partner, OldWang. What began as a business disagreement between partners has now escalated into a criminal case. We would like to assure everyone that Yescoin continues to operate normally,” the firm claimed.

Other than this statement, very few details about the arrest have come to light. Shanghai is nearly 200 kilometers away from Hangzhou and is in a totally different administrative province, so it’s somewhat surprising that the city’s police arrested Yescoin’s founder.

So far, the community doesn’t have any idea what the criminal charges are about.

Yescoin launched in mid-2024 when the tap-to-earn hype was at its peak. The game has over 4 million followers on X (formerly Twitter) and nearly 3 million subscribers on Telegram.

However, unlike Hamster Kombat and other Telegram mini-games, Yescoin has yet to have its token generation event (TGE). The project cited repeated cyberattacks as the reason for the launch delays but maintains that the token will go live on March 31.

On Yescoin’s initial announcement and other social media posts, users professed skepticism about the alleged arrest. Some fans apparently believe that this incident is an excuse to perpetually delay the launch date or is otherwise somehow fabricated.

In other words, this arrest announcement has riled up the Yescoin community. If further delays happen, it could seriously damage the project’s credibility.

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Landon Manning
Landon Manning is a Journalist at BeInCrypto, covering a wide range of topics, including international regulation, blockchain technology, market analysis, and Bitcoin. Previously, Landon spent six years as a writer with Bitcoin Magazine and co-authored a Bitcoin maximalist newsletter with 30,000 subscribers. Landon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Sewanee: The University of the South.
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