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Master of Anons: How a Crypto Developer Faked a DeFi Ecosystem

The Macalinao brothers used a web of bogus identities to create the illusion of a dev community, juicing value on the Saber protocol and Solana blockchain. Now they're moving to Aptos.

Ian Macalinao is one half of the Saber brothers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Ian Macalinao is one half of the Saber brothers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)