Darren Watkins Jr. also known as IShowSpeed is a popular YouTuber who has come under a lot of scrutiny in the last few weeks. Things took a turn for the worse when he found himself in the middle of an alleged crypto scam. He was promoting a crypto project and was giving away PlayStation 5 to his audience.
His audience was quick to call him out and he received a lot of backlash for promoting an alleged scam.
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Why is IShowSpeed facing a backlash?
Ishowspeed has deleted his stream promoting the Crypto coin known as “Paradox” along with all social posts promoting it. In his apology after he told his fans, he would never scam them.
Paradox coin is going about as well as Coffeezilla had predicted. 100M Market Cap -> 70M pic.twitter.com/zXTH2n75PS
— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) November 23, 2022
In a now-deleted stream, IShowSpeed was seen promoting a company that promised to launch the biggest crypto (Paradox coin) yet. He was seen wearing a t-shirt that had the logo of the company. Watkins was urging his fans to follow the crypto project’s Instagram handle.
He was then joined by a few guests who said the new coin was going to be “the biggest crypto coin in the world.” They also said viewers who sign up for the coin would get a PlayStation 5. Speed was also seen signing consoles and started receiving donations as his viewers called him out.
Rather than acknowledging that he was…
