Yup. I built a crypto trading bot waaaay back in the day (2013ish). 2014 onward the crypto scene started to really fill with scammers and of course people figured out the same strategies (not that what I was doing was unique). The best way to do this pre- and during COVID was to pump & dump crypto before it was regulated. Use a token generator and pay people to hype it up. Now? Go directly to jail, do not pass go.