US's largest crypto KOL arrested during live streaming after falling out with former partner.

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2023-09-26 15:02

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· YouTube live streaming confrontation leads to arrest by police

· Previously removed by partner Hit Network

· Acquiring meme coins, tracking SBF, and the past "fun stories" of Bitboy, the largest crypto KOL in the United States

BlockBeats News, September 26th, according to The Block, online records from the security department of Gwinnett County show that Ben Armstrong, founder of Web3 YouTube channel BitBoy Crypto, was arrested while attempting to confront a former business partner, but no charges have been filed at this time.

YouTube Live Confrontation Arrested by Police

Before the live broadcast on YouTube, he posted that he would "soon be broadcasting from a very special location."

Less than an hour later, Ben Armstrong did a live broadcast in front of NFT KOL Carlos Diaz's residence. According to Twitter user @iamramekin's tweet, Ben claimed that the partner had his Lamborghini and "wanted to kill him", and also claimed that he was connected to the Houston Mafia. According to Coindesk's report, Carlos Diaz is associated with Hit Network.

However, soon after, news of Ben Armstrong's arrest began to circulate on the internet. According to a tweet from user @3orovik, who shared a live video clip, Ben Armstrong was arrested by the police during the live broadcast.

This was previously removed by partner Hit Network

BlockBeats previously reported that on August 29th, BJ Investment Holdings, the parent company of Hit Network, announced that controversial figure Ben Armstrong has been removed from the company and the Bitboy Crypto brand. The company stated: "This difficult decision is the final result of our long-term efforts to help Ben overcome his drug abuse relapse and make up for the emotional, physical, and financial damage he has caused to Hit Network employees and the Bitboy Crypto community."

Later, Ben Armstrong responded in a live video, praising BitBoy Crypto, its various brands and assets, and the BitBoy team itself, while expressing a desire to "save" his previous organization and further clarifying the controversy surrounding alleged drug use and extramarital affairs.

Related Reading: "Ben Armstrong Reveals Affair During Emotional Video About Exit From BitBoy Crypto"

Armstrong confirmed in a video statement that he had an affair with someone other than his wife Bethany, and it lasted for "a period of time."

The video did not explicitly state who was involved in the aforementioned incident, but voices on X (Twitter) point to Cassandra Wolfe, whose account is @DuchessOfDeFi.

People speculate that drug abuse was one of the reasons why Armstrong accidentally left his original channel. However, in the video, Armstrong clarified that he did not "use cocaine" or "methamphetamine" or "similar drugs", and his drug use mainly revolved around "diet pills" and "some steroids".

Currently, according to LinkedIn information, Ben Armstrong still holds the position of founder of BitBoy.

Take over meme coins, track SBF, and the past "fun stories" of Bitboy, the largest crypto KOL in the United States

Ben Armstrong is the biggest KOL in the American cryptocurrency industry. As of now, his personal Twitter account has over 37,300 followers, while the official Bitboy brand Twitter account that he founded and operates has over 1 million followers.

BlockBeats previously reported that in May of this year, Ben Armstrong took over the meme coin BEN from its creator Ben.eth (Twitter handle @eth_ben) of PSYOP. Subsequently, the price of BEN skyrocketed, and Ben Armstrong continued to support BEN in his tweets and "officially joined the team" on May 9th.

Related reading: "Raising $6.9 million with Memecoin, who is Ben, the legendary figure in the crypto industry?"

After the FTX scandal, Ben Armstrong organized KOLs to go to the Bahamas to try to find information about SBF and FTX. Ben Armstrong shared his itinerary and "discoveries" on Twitter, and under these tweets, some netizens provided various "clues".