Wiz Khalifa Pump Fun
Summary
On November 3, 2024, unidentified scammers compromised the X (Twitter) account of rapper Wiz Khalifa (35.7 million followers) and used it to promote two fraudulent Solana meme coins — $WIZ and $WIZZLE — launched on pump.fun. The $WIZ token reached a peak market cap of approximately $2.5 million within 15 minutes before collapsing over 95% in under one hour, with at least two insider wallets extracting a combined $160,000 in profit. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT linked the incident to a broader campaign of celebrity account takeovers that allegedly stole over $3.5 million in total, and subsequently accused a former professional Fortnite player known as 'Serpent' of involvement in the coordinated scheme.
Connected Entities
1 entitiesTimeline(8 events)
2024-08-01
ZachXBT's investigation indicates the ATO campaign allegedly linked to Serpent began in approximately August 2024 with the first compromised social media accounts promoting pump.fun tokens.
2024-08-01
McDonald's Instagram account compromised; GRIMACE token launched on pump.fun, allegedly extracting approximately $690,000.
2024-10-29
Truth Terminal creator Andy Ayrey's X account compromised; multiple tokens including TRUTH and INFINITY launched, with over $2.1 million allegedly stolen.
2024-11-03
Wiz Khalifa's X account compromised. Fraudulent posts promoting $WIZ and $WIZZLE tokens on pump.fun published. $WIZ peaks at ~$2.5 million market cap within 15 minutes.
2024-11-03
ZachXBT posts public warning: 'Do not buy the Wiz Khalifa pump fun [token] it's the same hacker who compromised Andy Ayrey.' Fraudulent posts deleted from Wiz Khalifa's account.
2024-11-04
$WIZ market cap collapses from $2.5 million to approximately $7,900. At least two insider wallets extract a combined $160,000. Approximate investor losses recorded at $119,000 USD.
2024-11-26
ZachXBT publishes Part 1 of broader investigation linking nine or more account takeovers across McDonald's, Usher, Wiz Khalifa, Andy Ayrey, Dean Norris, and others to a single alleged threat actor. Total estimated theft: $3.5 million via 16 pump.fun tokens.
2024-11-27
ZachXBT publishes Part 2 alleging that a former professional Fortnite player known as 'Serpent', an Australian previously expelled from esports org Overtime for cheating, was involved. Serpent allegedly deletes X posts after Part 1 is published. Gambling platform deposits on Roobet, Stake, and BC Game allegedly linked to scam wallet addresses.
Decision Log
- hash: 8NV56fFUhJT7WPXh86Mvi62zDXkibv55dBR28TZPtZmh
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.
model: claude-sonnet
generated: 5/4/2026, 4:05:01 PM
last updated: 5/26/2026, 4:11:15 AM
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