Ben
Armstrong,
the
brash
crypto
influencer
whose
precipitous
rise
as
the
“Bitboy”
vlogger
came
crashing
down
under
corporate
and
personal
scandal,
is
stopping
his
daily
livestream
after
three
years.
In
an
emotional
video
posted
to
his
personal
Youtube
channel,
Armstrong
said
his
daily
shows
in
which
he
discussed
crypto
trends
were
no
longer
financially
viable
and
were
burning
$25,000
a
week
to
produce.
He
said
he
is
spending
“about
$100,000
a
month”
on
legal
bills.
“We’re
barely
making
it
out
here,
guys.
We’ve
got
lawyers
coming
at
me
from
every
angle,”
he
said
in
the
10
minute
video
that
had
garnered
18,000
views
late
Wednesday.
“Everyone
I
know
is
coming
after
me
right
now.”
Armstrong
was
better
known
as
“Bitboy,”
the
hard-charging,
fast-talking
crypto
personality
who
from
2018
on
published
polished
price
prediction
and
news
videos
with
headlines
like
“Make
IMPOSSIBLE
Gains
with
Bitcoin
SUPERCYCLE”
that
garnered
tens
of
thousands
of
views.
His
content
was
a
hit
in
one
corner
of
the
crypto
trading
public,
who
followed
the
channel
for
advice
as
well
as
entertainment.
It
led
to
Armstrong
creating
his
own
cryptocurrency
called
$BEN
coin
in
mid-2023.
But
he
was
ousted
from
the
BitBoy
world
shortly
after
that
token’s
launch
over
“serious
and
personal
allegations,”
according
to
Decrypt.
Armstrong
later
sued
the
company
that
owns
the
brand.
That
began
a
series
of
messy
events
that
included
the
revelation
Armstrong
was
having
an
affair
with
the
CEO
of
BEN
Coin
and
his
arrest
at
the
home
of
a
former
business
partner
–
both
of
which
happened
on
the
same
livestream.