Yes it is possible to submit posts to yahoo, business insider and even bloomberg, I did that for a living and recently restarted the business
You got stupid lagecy media like
Yahoo that still lists whirlwind at the top of the mixers lists referring to it as
Couldn't imagine if I could find an article about bitcoin mixers on yahoo. Is it possible to submit guest posts to yahoo news? By the way, I always think about this video when I read or hear yahoo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdzilA215uE- Trump: 'Are you gonna apologize yahoo? That's why you are yahoo and nobody knows who the hell you are'. This was brutally funny.
For the scam, I really don't know:
a) They were planning on a long scam to get enough money in their mixing, then delayed the processing and resolving only cases that surfaced, keeping unclaimed money till it went boom, so selective scamming then full scam.
b) They got enough now and say to themselves they are spending more than they will ever gain
c) The unexpected accident as the guy who is behind this, again, I don't believe it's a team, that multi-sig doesn't matter, he either got in a stupid accident, or got arrested or something else, and the extra guys employed d for support at first responded then saw no news from him and decided it's better to abandon ship out of fear.
d) very low probability, the business was not productive at all, they were losing money, they tried but failed and decided to just drop it and go MIA!
a) Their marketing strategy and timeframe wasn't really enough for such a scam. Nobody would spend tens or hundreds of bitcoin to the address of such a fresh mixer. This strategy may work for a company that's at least 1 year old with still ongoing intense marketing on many places. They also had 40K DAI in escrow. I don't think this service was intended for scam from the beginning.
b) Mixing business is probably one of the most profitable business out there. You get tons of volume and charge 1-5% from each transaction, don't have big expenses and don't pay taxes. This is ideal business for long-term profit. Probably they really got enough because they financially failed.
c) Team is a buzzword used by a single individual. It was probably run by an individual who had hired some people for FE/BE staff.
d) I think that version is the most possible reason. The ration of spend/outcome was probably very bad, they were spending more but were getting less. The outcome from marketing and project probably didn't meet their expectation and they gave up on it or weren't able to keep it. Does anyone know what were their reserves? How much coins were they holding and/or what was the max amount one could try to mix?