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Another day, another celebrity rich off gullible crypto folks who want to get rich off one trade 🙃

According to this report, this launch was suspectingly carried out by the same people who launched $LIBRA, HAWK, and a few others.

These launches have 0 winrate, so it baffles me how people still fall for these.

Is there actually a way to stop celebrities from rinsing the same scam playbook, or are people always going to line up?..

Kanye West, now known as Ye, officially entered crypto with the launch of his YZY token on Solana. The debut was explosive: prices shot up 1,400% within the first hour, hitting $3 before crashing back to $0.77 in less than a day.
While retail traders rushed in hoping for quick profits, insiders and snipers dominated the market. Data shows that of the first 99 buyers, only nine are still holding their tokens, while the rest dumped for massive gains.
Winners Walk Away, Retail Left Behind
The on-chain data raises major red flags. According to analytics firm Nansen, 13 wallets each made over $1 million, pulling in a combined profit of more than $24 million. The top 10 wallets alone pocketed $18 million.
Meanwhile, regular investors suffered brutal losses. One wallet lost $1.8 million, another $1.2 million, and thousands of small traders saw their funds vanish. Over 14,000 wallets lost up to $500 each—roughly the size of a monthly paycheck for many retail traders—while hundreds of others are down between $10K and $100K.
Insiders Hold All the Cards
Insiders currently control around 90% of the token’s supply, with 70% sitting in Yeezy Investments LLC. While large allocations to founding teams are not uncommon in new projects, such heavy concentration leaves everyday buyers extremely vulnerable to sudden dumps.
Ye’s team has not provided a detailed roadmap or utility for YZY beyond its branding, raising concerns that the project may be more about hype than long-term community building.
Snipers Strike Again
Blockchain investigators say the winners were no accident. Bubblemaps revealed that YZY’s earliest buyers were tied to a known sniper who also profited heavily off Trump’s memecoin launch. These wallets appear to be part of an “elite group” that coordinates trades rather than competing, targeting celebrity tokens to drain liquidity.
One figure linked under the alias “Naseem” was also tied to the controversial LIBRA token scheme, which pulled tens of millions. The evidence suggests YZY’s market was captured from the start.
The launch of YZY also devastated two fan-made imitators, Yeezy Coin (4NBT) and Swasticoin. For six months, their communities believed Ye was secretly backing them, interpreting his social media posts as hidden signals.
But once YZY was confirmed as the official token, those imitators collapsed. Yeezy Coin plunged 94% from its highs, while Swasticoin lost over 99% of its market value. Beyond financial loss, these projects also drew criticism for promoting antisemitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories, intensifying controversy around Ye’s crypto debut.
A Dark Side of Celebrity Tokens
YZY’s dramatic pump-and-dump follows a now-familiar pattern seen with celebrity-backed tokens. From Hailey Welch’s HAWK coin to projects linked to Kim Kardashian and Iggy Azalea, these launches often enrich insiders while leaving retail traders devastated.

Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, summed up the collapse with a jab: “Oopsie… fam next time pls don’t let me trade shitters like YZY.”

For Ye’s fans, the token’s debut was supposed to mark a new chapter. Instead, it became another cautionary tale. YZY may be the biggest celebrity coin flop yet—but unless regulators step in, it almost certainly won’t be the last.
FAQs


What happened to the YZY token after its launch?
The token’s price soared 1,400% to $3 within an hour before crashing over 70% to $0.77 in less than a day.


Who profited from the YZY token’s launch?
A small group of insiders and snipers made massive gains, with 13 wallets each earning over $1 million for a combined profit of $24 million.


What is a “pump-and-dump” scheme?
It’s a form of market manipulation where insiders artificially inflate a token’s price with hype, then sell their holdings at the peak, causing the price to crash.


What are the main risks for retail investors in celebrity-backed crypto projects?
Risks include heavy insider control, lack of a clear utility or roadmap, price manipulation, and the high potential for a pump-and-dump scheme.

YZY, TRUMP, HAWK, LIBRA.

