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Madlads

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Summary

Mad Lads is a Solana-based NFT collection launched in April 2023 by Coral, the development company behind Backpack wallet. Created by former Alameda Research and FTX employees Armani Ferrante and Tristan Yver, the project gained significant attention for its innovative mint process that used honeypot tactics to deter bots and for being the first major xNFT collection.

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    Timeline(10 events)

    September 2018

    Armani Ferrante works briefly at Alameda Research before its official launch

    Cointelegraph Magazine

    September 2020

    Ferrante returns to Alameda Research to work on Solana projects like Serum

    IQ.wiki

    May 2022

    Tristan Yver leaves FTX US where he served as head of strategy

    Cointelegraph

    September 2022

    Coral raises $20 million in funding co-led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto

    The Block

    November 2022

    FTX collapses, Coral loses $14.5 million (88% of operating funds) held on the exchange

    Cointelegraph

    20 April 2023

    Mad Lads mint begins but faces DDOS attacks and bot issues, forcing delays

    CoinDesk

    21 April 2023

    Mad Lads successfully launches using honeypot strategy, sells out in minutes

    CoinGecko

    February 2024

    Backpack Exchange launches publicly, crosses $1 billion in trading volume within four days

    Cointelegraph Magazine

    7 January 2025

    Backpack announces acquisition of FTX EU for $32.7 million

    Blockworks

    8 January 2025

    FTX states the Backpack acquisition has not been approved by bankruptcy court

    Cointelegraph
    Provenance & Audit Trail
    Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain12 Wayback Archives

    Decision Log

    This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 events). 12 of 12 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

    full audit log →version history →

    model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514

    generated: 4/21/2026, 7:49:04 PM

    last updated: 7/24/2026, 8:57:07 PM

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