{"id":8460,"date":"2025-08-21T14:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/yes-yzy-token-plunges-while-insiders-net-millions\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:18:21","slug":"yes-yzy-token-plunges-while-insiders-net-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/yes-yzy-token-plunges-while-insiders-net-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Ye\u2019s YZY token plunges while insiders net millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Ye\u2019s token launch is already surrounded by controversy and insider selling. <\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_2c59bb8ad5637139e33e176d40636a23\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>YZY rocketed to $3 billion, then crashed after insider trading concerns to $300 million<\/li>\n<li>Insiders acquired large amounts of the token and sold it as soon as it launched<\/li>\n<li>Earlier, Kanye posted that he was offered $2 million to scam his users with a fake Ye crypto<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Less than a day after its launch, Ye\u2019s memecoin YZY <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/yzy\/\" target=\"_blank\">(YZY)<\/a> is already generating significant controversy. On Thursday, August 21, on the same day of its launch, Kanye West\u2019s memecoin went <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nansen_ai\/status\/1958077321619075479\" target=\"_blank\">from $3 billion<\/a> in market cap to just $300 million. Critics point to insider selling as the likely reason for the price decline <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1958397685809168601\" target=\"_blank\">below $1<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Less than a day after its launch, Ye\u2019s memecoin YZY (YZY) is already generating significant controversy. On Thursday, August 21, on the same day as its launch, Kanye West\u2019s memecoin went from $3 billion in market cap to just $300 million. Critics point to insider selling as the likely reason for the price decline below $1.<\/p>\n<p>Still, while the whales profited, ordinary traders lost more on average. In total, there were 9,413 wallets that made more than $10 in profit, while 15,999 saw more than $10 in losses. This means that smaller holders were more likely to lose money rather than gain.<\/p>\n<p>Still, while the whales profited, ordinary traders lost more on average. In total, there were 9,413 wallets that made more than $10 in profit, while 15,999 saw more than $10 in losses. This means that smaller holders were more likely to lose money rather than gain.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">YZY wallet concentration raises concerns<\/h2>\n<p>Still, while the whales profited, ordinary traders lost more on average. In total, there were 9,413 wallets that made more than $10 in profit, while 15,999 saw more than $10 in losses. This means that smaller holders were more likely to lose money rather than gain.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ye(<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kanyewest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@kanyewest<\/a>) launched the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24YZY&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$YZY<\/a> token. Note:<\/p>\n<p>Only <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24YZY&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$YZY<\/a> was added to the liquidity pool with no <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24USDC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$USDC<\/a>. <br \/>Dev may sell <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24YZY&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$YZY<\/a> by adding\/removing liquidity, similar to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24LIBRA&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$LIBRA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple insider wallets prepared funds in advance and immediately bought <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24YZY&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$YZY<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Insider wallet 6MNWV8 knew\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qv7nsx0R4J\">pic.twitter.com\/qv7nsx0R4J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1958355708010975580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On Friday, Kanye <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/legen_eth\/status\/1958350289322516982\" target=\"_blank\">revealed<\/a> that he was approached with an offer to promote a scam token for $2 million. Specifically, he would post a link to a fake Ye crypto, which would have to stay up for 8 hours, after which he could say that his account was hacked. So far, Kanye has not claimed that he was hacked and has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kanyewest\/status\/1887995772899311968\">since deleted<\/a> the post.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ye\u2019s token launch is already surrounded by controversy and insider selling. Summary YZY rocketed to $3 billion, then crashed after insider trading concerns to $300 million Insiders acquired large amounts&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8461,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8460\/revisions\/8461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}