Cryptocurrency [loss] $653,300

"Baby Musk Meme Coin Drops 100% After Rug Pull"

2022-02-09 [vendor] Baby Musk Coin [chain] bsc
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Financial Loss $653,300 (653,300 USD)
Blockchain(s) Bsc

Incident Details

The Baby Musk Coin memecoin launched in January, promising to “revolutionize the meme industry”. The coin enjoyed a $2 million ICO the previous month, despite warnings from observers who noticed the coin couldn’t be sold, and who described it as a honeypot. Sure enough, on February 9, the project developers suddenly transferred 1571 BNB out of the project and quickly mixed it using Tornado Cash, earning a tidy profit of around $653,300. The sudden sell-off crashed the coin value to 0, leaving remaining holders with a worthless coin they were unable to sell. Developers took down the project website, Twitter account, and even their “Baby Musk dance video”.

Total loss estimated at $653,300.

Technical Details

Vendor / Product
Baby Musk Coin

Timeline

  1. 2022-02-09 Breach occurred
  2. 2022-02-09 Publicly disclosed