Another scandal has rocked the Web3 community—a certain KOL team is suspected of attempting to extort $12,000 from a project team!

Altura's operations staff directly released solid evidence: a KOL team privately messaged and threatened them, essentially saying, "Don’t want people to know about your past NFT project scandals? Then obediently send $12,000 over." The project team simply made the entire chat record and the other party's account information public—this counterattack was ruthless.

To be honest, this probably isn’t the first time something like this has happened in the circle. Some so-called opinion leaders use their influence as leverage, forcing project teams to comply—if you don’t pay, they smear you; if you pay, they stay silent. This time, Altura chose to stand their ground, which serves as a wake-up call for the industry.

But then again, why do these people dare to be so brazen? It’s still because many projects are afraid of escalation and reputational damage, so they end up paying to make the problem go away. But in the long run, tolerating this kind of behavior will only make these parasites more rampant. If it needs to be exposed, expose it; if legal action is necessary, take legal action. Don’t let bad actors drive out the good ones.