meetup[.]bittensor-ai[.]us

The domain meetup.bittensor-ai.us was registered on February 21, 2026 and resolves to the Amazon Web Services address 216.150.16.1, belonging to ASN 16509 (Amazon.com, Inc.) located in the United States. The site presents the page title “Bittensor & Friends. Live Meet Up 2025” and carries an SSL certificate identified as R13. Automated analysis has classified the domain as a brand‑impersonation operation targeting Metamask, consistent with the known scam type “Crypto Scam”. Five independent security blocklists—PhishDestroy, ScamSniffer, Polkadot, Enkrypt, and Codeesura—have already listed the domain, indicating rapid community response. VirusTotal scans show that nine of ninety‑three vendor engines returned a malicious verdict, reinforcing the suspicion that the infrastructure is being used for fraudulent activity. At the time of this report (July 23, 2026) the site is offline, which limits direct payload observation but does not eliminate the risk posed by the associated infrastructure.

Analysis indicates that the attacker leveraged a freshly registered domain, a reputable cloud provider, and a valid TLS certificate to increase perceived legitimacy. The combination of a Metamask brand reference and a misleading page title referencing an unrelated “Bittensor” meetup suggests an attempt to lure cryptocurrency users by exploiting topical interest in blockchain events. The presence on multiple blocklists and the VirusTotal detections provide concrete evidence of malicious intent, yet the exact content of the landing page remains unverified because the site is not reachable.

Defenders should continue to block the IP address 216.150.16.1 and the domain across network perimeter controls, update URL filtering lists with the identified blocklist entries, and monitor for any re‑registration attempts or similar sub‑domains that reuse the same hosting provider or certificate fingerprint.