&lt;figure class="image"&gt;&lt;img src="https://cimg.co/news/125633/331709/bitboy-crypto-mugshot-1.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://cimg.co/news/125633/331709/responsive-images/bitboy-crypto-mugshot-1___media_library_original_1200_800.jpg 1200w, https://cimg.co/news/125633/331709/responsive-images/bitboy-crypto-mugshot-1___media_library_original_900_600.jpg 900w, https://cimg.co/news/125633/331709/responsive-images/bitboy-crypto-mugshot-1___media_library_original_720_480.jpg 720w, https://cimg.co/news/125633/331709/responsive-images/bitboy-crypto-mugshot-1___media_library_original_600_400.jpg 600w, https://cimg.co/news/125633/331709/responsive-images/bitboy-crypto-mugshot-1___media_library_original_300_200.jpg 300w" sizes="100vw" width="1200" class="content-img"&gt;&lt;figcaption&gt;Source: X / @tier10k&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, formerly known as BitBoy Crypto, has been released from jail after spending eight hours there, while his mugshot went viral.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As reported earlier today, &lt;a href="https://cryptonews.com/news/crypto-influencer-bitboy-crypto-arrested-while-livestreaming-youtube.htm"&gt;BitBoy Crypto was arrested&lt;/a&gt; by the police for &amp;ldquo;loitering/prowling&amp;rdquo; and for &amp;ldquo;simple assault by placing another in fear&amp;rdquo; with a bond amount of $2,600.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ben Armstrong, who was recently ousted from his own company, was on his way to confront a former colleague while police stopped and arrested him on the way. All this was captured on a livestream on YouTube.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;figure class="media"&gt;&lt;oembed url="https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1706650168618058069"&gt;&lt;/oembed&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;h2&gt;BitBoy Crypto is Back on Twitter after Spending a Night in Jail&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;BitBoy made a &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BenArmstrongsX/status/1706622848582770795"&gt;series of posts on X&lt;/a&gt;, formerly known as Twitter, revealing more about a fallout with one of his former colleagues at HitNetwork. The company Armstrong is suing for orchestrating a coup against him.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Armstrong was going to get his Lamborghini back from TJ Shedd, which he claims was extorted out of him.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;figure class="media"&gt;&lt;oembed url="https://twitter.com/BenArmstrongsX/status/1706615383061368864"&gt;&lt;/oembed&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;After getting out of jail, Ben posted on X, &amp;ldquo;My name is Ben and I&amp;rsquo;m a loiterer. I did 8 whole hours in the slammer.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He also clarified that he was not on drugs when he was arrested and said that he &amp;ldquo;was on adrenaline from facing my bully finally&amp;rdquo;. Ben further tweeted:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;My Uncle, TJ &amp;amp; his goons created a world for me where I was close to suicide&amp;hellip; like I had a gun in my hand.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Crypto Community Reacts Hilariously to Ben&amp;rsquo;s Arrest&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since late Monday night, Ben Armstrong has been trending on social media platforms for live streaming his arrest while attempting to get his Lamborghini back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Crypto community reacted hilariously to Ben&amp;rsquo;s arrest. &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/AlexCobb_/status/1706553310298124367"&gt;Alex tweeted&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;BitBoy Got $200k in donations, immediately bought a bag of coke, called his mistress, went to steal a Lamborghini, livestreamed the entire thing, and then gets arrested.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;figure class="media"&gt;&lt;oembed url="https://twitter.com/CryptoCharles__/status/1706527015757893902"&gt;&lt;/oembed&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;figure class="media"&gt;&lt;oembed url="https://twitter.com/coffeebreak_YT/status/1706526812929438073"&gt;&lt;/oembed&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Ben Armstrong-backed token BEN is down over 20% since his arrest.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

'BitBoy Crypto' Out of Jail and Back on Twitter, Mugshot Pic Goes Viral

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