Logan Paul Responds to NFT Scam Allegation by Coffeezilla

Logan Paul responded to Stephen “Coffeezilla” Findeisen’s Youtube video accusing Logan of a crypto scam. Before that, Logan Paul’s viewers had supposedly sunk a lot of money into his NFT game CryptoZoo.

Coffeezilla is known for busting scams and exposing the people behind them. He recently made a long-researched video about Logan Paul’s NFT game that allegedly left many fans out of their money. Coffeezilla claimed he researched the video, which went off like a bomb, for a year. Although Logan initially kept silent, he has now commented on the video.

In his response video, Paul attempts to discredit Coffeezilla’s sources and reporting, while also admitting that many people on the project were untrustworthy and saying his only mistake was trusting them.

What the NFT game was about

Logan’s game, CryptoZoo, was developed to allow his fans to generate passive income. You buy the game currency — Zoo Coins — to spend on egg NFTs that hatch animals. You can breed these animals to create hybrids, with rarer animals earning more Zoo Coins, which can then be converted into real money.

That sounded tempting in theory, but in practice, it was an obvious letdown because members of Paul’s team (but reportedly not Paul himself) sold their coins early to make millions while adoring fans and investors lost hundreds of thousands. So it looks like a very typical crypto scam.

Logan Paul Responds to Coffeezilla’s Scam Allegation

A few days ago, Logan Paul uploaded his response video to YouTube and let off steam by insulting Coffeezilla. He said Coffezilla was morphing from an investigator into a gossip channel, calling him the “keemstar of crypto-finance.”

In his response video, Paul focuses on the “inconsistencies” in Coffeezilla’s report. The first point concerned the CryptoZoo developer, who allegedly fled to Switzerland with the game’s source code and held it hostage for $1 million. Paul accuses Coffeezilla of keeping the person anonymous and calling them “Z” in his reports. The developer’s name turns out to be Zach Kelling, and according to Paul, he has “multiple felonies” involving armed robbery and obstruction of justice.

Paul then admits he did indeed work with him, but portrays the mistake as one of too much trust, saying: “I guess that’s what I get from trusting the team that I’ve relied on to create a review and manage the hiring process”. He describes CryptoZoo’s former chief developer, Eddie Ibanez, as a “con who deceived billionaires, the Mormon Church, the owner of the New York Yankees, and now me.”

Logan Paul wants to take legal action against Coffeezilla

Logan Paul then slanders another of Coffeezilla’s sources, a man named Emilio whom Coffeezilla interviewed for his reports. Paul says Coffeezilla should have known that Emilio is not a trustworthy person who has been involved in two scams before and is therefore a bad source for his reporting.

Finally, Paul addresses a recorded phone conversation Coffeezilla had with Paul’s manager, Jeffrey Levin, parts of which were used in Coffeezilla’s reports, allegedly without Levin’s consent. Under California’s invasion of privacy laws, it is illegal to record a conversation without the consent of all parties involved, as California requires the consent of both parties. This is a sensitive issue that can also be taken to court.

Logan Paul ends his video by assuring viewers that CryptoZoo is still running despite Coffeezilla’s claims that it is not being produced. He also threatens Coffeezilla with legal action for “defamation” and says he’ll need a good lawyer.

“The fact that Logan is suing me and not the criminals and scammers he hired says it all,” Coffeezilla said. “He has not taken any responsibility. Zero apologies. He just wants to save his own reputation.”