30,000 Phones, Some Crypto, and a Botched Airdrop—You Won’t Believe What Happened Next!
In July 2025—because the future is always where the messiest stuff happens—authorities stumbled upon a bot farm that used more devices than the average phone store stocks in its lifetime. These little rectangles of silicon joy were painstakingly programmed to “act human,” which mostly involves clicking shiny buttons, filling out forms, and pretending to have existential crises about the future of decentralized finance. By deftly imitating authentic users, the operators netted enough crypto tokens to buy at least three moderately overpriced cups of coffee. Possibly more, depending on exchange rates and the general mood of Elon Musk.



