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Waygu / Wagyu

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Summary

"Waygu" is a misspelling commonly used to search for one or more crypto entities operating under the name "Wagyu." The namespace encompasses at least five distinct, unrelated blockchain projects: WAYGU CASH (a Solana memecoin down ~93% from its all-time high with an anonymous team and coordinated promotional patterns); WagyuSwap (a near-defunct DEX on the Velas network down ~99.98% from its all-time high); Wagyu Protocol (an anonymous Ethereum/Base token-launch bot with no disclosed audit); wagyu.xyz (a Monero-to-Hyperliquid private bridge with centralization complaints and alleged fund losses); and Wagyu Finance (an abandoned BSC yield-farm token). Active phishing domains impersonating wagyu-branded services were confirmed by security researchers in early 2026. No regulatory actions were identified against any entity. The overall risk profile across the cluster is high due to pervasive team anonymity, absent audits, and active brand impersonation.

Connected Entities

13 entities · 60 linked investigations
Organizations
□Tenderize V237□Waygu / Wagyu□Ethereum64□Arbitrum□Binance□Solana□Base□WAYGU CASH□Hyperliquid□Monero
Protocols
⌂Uniswap
Tokens
♦Bitcoin
Wallets
◇Amt5VW…TQSP
Relationships
  • Amt5VW…TQSP→mentioned with→Waygu / Wagyu(50%)
  • Amt5VW…TQSP→mentioned with→WAYGU CASH(50%)
  • Ethereum→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
  • Monero→mentioned with→Binance(70%)
  • Monero→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
  • Hyperliquid→mentioned with→Uniswap(60%)
  • Hyperliquid→mentioned with→Arbitrum(65%)
  • Hyperliquid→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
  • Binance→mentioned with→Ethereum(65%)
  • Uniswap→mentioned with→Bitcoin(60%)
  • + 23 more
Also appears in
Ethereum·64Lendf.me·30Levyathan·18Jump Trading·42StableMagnet·2Shibarium·28Bankr·18Nexera·32Sky (MakerDAO)·51BearnFi·12+ 50 more

Connected Through

12 shared actors · 550 investigations

Distinct actors this investigation shares with others — holders, traders, and named parties. Shared infrastructure (exchanges, pools) is excluded.

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Timeline(11 events)

20 March 2021

Wagyu Finance (WAGYU) BEP-20 token contract verified on BSC with a 1,000,000 token supply and yield-farming model.

BscScan

7 September 2021

WagyuSwap IDO on BSCPad and ETHPad raises $225,000 and sells out in hours at IDO price of $0.01.

WagyuSwap Medium

4 November 2021

WagyuSwap WAG token reaches all-time high of approximately $2.94 to $7.54, representing a 60–750x IDO return.

CoinGecko / CoinMarketCap

2022

WAG token price collapses to approximately $0.0064, a decline of ~98.6% from all-time high, consistent with broader 2021–2022 DeFi market contraction.

Monaquatorium research

October 2023

Tenderize Labs launches its separate WAGYU governance token TGE on Ethereum mainnet and Arbitrum — no relation to WagyuSwap, Wagyu Protocol, or WAYGU CASH.

Tenderize.me blog

16 May 2024

Wagyu Protocol (wagyuprotocol.io) announces BASE Launcher 1.0 fully released, with Solana bundler and sniper features forthcoming.

@ProtocolWagyu on X

17 April 2025

YouTube video titled "WAYGU CASH - The Next 1000X MEMECOIN!" published, indicating coordinated promotional activity for WAYGU CASH Solana memecoin.

YouTube

10 May 2025

WAYGU CASH Solana memecoin confirmed live and trading on Raydium; additional YouTube promotional videos published.

YouTube

21 February 2026

Phishing domains waguyu.xyz and wagayu.xyz registered simultaneously, both presenting as "Wagyu | Private Cross-Chain Bridge" to harvest user funds.

PhishDestroy

21 March 2026

WagyuSwap WAG token reaches all-time low of $0.00001931 on the Velas chain.

CoinGecko

April 2026

Phishing domains waguyu.xyz and wagayu.xyz taken offline after being flagged on multiple security blocklists including MetaMask, ScamSniffer, PhishDestroy, and SEAL.

PhishDestroy
Provenance & Audit Trail
Anchored on SolanaVerify on-chain21 Wayback Archives

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (4 events). 21 of 32 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

Fact-checked 2026-09-0928 claims checked8 corrections pending0 applied⛓ anchoredSee findings →
full audit log →version history →

model: claude-sonnet-4-6

generated: 5/10/2026, 4:00:20 AM

last updated: 7/26/2026, 4:03:51 AM

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