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Bubblemaps Alleges Hayden Davis Orchestrated $12 Million Sniping of Kanye West’s YZY Token

An Aug. 25 on-chain analysis links 14 connected wallets to buys executed within a minute of the announcement.

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Overview

  • Investigators say the wallets turned a $2.8 million stake into roughly $12 million by purchasing immediately after YZY’s official reveal.
  • A Manhattan judge unfroze $57.6 million in USDC tied to Davis and Ben Chow the day before YZY launched, a timing detail the report highlights.
  • Bubblemaps traced funding from centralized exchanges into the wallet cluster ahead of launch through deposits and cross‑chain transfers.
  • YZY’s valuation briefly approached $3 billion before plunging more than 90%, with analysts also flagging concentrated supply control estimated near 94%.
  • The firm said it could not confirm insider access, Kelsier Ventures did not immediately comment, and court actions related to prior launches remain unresolved.