Robinhood CEO’s X Account Hacked to Promote Fake Memecoin

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CryptoProwl

Fri, July 24, 2026 astatine 8:32 AM CDT 1 min read

The X societal media relationship of Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: $HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev has been hacked to beforehand a caller memecoin called "Vladhood" (CRYPTO: $VLAD).

The hack was reportedly executed to beforehand the VLAD memecoin to investors.

Posts sent from Tenev's relationship claimed that Robinhood is launching Vladhood arsenic the "official Robinhood Chain mascot."

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The societal media posts besides accidental that the VLAD memecoin volition beryllium listed successful the Robinhood app.

Robinhood Markets was speedy to authorities that the societal media posts and VLAD token are a "potential scam."

The institution has publically confirmed that Tenev's societal media relationship has been compromised, adding: "We're moving with X to reconstruct entree and the station has been removed."

The hack comes aft the crypto speech launched "Robinhood Chain" connected July 1, a caller venue for memecoin trading.

Less than a period aged and Robinhood Chain is already processing astir six cardinal transactions a day, according to the company.

HOOD banal has declined 12% this twelvemonth to commercialized astatine $101.58 U.S. per share.

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