Pig Butchering Exposed: How Criminals Steal Billions & How to Fight Back w/Hamblin Crypto | Ep 392
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Goodnow revolutionaries–
Today, Evan, Alex, and Will welcome Alex Willoughby from Hamblin Crypto Tracing, an analytics firm specializing in investigative solutions to combat crypto crime. Together, we dive deep into the most widespread and devastating scam in crypto: pig butchering—how it works, who’s behind it, and why these complex webs of crime are harder to untangle than most people realize.
Alex W. shares the tools investigators use to trace stolen crypto, recover funds, and identify networks of bad actors, while the team shares practical steps to keep yourself safe and spot red flags before it’s too late.
Will gives his take on the Bitcoin market—will it bounce at $100K? Is he buying? And we wrap the show early so Evan and Alex can represent Rise Up live at Octant’s “Epoch 9” Demo Day. Catch our pitch (and leave a comment to support us!) at the link below.
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🔗 LINKS
- Hamblin Crypto: hamblincrypto.com
2024 pig butchering stats: trmlabs.com/resources/blog/a-record-breaking-year-for-cybercrime-key-findings-from-the-fbis-2024-ic3-report
Analytics tools: chainalysis.com | trmlabs.com | elliptic.co - $15B in Bitcoin recovered: theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/14/uk-us-sanctions-leaders-cambodia-scam-centres
- How scammers move money (via ZachXBT): x.com/zachxbt/status/1979899778637918374
- Coincover (like LifeLock, but for crypto): coincover.com
- Octant Epoch 9 Demo Day – Rise Up’s pitch starts at 19:44 : x.com/i/broadcasts/1lDxLBQPdOYGm
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