Since you have not mentioned it: those crypto scams are NOT related to the project in _any_ way. And I really doubt they've helped the popularity much. From the creator himself: https://x.com/steipete/status/2016072109601001611

They (crypto people) have absolutely hyped up the project on twitter/x (to increase the value of $CLAWD)

look at this article of a crypto person hyping it up for example:

https://medium.com/@gemQueenx/clawdbot-ai-the-revolutionary-...