Robinhood CEO’s X account apparently hacked to promote Vladhood memecoin flagged as 'scam'

Memecoin hustlers appear to have hacked Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account on Thursday to spread the VLAD memecoin.

The post, sent at about ~17:24 UTC, claims Robinhood is launching "Vladhood ($VLAD)" as the "official Robinhood chain mascot," that it will be listed in the Robinhood app, and includes a contract address beginning 0x92d.

Notably, a similar message was not posted to either official X account for Robinhood or Robinhood Crypto.

The blockchain explorer for Robinhood Chain notes that the token is a " potential scam." There have been about 1,868 transactions since it was deployed by a user with the contract name PonsLaunchFactory.

Robinhood Chain, launched on July 1, has become a popular venue for memecoin trading, in particular for the Cashcat memecoin.