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LIBRA Co-Founder Hayden Davis Linked to $12M in Kanye West’s YZY Token

Quick Highlights Hayden Davis earned ~$12M from YZY, which launched on Aug 21 with Kanye West’s backing. Davis’s wallets bought YZY within a minute of its announcement, per Bubblemaps. He’s also linked to LIBRA, MELANIA, and WOLF coins — all with controversial ￰0￱ Coin Linked to Kanye West Sparks Controversy as LIBRA Co-Founder Reportedly Nets $12M LIBRA co-founder Hayden Davis has reportedly earned around $12 million from trading YZY, a memecoin associated with rapper Kanye West (Ye), according to a detailed analysis by blockchain analytics firm ￰1￱ YZY token launched on August 21, 2025, and immediately stirred controversy due to its insider-heavy tokenomics and massive early gains made by unidentified ￰2￱ now say that some of those wallets may be linked to Davis—who already has a controversial history in the crypto ￰3￱ Is Hayden Davis and What’s His Crypto Track Record?

Davis is best known for his role in the LIBRA project, which was previously linked to Argentine President Javier ￰4￱ project drew headlines after allegations of mismanagement and connections to more than 20 hacks involving crypto theft in August ￰5￱ has also been connected to other celebrity-linked tokens, including the MELANIA and WOLF ￰6￱ late August, a ￰7￱ unfroze 57.6 million USDC, restoring access to funds held by Davis and Meteora co-founder Ben Chow, both of whom were involved in promoting ￰8￱ Activity? Bubblemaps Connects the Dots According to Bubblemaps, multiple wallets received significant sums from centralized crypto exchanges just one day before the YZY token ￰9￱ tracing the transfers, analysts discovered a cluster of wallets that appear to be connected to Davis through over-the-counter deals, shared deposits, and token ￰10￱ Bubblemaps cannot definitively say Davis was an insider, they reported that his wallet began buying YZY tokens just one minute after the official ￰11￱ estimated net profit? $12 ￰12￱ community members even speculate that Davis was directly behind the creation of the ￰13￱ Bubblemaps says it can’t confirm that, it notes that the investigation is ongoing.

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