You don’t just magically snipe all of those coins first.

Pretty simple explanation.

COMMS ON $HOLOQ

I AM STILL TRYING TO GRASP THE SCALE OF THIS BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING BIG.

WE RIDE.

What are the chances this is $HAWK 2.0?

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Recent crypto news and data shows six crypto and 12 AI class actions in H1 2025 nearly match 2024’s total.
Securities suits remain flat around 114 vs. 115.
Burwick Law filed half of the crypto cases.

The first half of 2025 saw 114 new securities class-action filings, nearly matching the 115 filed in H2 2024. Seemed like, overall lawsuit volume was essentially flat.
Core filings (excluding M&A cases) were 111 in H1 2025 versus 112 in H2 2024. These figures align with the long-term semiannual average (about 113).
Notably, filings were skewed to Q1 (67 in Q1 vs. 47 in Q2). While counts held steady, risk metrics spiked: the “Disclosure Dollar Loss” index jumped 56% to $403 billion in H1 2025, and “Maximum Dollar Loss” hit $1.85 trillion. In short, the number of suits didn’t grow, but their scale did.
Crypto News and Recent Data Shows a Rise in Filings
Investor lawsuits over crypto assets are also climbing. Six new crypto-related securities class actions were filed in H1 2025 versus seven for the entire 2024.
In Cornerstone’s July report, cryptocurrency was one of the top trending topics in filings. This surge comes even as federal agencies have softened crypto enforcement under the new administration.
Notably, half of the 2025 H1 crypto cases were brought by Burwick Law – including a complaint over the Pump.fun platform and another over the LIBRA meme token.
Pump.fun’s UK operator, Baton Corporation, was sued Jan. 30, 2025 by investor Diego Aguilar in a New York federal court. The complaint alleges Pump.fun’s platform worked with influencers to market “unregistered security memecoins,” generating roughly $500 million in fees from investors. (Pump.fun denies wrongdoing.)
In short, crypto class suits are piling up – investor lawyers say they offer “a vital path to accountability” when regulators lag.
AI Litigation Surges
A striking exception to the flat overall trend is AI-related securities litigations. Twelve AI-focused class actions were filed in H1 2025. It was up from only five in the prior half-year and on pace to exceed the 15 total in all of 2024.
In fact, AI claims were the single largest trend category in new complaints. Many of these suits hinge on “AI washing,” where companies allegedly overstate their use of AI.
Former SEC Commissioner Joseph Grundfest captures the idea: “ChatGPT explains the increase in AI-related securities litigation as ‘primarily driven by … “AI washing” — where companies exaggerate, misrepresent, or falsify the extent or significance of their AI capabilities’,” he said.
When the truth comes out, investors sue. “I have nothing else to add to this AI explanation of AI litigation,” Grundfest quipped. In short, dollars at risk and AI are the big trends.
Notable Crypto Cases in News
In April 2025, a group of Solana token buyers filed a class action against decentralized exchange Meteora and VC firm Kelsier Labs.
The amended complaint (Apr. 21) says Meteora helped launch a token called $M3M3 by falsely touting “trusted leaders” in Solana, then inflated the price. Plaintiffs claim roughly $69 million in losses from the scheme.
Relatedly, a separate suit in March 2025 accuses promoters of the “LIBRA” meme token (tied to Argentina’s former president’s network) of a “deceptive, manipulative” launch.




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Even celebrity memecoins draw suits: creators of Haliey Welch’s $HAWK coin face a December 2024 class action claiming the token was an unregistered security.
Other recent cases involve crypto miners, exchanges and adjacent firms (e.g. hardware sellers) which is a sign that the traditional SEC playbook (Section 5 registrations, insider trading) is extending into blockchain.
The post Crypto News: Flat Overall Filings, Rising Crypto and AI Suits in 2025 appeared first on The Coin Republic.

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$HYPE was able to run so hard out the gates cause they didn't give supply to exchanges who could dump or short it from listings

$GP is set up for a similar run

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