- Ben Armstrong, the former figurehead of the BitBoy Crypto empire, has pleaded for donations for a legal fund to try and get his brand back
- Armstrong claims he was unfairly ousted and said that his ‘life has been on the line’ in recent weeks
- The shameless crypto shill, who has posed with a Lamborghini and luxury clothes, is seeking his followers’ financial assistance for a legal battle
Ben Armstrong, the former figurehead of the BitBoy Crypto empire, has pleaded for donations for a legal fund to try and get his brand back, saying his ‘life has been on the line’ in recent weeks. Armstrong, whose BitBoy Crypto channel amassed a huge following over the years despite promoting little but dodgy crypto projects and meme coins, famously sued X (then Twitter) user Erling Mengshoel last year for libel and then mocked him for asking for donations to fight the legal battle. The reaction to Armstrong’s appeal has been savage, with one observer pointing out that in a video to accompany his pivot away from the BitBoy Crypto he was wearing a Rolex watch.
Fighting in the Crypto Dirt
Armstrong revealed that he had been ousted from his own company, Hit Media, in August, with the company citing a “relapse into substance abuse” as well as the “emotional, physical and financial damage he has done to the employees of Hit network & the Bitboy Crypto community.”
Armstrong has since called the ousting a coup and has now accused the two individuals who have taken the reins, presenter Justin Williams and Hit Network CEO TJ Shedd, of taking all his money as well as his brand.
As a result, Armstrong has publicly divorced himself from the BitBoy Crypto brand while at the same time asking for money to get it back. The incredible request was prefaced in an X video by Armstrong saying said his life was in danger following death threats:
The fact is @HitNetwork_ has taken all my money from me so I can’t fight.
I’m humbly asking anyone who has ever benefitted from my content or anything I’ve done to help donate to my legal fund to get BitBoy Crypto back.
ETH Address: 0xa6079bC88540cC9360D3c8D6f9cE583cdCcC3dC6 pic.twitter.com/PC2Ast0fTU
— Ben Armstrong (@BenArmstrongsX) September 20, 2023
In an X thread following the video, Armstrong said he would reveal all today on his new channel, Ben Armstrong Crypto (just what the world needs), but gave a flavor of what’s to come:
When people see what has been done they will be shocked. I’ll speak more about it on the stream tmrw at 11:30am est on my new channel “Ben Armstrong Crypto”.
Blackmail, extortion, public humiliation, death threats, outright lies, and more. I have receipts and proof 100%.
— Ben Armstrong (@BenArmstrongsX) September 20, 2023
In the thread Armstrong detailed the legal back and forth, promising that ‘The truth will come out.’
X Awash With Schadenfreude
The response from the crypto community to a grifter who promised to make people rich by following his advice now begging for money went down as well as could be expected:
How about all the people who lost money as a direct result of you promoting sketchy projects and more recently meme coins?
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) September 20, 2023
ur last video had a thumbnail of a rolex in it..
cmon dawg pic.twitter.com/ZGEXXKKwLQ
— 0x (@0x_Imperius) September 20, 2023
One of those who took the greatest pleasure in Armstrong’s fall from grace was Mengshoel, who reminded him of how the former BitBoy Crypto host had treated him:
When you hit me with your SLAPP lawsuit. I had to call my real estate agent to discuss selling my house I was planning on bringing my firstborn to just days before you served me. I additionally launched a GoFundMe to help me fight this and you laughed at me for raising funds.… https://t.co/suPHO2h1Fk
— atozy (@atozy) September 20, 2023
There were also reminders of how Armstrong used the money he made from shilling the worst kind of crypto trash:
this you? https://t.co/xKUS96hlpr pic.twitter.com/JUPSalLSqg
— atozy (@atozy) September 20, 2023
It seems, then, that BitBoy crypto will have to start selling his luxury cars, pyjamas and watches before he will be able to fight the good fight and get his brand back.
