๐จ Solana Rug Pull: Aqua Drains $4.65M
The Aqua trading bot on Solana just rugged, draining 21,770 $SOL (~$4.65M) before cutting comms.
๐ What Happened:
Telegram-based trading bot
Team pulled liquidity & vanished
Traced by @zachxbt across wallets + exchanges
๐ Why Itโs Blowing Up:
Aqua wasnโt some random anon project. It had backing & promotion from big Solana names:
Meteora (DeFi protocol)
Quill Audits (security firm)
Helius (infra provider)
SYMMIO (DEX)
Dialect (messaging protocol)
๐คฏ ?!
These associations gave Aqua a stamp of legitimacy but clearly, not enough due diligence was done.
๐ Big Picture:
Even major names can slip. Audits, partnerships, โtrustedโ brands, sometimes they don't work at all.
This is now a textbook cautionary tale.
