{"id":2194,"date":"2025-08-21T14:17:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=2194"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:17:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:17:54","slug":"kanye-west-debuts-yzy-meme-coin-on-solana-market-value-hits-over-3b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=2194","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Debuts \u201cYZY\u201d Meme Coin on Solana\u2014Market Value Hits Over $3B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Launch and Initial Hype<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kanye West (now Ye) has entered the crypto scene with a splash. The rapper dropped a new meme coin called YZY on the Solana blockchain, positioning it as part of a broader YZY Money ecosystem. This includes Ye Pay, a payment processor, and the YZY Card, a crypto spending solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Market Surge and Backlash<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within just 40 minutes of launch, YZY\u2019s market capitalization skyrocketed to $3 billion, only to fall back to around $1 billion shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Controversy Over Insider Control<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts flagged concerns: on-chain activity suggests insider wallets control over 90% of the YZY supply, raising red flags over fairness and the token\u2019s long-term viability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launch and Initial Hype Kanye West (now Ye) has entered the crypto scene with a splash. The rapper dropped a new meme coin called YZY on the Solana blockchain, positioning it as part of a broader YZY Money ecosystem. This includes Ye Pay, a payment processor, and the YZY Card, a crypto spending solution. Market&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,52],"tags":[877,874,881,875,878,876,882,871,879,873,872,880],"class_list":["post-2194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","category-trending-now","tag-celebrity-meme-coin","tag-crypto-volatility","tag-insider-trading-token","tag-kanye-crypto-launch","tag-kanye-west-meme-coin","tag-meme-coin-controversy","tag-new-meme-coin-news","tag-solana-meme-coin","tag-ye-pay","tag-yeezy-money-ecosystem","tag-yzy-card","tag-yzy-token"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2196,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194\/revisions\/2196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}