BitBoy Crypto Influencer Ben Armstrong Arrested After Warrant Reveal
Ben Armstrong, widely known as "BitBoy" in the crypto community, was arrested in Florida on March 25 after revealing just days earlier that a warrant had been issued for his arrest.
According to the Volusia County Division of Corrections, Armstrong was taken into custody at 7:18 pm local time.
Armstrong had made the arrest public on March 21 via a post on social media, where he explained that the warrants were related to emails he had sent to Judge Kimberly Childs of the Cobb County, Georgia Superior Court. He claimed that these emails were sent while representing himself legally, which led to the judge’s alleged decision to delete her social media accounts. Armstrong also alluded to the legal actions in his post, without providing further specifics.
Armstrong’s previous legal issues are not new. In September 2023, he was arrested after livestreaming outside the home of a former business partner, claiming that his Lamborghini was in their possession.
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Additionally, Armstrong had been involved in a class-action lawsuit filed in March 2023, which accused him of promoting the Binance platform in a manner that violated securities regulations. That lawsuit was settled in August 2024, with Armstrong and NBA player Jimmy Butler agreeing to pay $340,000 without admitting guilt.
In February 2024, Armstrong participated in a fight organized by Karate Combat, where he faced off with the pseudonymous memecoin creator “More Light.” Armstrong emerged victorious, earning a unanimous decision after three rounds. Despite the fight, “More Light” expressed no ill will, calling Armstrong a “good guy” in person.
Meanwhile, Armstrong’s relationship with the parent company of the BitBoy Crypto brand soured in August 2023, as they cut ties with him, citing concerns over substance abuse and unprofessional conduct. Armstrong, however, denied the accusations, framing the decision as an effort to undermine him.
Alexander Stefanov
Reporter at CoinsPress
Alex is Editor-in-Chief of Coinspress and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, with nearly a decade of experience covering financial markets - crypto first, then everything else. It started in 2016 with Bitcoin. Like most people at the time, he didn't fully understand it - so he kept digging. Blockchain, tokenomics, the projects, the cycles. That curiosity never stopped, and eventually pulled him into traditional markets too: equities, commodities, macro. Not because he left crypto behind, but because you can't properly understand one without the other. What drives him is straightforward: he wants to know why something is happening, not just that it's happening. Most market coverage stops at the headline - price up, price down, here's a chart. Alex finds that kind of reporting actively unhelpful. If you walk away from an article without understanding the mechanism behind the move, what did you actually learn? He holds a degree in Tourism from New Bulgarian University - not the most obvious path into financial markets, but markets have a way of pulling in people who are simply too curious to stay out. He has authored over 200 in-depth analyses and more than 10,000 articles across crypto and traditional finance. He still thinks every day in markets teaches him something new. That's probably why he hasn't stopped.
