Robinhood launched its own blockchain earlier this month — $700 million in assets, 300,000 daily active addresses, 10 million transactions in a day. Big numbers draw big crowds. Not all of them welcome.
On Thursday, someone hijacked CEO Vlad Tenev's X account to shill
$VLAD — the supposed "official Robinhood Chain mascot" — with a wallet address and a fake promise of in-app listing. Robinhood confirmed the hack, killed the post, and is working to restore access. The memes, it turns out, were not officially endorsed.Via CNBC.
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