About the Research Desk
Evidence-First Investigation Desk
GetAlgoBuddy is an independent research database dedicated to investigating algorithmic trading bots, digital asset brokers, and withdrawal platforms.
The digital asset space is flooded with fabricated performance dashboards, hidden withdrawal restrictions, and predatory recovery schemes. This site structures victim evidence into case files that other people can find before they deposit. If a platform has been flagged by a regulator, referenced by multiple victims, or caught running clone-firm playbooks, its case lives here with sources attached.
No platform is assumed legitimate until proven otherwise.
Who runs it
Kestutis Parfionovas
Founder & Lead Researcher
Contact: [email protected]
LinkedIn: kestutis-parfionovas
After a year of watching the same AI-trading scam patterns recycle under new brand names every few months, I built GetAlgoBuddy as an independent review desk — one place, public methodology, evidence-first verdicts. The problem I kept seeing was simple: people search "is X legit" about a platform, land on a review page that sold them a green checkmark in exchange for an affiliate link, deposit, and two weeks later the withdrawal button stops working.
The site runs on a public Zero-Trust Vetting Protocol. A project doesn't get a Verified status because it looks polished or runs a lot of Google ads — every credible scam has both. It gets Verified only when custody, withdrawal rights, fee transparency, and ownership all clear independent checks at the same time. Most of the time the Verified directory is empty. That is the intended state.
I write every verdict personally. Every claim on the site maps to a linkable public source — if a source is wrong, I correct the case. If you run a bot or a platform that thinks it can clear the bar, the submission form is here. If you got burned by one of the brands already on the blacklist, the report form is there too. Not legal advice. Just public evidence, reviewed by a human, documented with sources.
Areas of focus: algorithmic trading fraud, clone firms, FCA warning-list analysis, recovery-scam detection, forex broker due diligence, withdrawal-restriction schemes.
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Named Scams Exposed
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Pattern Alerts Isolated
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Intel Reports Filed
The Hard Line
Zero Trust Verification
GetAlgoBuddy enforces a strict Zero Trust Vetting Protocol. This means platforms are disqualified based on three primary factors: Custody, Cryptographic Proof, and Withdrawal Rights.
If a trading system requires users to deposit capital into an operator's wallet rather than connecting via read-only exchange APIs, the burden of trust becomes overwhelmingly high. If they restrict withdrawals under the guise of "verification taxes" or "liquidity locks," they are immediately classified as a threat.
Submitting a Platform
Submissions from project operators are accepted, but nothing gets a free pass.
Projects that claim a "Verified" status must submit comprehensive documentation proving on-chain custody structures, transparent fee models, and historical drawdowns. Marketing hype and proprietary AI buzzwords are rejected at the door.
Further reading
How the sausage is made
The full source hierarchy, dedup rules, and verdict logic are documented publicly — as is the corrections policy and the operator right-of-reply process.