Apriori: YZi Labs поддерживаемый стартап попал под подозрение из-за аирдропа с признаками манипуляции Translation: Apriori: YZi Labs-backed startup under scrutiny due to airdrop showing signs of manipulation

Backed by the venture firm YZi Labs, the startup Apriori has found itself under investigation following the airdrop of its APR token. An analysis by DL News uncovered indicators of a potential Sybil attack and insider trading.

According to the report, approximately 80% of the tokens distributed on October 23 within the BNB Chain network were claimed by a group of over 5,800 interconnected wallets.

Such activity is typical of a Sybil attack, where a single user exploits multiple addresses for personal gain.

Further suspicion arises from the fact that these wallets were prepped ahead of the airdrop. On October 19-20, unknown individuals funded them with BNB tokens to cover transaction fees. However, Apriori’s team publicly announced the airdrop on the BNB Chain only on October 22.

All 5,800 addresses received BNB from 13 identical source wallets. The right to the airdrop for these addresses was acquired after purchasing Apriori’s test tokens, which hold no real value. Prior to these transactions, the addresses showed no transaction history.

Previously, the Apriori project raised $30 million from YZi Labs, HashKey Capital, Pantera Capital, and Primitive Ventures. Its development is led by former engineers from Jump Trading, Coinbase, and Citadel Securities.

At the time of writing, the APR token is trading at $0.28, up 1.5% over the past day, according to CoinGecko.

Additionally, in October, the EVM-compatible L1 platform Monad opened a portal for acquiring its native MON token.