It was thought that Kanye West's participation would further popularize crypto to the masses, but in the end, this rapper is just another celebrity who wants to "milk money" from the community as much as possible.
Suspicion that Kanye West sold his X account to the memecoin team?
Will Kanye West's memecoin be launched on four.meme of the BNB Chain?
As Coin68 has reported, the crypto community is buzzing with the news that rapper Kanye West (Ye) is preparing to launch the memecoin YZY.
Although it has faced much criticism given the numerous examples of celebrity tokens, there are also many people eagerly awaiting it because Kanye West is one of the most successful rappers today.
Furthermore, another shocking news is the "hint" that Ye's memecoin will be launched on the incubator platform four.meme of the BNB Chain ecosystem.
There are many suspicious "implicit" signs confirming this information, such as Kanye suddenly retweeting a tweet from CZ. And Ye's X account shows that he is currently only following one account, which is CZ:
Kanye is retweeting CZ
— Layah Heilpern (@LayahHeilpern) February 22, 2025
and the only person he follows is CZ…
BSC meme coin launch confirmed ✅ pic.twitter.com/TUmcL2MPzi
The Binance CEO himself continues to "drop hints", retweeting this community discovery - which is almost a tacit confirmation:
That one retweet got him to 33.2m followers? wow. 🤔 https://t.co/IXz4eweQcc
— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) February 22, 2025
As a result, the TST token, the "flagship" meme of the BNB Chain ecosystem, surged immediately on the night of 02/22, currently up 50% in the 24-hour frame.
TST price movement in the 7-day frame, screenshot from CoinGecko at 12:10 PM on 02/23/2025
Has Kanye West sold his X account?
If that's all there is, it's not a big deal. The collaborative relationship between the ecosystem of the leading exchange and the globally renowned artist is only natural. If Cristiano Ronaldo can launch NFTs with Binance, then Ye can also launch a memecoin on the BNB Chain.
However, the community continues to "scrutinize" and find signs that Kanye West's X account may no longer belong to Kanye West!
- First, Kanye West has never used the term "brooooo" before, but recent comments related to crypto often feature this word:
He's very, very obviously sold his account to a team preparing for a max extraction
— laurence (@functi0nZer0) February 22, 2025
Kanye has never said "Broooooo" on here in his life, or shown any inclination he could name a single crypto platform with a gun to his head
If you buy this slop you're the same kind of stupid as… https://t.co/cxipq10J1N
- Previously, the owner used dark mode, but now uses light mode:
Your last post was dark mode with 184 messages.
— Moose (@JoeyMooose) February 22, 2025
Now you post a screenshot on light mode with 7 messages
You're not fooling anyone
We know this isn't you. pic.twitter.com/G41dquvzMQ
- Using the account in different time zones:
The people controlling Kanye account are slipping up with different timezones tweeted in screenshots differently. Kanye token will probably rug and he will delete post like every other rapper. Avoid this scam https://t.co/PRpuu22ddP pic.twitter.com/h7uSQa5weh
— scooter (@imperooterxbt) February 22, 2025
Finally, the community discovered that Kanye West may have sold his X account to the BarkMeta team for $17 million. After belonging to the new owner, the account only interacts with the crypto community and prepares for the "money extraction" from users:
Kanye West sold his account to the BarkMeta Doginals crew for $17M—they're gearing up to scam the entire space.
— Loki The Bird 😈 (@lokithebird) February 22, 2025
Share for awareness and save Web3.
Some screenshots show this account interacting extremely "enthusiastically" with CZ, something Kanye West himself has never shown any interest in crypto before.
Who is the team behind Kanye West's memecoin?
More dangerously, the team behind the upcoming launch of Kanye West's memecoin has been discovered to be a group with an extremely notorious "past", having launched numerous meme rug pulls on the community.
As user Pix summarized:
So you're telling me the guy who:
— Pix🔎 (@PixOnChain) February 22, 2025
- Rugged Metaluxe, then slow-rugged DeFiApes for 22K ETH
- Launched Network Token, raised $1M, and rugged it
- Pulled a presale for POX, collected $172K, then let it bleed to zero
- Pump and dumped the Jenner Token
- Did 10+ other scams… pic.twitter.com/TqsJ6dQupM
- Metaluxe rug, DefiApes slow-rug, earning 22,000 ETH;
- Launched Network Token, raised $1 million, then rugged;
- Organized a POX presale, collected $172,000, then let the project "bleed to death";
- Pump and dump the memecoin of influencer Caitlyn Jenner;
- Scammed more than 10 other projects.
Compiled by Coin68
