Gen Z trader rugs meme coin during livestream, community’s revenge sends token to $80M

0 1,983 1 minute read

Key Takeaways

A Gen Z trader’s rug pull attempt with a meme coin led to a dramatic rise in the token’s value.
The crypto community exposed the trader’s personal information online in retaliation.

A teenage crypto trader’s attempt to profit from a meme coin rug pull backfired when the community’s response pushed the token’s market capitalization to $80 million.

The trader created the QUANT token on Pump.fun during a livestream on Wednesday and executed a rug pull. He sold 51 million tokens for 128 SOL (approximately $30,000) and made off around $29,600, according to blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain.

A kid created a coin $Quant while live-streaming and sold all of it for 128 $SOL($30K), making a profit of $29.6K!

The 51M $Quant he sold is now worth $4M!

He then created $lucy and $sorry, selling all of them for another profit of 103 $SOL($24K)!

Address:… pic.twitter.com/TYbS6psUYp

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) November 20, 2024

Rather than collapse, QUANT’s price movement turned bullish. In the last six hours, the token’s value shot up over 900% as crypto community members deliberately invested in the project, data from DEX Screener shows.

At peak prices, the trader’s initial token sale would have been worth over $4 million.

Gen Z trader rugs meme coin during livestream, community's revenge sends token to $80M — DEX Screener

After QUANT, the kid trader launched two additional tokens, LUCY and SORRY, and again pulled a rug, generating 103 SOL (about $24,000) in profits.

Following his rug pulls, crypto community members tracked down and exposed the teenager’s personal information, including his name, address, and school details across social media platforms.

Gen Z kid rugged a token live on video, on his pumpfun called $Quant. We ran into him months ago and tried to support him on his journey in crypto. Turns out he’s a little douchebag. The community is now mooning this to teach him a lesson.
Remember this kid @JackPottTrades… pic.twitter.com/tdwoSZ7ocv

— K1dCrypt0 (@K1d_Crypt0) November 20, 2024