After DeepSeek clarified the unissued virtual currency, the price of some impostor tokens was quickly "cleared"

On the day DeepSeek officially clarified that "no virtual currency has ever been issued", the price of some fake DeepSeek tokens was quickly "cleared", and multiple virtual coins named after "DeepSeek", "DeepSeekAI", "DeepSeekR1" and other names have been "stalled". Among the many fake DeepSeek tokens, there is a fake DeepSeek token called "Seek", which was launched on January 28. Before the collapse, its market value reached $48 million. Security firm BlockAid reported that 75 fake DeepSeek tokens have been created on the Ethereum and Solana networks, and the amount of fraud has reached 420 million yuan. Lawyers warn that the issuers of such virtual currencies may have bad motives such as confusing the public, making quick profits, and evading supervision. At the same time, the "plate" of such virtual currency projects is small, so it is easy to be manipulated, and the value of the currency can also fall rapidly or return to zero. Once investors are "cut off" by the project party, it is difficult to track the specific person in charge or entity.