Robinhood Says CEO’s X Account Hacked to Promote Fake VLAD Meme Coin on Robinhood Chain

Robinhood confirmed that its CEO, Vlad Tenev, had his X account compromised, with the attacker using the account to promote a fake VLAD meme coin on Robinhood Chain. Robinhood said the post was fraudulent and has since been removed ^[1].

Multiple reports said the compromised post referenced a token contract and claimed the asset would be listed as part of Robinhood. One report noted the token contract was later flagged as “SCAM” on the Robinhood Chain block explorer, alongside a warning to users about potential fraud ^{[2] [3]}.

CoinGape reported the account hack was used to push a memecoin framed as the chain’s official mascot, with the post deleted after detection. The incident comes amid continued activity around Robinhood Chain tokens and related meme-coin promotion efforts ^[4].

The episode highlights how compromised social accounts can be used to market potentially fraudulent tokens, with Robinhood and block-explorer labeling indicating the promoted asset was not legitimate ^{[1] [3]}.