{"id":134227,"date":"2024-11-22T15:58:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/22\/teen-streamer-dumped-a-meme-coin-for-30k-then-things-got-weird\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T15:58:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:58:10","slug":"teen-streamer-dumped-a-meme-coin-for-30k-then-things-got-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/22\/teen-streamer-dumped-a-meme-coin-for-30k-then-things-got-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen streamer dumped a meme coin for $30K, then things got weird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">The young streamer behind a viral meme coin called Quant was doxxed by the crypto community after he ripped off investors, <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/292594\/this-child-made-30k-rugging-a-solana-meme-coin-then-crypto-degens-got-revenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as reported by <em>Decrypt<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cryptotimes.io\/2024\/11\/22\/quant-kids-dog-stolen-after-rug-pull-kidnapper-launches-bari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Crypto Times<\/em><\/a>. During <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TikTokInvestors\/status\/1859090725688012924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1859090725688012924%7Ctwgr%5Ea1cceb0a3b4512ab33b7f37dfe3cbeb3530a3e11%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dlnews.com%2Farticles%2Fdefi%2Fmiddleschool-quant-memecoin-founder-dog-was-stolen%2F\" target=\"_blank\">a livestream earlier this week<\/a>, the kid giddily watched the price of his meme coin go up before selling his stake for $30,000 and flipping off viewers, causing its price to plummet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">The young investor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-blockchain.com\/2024\/11\/20\/crypto-traders-doxx-13-year-old-boy-after-rug-pulling-pump-fun-tokens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who reports claim<\/a> is 13 years old, started gaining attention after his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SolanaPlays\/status\/1858532083070640565?\" target=\"_blank\">post on X went viral<\/a>. \u201cJust made 2k before school. Lock in,\u201d the post said, alongside a photo of the kid holding up his phone to show off his gains. When the boy later launched his token Quant during a livestream, investments quickly started coming in \u2014 until he pulled all of the money out of the token completely, <em>Decrypt<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">But things started to turn strange and eventually ugly when members of the community looked for ways to take revenge:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">This is just the latest example of a trend around meme coin creators promoting their tokens through livestreams, which involve wild \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/decrypt.co\/231807\/solana-dev-hospitalized-burns-pump-meme-coin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and sometimes dangerous<\/a> \u2014 stunts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/11\/22\/24303149\/teen-streamer-dumped-quant-meme-coin-doxxed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The young streamer behind a viral meme coin called Quant was doxxed by the crypto community after he ripped off investors, as reported by Decrypt and The Crypto Times. During a livestream earlier this week, the kid giddily watched the price of his meme coin go up before selling his stake for $30,000 and flipping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-134227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}