Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X Account Hacked to Shill Fake 'Vladhood' Token
Robinhood said CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was briefly compromised and used to promote a fake meme coin called Vladhood, falsely presented as the “official mascot of Robinhood Chain” and as supposedly coming to the Robinhood app. Robinhood said the post was unauthorized, removed, and the account was secured with help from X. The incident fits a broader pattern of hacked social-media accounts being used to hype meme coin scams. It also comes as Robinhood’s new Robinhood Chain mainnet has been dominated by speculative meme coins rather than serious tokenized-assets use cases, and has already seen scam-related losses and rug pulls. The episode highlights how meme coin mania continues to create risks even around projects meant for more legitimate crypto trading.
