From $500K to $82M and Back to Zero: The Quick Rise and Fall of a Musk's Girlfriend-Themed Meme Coin
- A meme coin named SLINK on Robinhood Chain surged from $500,000 to $82 million market cap in 30 minutes, then crashed back to near zero 45 minutes later on September 5th.
- Hackers compromised Shivon Zilis's X account (Director of Operations at Neuralink and mother of Musk's children) and created a fake @shivolink account claiming to be a non-profit brain-computer interface experiment by MIT students.
- Zilis's compromised account retweeted the SLINK project, and Elon Musk replied with a '💯' emoji, which accelerated the token's price surge from $6 million to $82 million.
- Dozens of insider wallets sold at the peak, collectively profiting over $4.7 million with returns reaching thousands of times, while retail traders who entered after seeing the celebrity endorsements suffered significant losses.
A sophisticated cryptocurrency scam unfolded on Robinhood Chain on September 5th involving the meme coin SLINK. Hackers compromised the X account of Shivon Zilis, Director of Operations at Neuralink and mother of several of Elon Musk's children, then created an elaborate false narrative around a fake brain-computer interface experiment.
The scammers established credibility through multiple layers: they added Neuralink's official account to Zilis's bio, created a deceptive @shivolink account claiming to represent an MIT-led non-profit experiment where paralyzed patients with brain implants would jointly operate the account. The fake account posted a SLINK contract address, and the compromised Zilis account retweeted it with an endorsement. Critically, Elon Musk then replied to the tweet with a '💯' emoji, likely responding to the brain-computer interface concept rather than the cryptocurrency itself.
The token's market cap surged from $500,000 to $6 million following Zilis's retweet, then exploded to $82 million after Musk's interaction. However, the scam was quickly exposed and the price collapsed within 45 minutes. On-chain data revealed that dozens of insider wallets sold at the peak, collectively profiting over $4.7 million with some returns reaching thousands of times, while retail traders who entered based on the celebrity endorsements suffered substantial losses. This incident underscores how compromised social accounts and multi-source corroboration can create false credibility in meme coin schemes.
从50万到8200万再归零：马斯克女友主题模因币的快速兴衰
9月5日，Robinhood Chain上发生了一起涉及模因币SLINK的精心策划的加密货币诈骗。黑客入侵了Neuralink运营总监、马斯克女友Shivon Zilis的X账户，随后围绕一个虚假的脑机接口实验编织了精心构建的虚假叙事。
诈骗者通过多个层面建立可信度：在Zilis的个人资料中添加了Neuralink官方账户，创建了虚假的@shivolink账户，声称代表一个麻省理工学院领导的非营利性实验，其中植入芯片的瘫痪患者将共同操作该账户。虚假账户发布了SLINK合约地址，被攻击的Zilis账户随后转发了该推文并表示支持。关键的是，埃隆·马斯克随后用'💯'表情符号回复了该推文，他很可能是在回应脑机接口概念而非加密货币本身。
在Zilis转发后，代币市值从50万美元飙升至600万美元，在马斯克互动后爆炸性增长至8200万美元。然而，诈骗很快被揭露，价格在45分钟内崩溃。链上数据显示，数十个内部钱包在峰值时抛售，共获利470多万美元，部分回报率达数千倍，而基于名人背书入场的散户交易者遭受巨大损失。这一事件凸显了被攻击的社交账户和多源验证如何能在模因币诈骗中制造虚假可信度。