{"id":21443,"date":"2025-02-24T14:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/kanye-west-dismisses-rumors-of-launching-a-meme-coin\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T14:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:03:11","slug":"kanye-west-dismisses-rumors-of-launching-a-meme-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/kanye-west-dismisses-rumors-of-launching-a-meme-coin\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Dismisses Rumors of Launching a Meme Coin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American musician Kanye West (Ye) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kanyewest\/status\/1893745896808235028\">dismissed<\/a> rumors about his involvement with influencers and the launch of a meme token.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXc2Y6OrGK9ag_a_3AinlHpIkvt50T48ssAb4PJnIJzNtbPxR6UG9Aeen1zsonERw7SI8TTAWcSOrl1WeVlQWMOAo6cHOhswK4B6TZDIe57zuVER7_AvoxG2Pay4Hop42qMRL1b31w?key=u4-p0EsA4fMN3U4HJCNGCeLA\" alt=\"Kanye West Responds to Meme Coin Launch Rumors\" style=\"width:540px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: X. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a rich guy who got scammed by some of my so-called &#8216;friends&#8217;, but these coin rumors are a new level. When I launch my token, I&#8217;ll make it very clear and official,&#8221; stated Ye.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Analyst Blade speculated that the rapper sold his X account to a meme coin trader under the pseudonym Barkmeta for $17 million. He believes the deal might be linked to preparations for a token launch by Ye.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?BREAKING: Kanye West sold his X account for $17 MILLION<\/p>\n<p>The most anticipated memecoin launch is Barkmeta&#8217;s RUGPULL<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve investigated the full story behind this and was shocked<\/p>\n<p>Here is what will happen and who is standing behind YE memecoin?? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7i8i2WuCSP\">pic.twitter.com\/7i8i2WuCSP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BLADE (@BladeDefi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BladeDefi\/status\/1893662477315129759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Blade claims that Barkmeta is using the account to promote a premeditated scam, describing the upcoming token launch as a rug pull. <\/p>\n<p>During one of the X sessions dedicated to West&#8217;s meme coin, Barkmeta avoided direct answers about the token, which, according to the analyst, heightened suspicions.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, after the alleged sale, there were abrupt changes in Ye&#8217;s posting style: posts became exclusively about cryptocurrencies and the new token. West began following profiles associated with Barkmeta, including the account of his supposed alter ego Tall.<\/p>\n<p>Barkmeta was previously affiliated with other failed crypto projects like AB84, through which Yeezy Coin was promoted. The token turned out to be fraudulent and was abandoned hours after launch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? NEWS: Ye allegedly sold posting rights to his X account to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barkmeta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@barkmeta<\/a> ahead of his crypto launch for $20 million, with his manager John Monopoly taking a 15% fee. <\/p>\n<p>The general sentiment in the crypto industry is that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barkmeta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@barkmeta<\/a> aka <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tall_data?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tall_data<\/a> is a known scammer and scumbag of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/saeZgAFD1v\">pic.twitter.com\/saeZgAFD1v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AF Hasbara\u2795 (@afhasbara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afhasbara\/status\/1893458750771458100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Independent crypto enthusiasts have already detected activity related to the &#8220;official&#8221; YZY token. While the project remains illiquid, experts advise steering clear of it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It seems the official Ye meme token, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24YZY&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$YZY<\/a>, has been deployed.<\/p>\n<p>Yeezy customers, myself included, received a message a few hours ago with a link to bankofyzy (don&#8217;t interact)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not completely certain it&#8217;s not a leak from the Yeezy database, but the token does exist, although it\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pYmsWdWPJY\">https:\/\/t.co\/pYmsWdWPJY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aT1TIucgjX\">pic.twitter.com\/aT1TIucgjX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wimar.X (@DefiWimar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefiWimar\/status\/1893720935896605106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, CoinDesk speculated that Ye <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/kanye-west-to-launch-yzy-token-for-yeezy-brand\">would launch the YZY token<\/a> for his Yeezy clothing brand on February 21. <\/p>\n<p>Later, according to media reports, the rapper announced plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/kanye-west-reportedly-plans-to-launch-swasticoin-token\">release the Swasticoin token<\/a>, but deleted all related posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American musician Kanye West (Ye) dismissed rumors about his involvement with influencers and the launch of a meme token. Source: X. &#8220;I&#8217;m a rich guy who got scammed by some of my so-called &#8216;friends&#8217;, but these coin rumors are a new level. When I launch my token, I&#8217;ll make it very clear and official,&#8221; stated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1161],"class_list":["post-21443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-memes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"77","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}