Both European and Eastern US timezones are at work so it's approaching peak time on HN, and this is a story involving a (potentially) huge crypto scandal. It do

Both European and Eastern US timezones are at work so it's approaching peak time on HN, and this is a story involving a (potentially) huge crypto scandal. It doesn't surprise me that it's gained a bunch of attention. Now I don't think the story itself is real, but I don't think it's made it to the frontpage by gaming HN with bots or something