# Coffeezilla

> Stephen Findeisen, known online as Coffeezilla, is an American investigative YouTuber and crypto journalist who built a 4.5M+ subscriber audience by exposing pump-and-dump tokens, fake gurus, celebrity grift, and high-profile fraud cases including FTX, CryptoZoo, and Save the Kids.

- **Role:** Creator and host of Coffeezilla
- **Organizations:** Coffeezilla (YouTube channel), Coffee Break (YouTube channel)
- **From:** Texas, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University
- **Known for:** Built Coffeezilla to over 4.5 million YouTube subscribers and 570M+ views, Pioneered a mainstream long-form journalism format on YouTube focused on crypto and online fraud, Save the Kids investigation led to public reckoning inside FaZe Clan and removal of FaZe Kay

## Career timeline

- **pre-2018** — Sells houses for a local builder in Texas
- **2014-2018** — Runs the Coffee Break YouTube channel, posting time-management and pop-science videos
- **2018** — Launches a side channel originally called Voidzilla, soon rebranded as Coffeezilla, focused on critiquing finance gurus
- **2021** — Breaks the Save the Kids pump-and-dump story implicating FaZe Clan members; FaZe Kay is dismissed from the org
- **2022** — Investigates SafeMoon and conducts three interviews with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried
- **2022** — Publishes long-form CryptoZoo investigation into Logan Paul's NFT project
- **2024** — Sued for defamation by Logan Paul over the CryptoZoo series (June 2024)
- **2024** — Publishes investigations into MrBeast's crypto and NFT activity and a three-part series on CS2 gambling
- **2025** — Interviews Hayden Davis about the alleged $LIBRA token scam

## Achievements

- Built Coffeezilla to over 4.5 million YouTube subscribers and 570M+ views
- Pioneered a mainstream long-form journalism format on YouTube focused on crypto and online fraud
- Save the Kids investigation led to public reckoning inside FaZe Clan and removal of FaZe Kay
- Three interviews with Sam Bankman-Fried during FTX collapse, widely cited by mainstream press
- Multi-part CryptoZoo investigation that pressured Logan Paul to publicly commit to refunds

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Released interview with Hayden Davis on the alleged $LIBRA token scam
- **2024-12** — Three-part series on the CS2 gambling industry
- **2024-11** — Investigation into MrBeast's prior crypto/NFT involvement
- **2024-06** — Named in a defamation lawsuit filed by Logan Paul over the CryptoZoo series

## Links

- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/coffeebreak_YT
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Coffeezilla
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coffeebreak_yt/

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Last updated: 2026-05-20