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Degens debate Zerebro co-founder’s death, while his wallets dump tokens and traders get rekt
By: bitcoin ethereum news|2025/05/07 06:45:05
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The crypto community is once again engulfed in controversy over the supposed death of Jeffy Yu, co-founder of Solana-based memecoin project Zerebro. While some believe Yu passed away in a reported suicide, lack of evidence from the coroner’s office and on-chain activity tells a different story, as his wallets are very much alive, dumping tokens and leaving traders with heavy losses. The argument that Yu’s death may be a ruse received a boost in credibility as the initial post announcing his death on Legacy.com has been taken down by the San Francisco Chronicle after it didn’t receive a death certificate or any corresponding document that confirms the death of Yu. The local coroner’s office said that nobody with the Yu surname died on the same day Jeffy Yu reportedly died. The report of Jeffy Yu’s alleged death has been removed from Legacy.com. Source: Legacy.com On-chain activity raises suspicions about Zerebro story The story began making rounds after Jeffy Yu allegedly took his own life during a Pump.fun livestream, after publishing a manifesto for Legacoins (LLJEFFY), a memecoin that focuses on legacy, on May 4. However, after his reported death, wallets linked to Yu have been actively dumping Zerebro tokens. This has increased public skepticism, especially among traders who question the authenticity of Yu’s death. X user (@RepeatAfterVee) posted a breakdown of wallet transactions allegedly tied to Yu. Wallets believed to be under his control sold Zerebro tokens, then sent $USDC from the sales to the HTX exchange, which was then routed to the address Yu reportedly used to create LLJEFFY. The mass dumping triggered a sharp selloff of the token, causing a steep price crash that left retail traders holding their bags. Trader fallout and community response Traders who had bought Zerebro and LLJEFFY token, especially after the increased attention following Yu’s “death,” saw their investments evaporate. According to on-chain data shared by Lookonchain, a certain trader spent 1,046 SOL ($149.2K) to buy LLJEFFY. When news emerged about Yu faking his death, the token began to tank, prompting the trader to panic sell all their LLJEFFY holdings at 394 SOL($56.2K). All this happened within an hour. On X, degens continue to debate whether Yu was ever really dead or simply staged the event to influence a pump and distract users from the dump. X user (@danielesesta) posted, “Y’all using the Zerebro dev (who’s not dead btw) as some martyr to dodge accountability, give me a break. This is crypto. I’ve been dragged a hundred times, and I’m still here. Haters are part of the game. Cry less, build more.” I’ve just noticed that one of Jeffy Yu’s addresses is dumping $ZEREBRO, then sending USDC to the HTX exchange, and then that money is coming to Jeffy’s address that created $LLJeffy. G5sjgjPdFdoz7hRa49yDobeSdqMooCmDwsCUERqLTfyr (the creator of LLJeffy) then buys that token and... https://t.co/f70vLp4HLw pic.twitter.com/LQWZUdyN3l — Vee (@RepeatAfterVee) May 6, 2025 Even more confusing, the Zerebro team has remained silent since the dump, with no new statements issued, further suggesting either disarray or deception. A pattern in crypto’s wild west While the Zerebro incident is shocking, it’s not unprecedented in crypto. Projects have previously used fake narratives, celebrity endorsements, fake partnerships, and even hoaxes around personal events to drive engagement or exit strategies. The added twist of a founder’s death, however, makes this case uniquely grim and manipulative; however, it is also not the first of its kind in the crypto world. As of now, the price of the Zerebro token has cratered, with liquidity drying up and holders expressing outrage. Whether Jeffy Yu is alive or dead remains unclear, but what’s evident is that wallets associated with him or his inner circle have cashed out significantly, and there’s little recourse for those left holding bags. Cryptopolitan Academy: Want to grow your money in 2025? Learn how to do it with DeFi in our upcoming webclass. Save Your Spot Source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/degens-debate-zerebro-co-founder-death/
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