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The deleted post hit while Robinhood's new chain was already running hot: $700M+ in assets and 300K daily addresses, turning a single compromised tweet into an obvious target for scammers.
The fake "Vladhood" post exploited Tenev's reach to flog a token on the very chain his firm launched, underscoring how memecoin rails and high-profile social accounts remain a soft target.
The detention lands on top of tax-evasion charges and a regional mining ban that has already pushed BitRiver's parent into insolvency proceedings.
The compromise was unusual: the thread promoted tokenization arguments rather than a token sale, making it less obvious than a typical crypto account takeover.
Tenev's call lands alongside Brian Armstrong at Coinbase and a CFTC chair now publicly confident the Clarity Act clears the Senate by September 15.
The investable question is whether brokers and asset managers turn on-chain ownership into widely used products, not merely a new trading narrative.
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