{"id":30090,"date":"2020-10-14T15:01:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T12:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=30090"},"modified":"2025-08-27T20:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:29:14","slug":"yearn-finance-founder-releases-a-useless-token","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/yearn-finance-founder-releases-a-useless-token\/","title":{"rendered":"yEarn.Finance founder releases a &#8216;useless&#8217; token"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The founder of the DeFi project yEarn Finance, Andre Cronje, proposed developing the concept of tokens acting as a liquidity bridge between different exchanges. However, his warning that they are created solely for research purposes and cannot be used to earn money did not deter users.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Users found the token linked to that contract at Uniswap and began aggressive buying.<\/p>\n<p>Upon spotting this, Cronje added to his post. He stressed that LBI is not another meme token and will not be used going forward. He urged investors not to put money into it, triggering a price drop.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_113226\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113226\" class=\"size-full wp-image-113226\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-10-14_14-56-51.jpg\" alt=\"Creator of yEarn.Finance released a 'useless' token\" width=\"1280\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-10-14_14-56-51.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-10-14_14-56-51-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-10-14_14-56-51-1024x441.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo_2020-10-14_14-56-51-768x331.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-113226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LBI price. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/info.uniswap.org\/token\/0x375da3e307ef2e1a9d9e1516f80738ca52cb7b85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Uniswap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the last 24 hours, LBI\u2019s trading volume reached $5.5 million. As of writing, the liquidity pool held assets worth $412,000.<\/p>\n<p>Cronje promised to &#8220;create something for users to put money into.&#8221; He added that LBI does not pursue this aim.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in October, a Twitter account bearing the yEarn.Finance founder&#8217;s name appeared. The authentic account, active since 29 September, had remained inactive after the warnings from Cronje <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/users-rally-behind-yearn-finance-founder-after-threats\">.<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the similarly named account posts messages on Cronje&#8217;s behalf and continues to argue with users, some of whom remain unhappy about the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hacker-siphons-15-million-from-unfinished-defi-project-eminence\">hack<\/a> of the unfinished Eminence contract.<\/p>\n<p>In one post purportedly by Cronje, he wrote that he is &#8220;to blame&#8221; for crypto traders monitoring his activity, directing funds to unfinished contracts to be among the first in the ensuing hype. Later these &#8220;noble accusers dump&#8221; the purchased tokens of the new wave of buyers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don\u2019t know if this account is fake or not, but I agree.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a catch that Andre Cronje have ignored:<\/p>\n<p>WHY DON\u2019T YOU DO YOUR F\u2019CKN RISKY TESTS ON A TESTNET? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7l9sqXg7ER\">https:\/\/t.co\/7l9sqXg7ER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Green Blastoise (PLAstoise) (@plastoise) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/plastoise\/status\/1316131072187478019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, EMN Investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/investors-threaten-to-sue-the-head-of-the-yearn-finance-project\">opened<\/a> a fundraising drive to finance the lawsuit against Cronje. The yEarn Finance founder himself <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/users-rally-behind-yearn-finance-founder-after-threats\">had reported<\/a> threats against him.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The founder of the DeFi project yEarn Finance, Andre Cronje, proposed developing the concept of tokens that act as a liquidity bridge between different exchanges. 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