TL;DR:
ZachXBT has revived a set of allegations linking the crypto gambling platform Spartans, entrepreneur Gurhan Kiziloz, and BlockDAG Network, reopening a controversy that had largely drifted out of public focus. The investigator responded on X to a post that was later deleted by its original author and used the reply to restate claims he had raised before. The significance of the post lies less in new disclosed evidence than in the forceful resurfacing of an unresolved narrative around fundraising, hidden leadership, and the movement of money through crypto-linked businesses.
In the post, ZachXBT said Kiziloz is a co-founder of Spartans and also the person behind BlockDAG Network. He described BlockDAG as a questionable project and alleged that it raised more than $300 million from retail investors through social media advertising that promoted unrealistic returns and misleading partnerships. He further claimed the token sale has continued for more than two years, with presale funds allegedly off-ramped through Middle Eastern over-the-counter channels during that span. The core accusation is that a long-running token sale may have been paired with marketing excess and opaque cash-out routes.
The alleged co-founder of Spartans is Gurhan Kiziloz who is behind a sketchy project called Blockdag Network which has raised $300M+ from unsophisticated retail investors via social media ads which stated unrealistic returns and misleading partnerships.
They have held the token… pic.twitter.com/4shtStpIk2
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) April 9, 2026
ZachXBT also returned to claims from October 2025, when he said he had exposed BlockDAG leadership as figureheads and alleged that Kiziloz was acting as a hidden co-founder. In the new reply, he added that after that earlier reporting he was blocked, and that Kiziloz later publicly confirmed involvement in the project. He also argued that online search results for Kiziloz are dominated by paid PR articles, suggesting public visibility has been carefully managed. That line of argument shifts the dispute beyond tokenomics and toward image control, identity, and who was steering the project behind the scenes.
The post ended with a more personal warning. ZachXBT wrote that between 10 and 15 individuals had contacted him directly claiming they lost money in connection with BlockDAG, and said that based on those messages he would stay away from any business associated with Kiziloz. Within the material cited in the article, no response from Spartans, Kiziloz, or BlockDAG was included. What this episode underscores is how quickly reputational risk can harden around a project when unanswered accusations begin to connect fundraising, lifestyle spending, and opaque structure into one story.
