A cancer patient recently received a huge outpouring of support from the crypto community after a scammer stole $32,000 from his treatment fund. He raised more than he needed to pay for his health care and has started donating the excess.
In a dark landscape of growing scams and political instability, events like this remind us of the positive side of crypto. In a rare moment, the community comes together to correct a great injustice.
Crypto against cancer
Earlier this week, Steam removed a game , “Block Blasters,” after community detectives warned that it contained crypto-stealing malware. The game had been running for months, but it took a massive public outcry to get it removed.
The full story, however, is less well known. It involves a cancer patient, a dangerous scam, and the crypto community coming together to take action.
RastalandTV, a 26-year-old Twitch streamer, is a stage 4 cancer patient who turned to crypto to fund his treatment. He launched a meme coin CANCER on Pump.fun and promoted it on his streams.
The Token has attracted a moderate amount of interest, raising around $32,000 from the community.
However, one particularly shocking scam occurred. A hacker offered this user a donation on stream, asking him to play Block Blasters, claiming it was a little-known indie game.
In fact, the game quickly drained all of RastalandTV's crypto wallets, consuming the fees generated from his CANCER Token .
The shocking incident brought the community together to support the streamer's fight against cancer. Detectives exposed the perpetrator, a young Argentinian living in Miami, and convinced Steam to remove Block Blasters and other crypto-malware games.
Generosity is everywhere
Furthermore, the crypto community has pushed the price of CANCER to new heights. Its market Capital reached a figure of nearly $8 million before rastalandTV announced that he had enough resources to continue paying for treatment.
Naturally, this has dampened interest, though not completely.
CANCER Market Capital . Source: Pump.funSince the announcement, the Twitch streamer has begun donating his surplus funds to other charities.
Aside from making major donations to cancer research organizations, rastalandTV has also used its crypto in a mutual aid campaign, helping other terminally ill patients in need.
Over the past few weeks, the meme coin community has come together to react to some particularly dire news . The crypto community needs stories like CANCER too.
While this episode highlights the ruthless and opportunistic nature of today's scammers, better motives win out in the end.
Decentralized finance has the power to connect people and create positive change in the world. No matter how dark things seem in today's society, we always have the option to help each other.
