The X account of Meteora co-founder Ben Chow was reported to have been hacked

The X account of Meteora co-founder Ben Chow was reported to have been hacked after it posted a tweet reigniting the controversy

Ben Chow, a co-founder of crypto startup Meteora, had his X account (formerly Twitter) reportedly hacked after it posted a tweet that reignited controversy over the launch of memecoin tokens Melania Meme (MELANIA), Official Trump (TRUMP) and Libra (LIBRA).

On March 11, Chow’s X account shared an “official statement” about his departure from Meteora. The post went on to call out DefiTuna founders Vlad Pozniakov and Dhirk, claiming the duo’s sole intention was to extract the maximum funds possible from various memecoin token launches, including MELANIA, Mates (MATES) and a Raydium launch.

Source: Ben Chow (Deleted post)

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However, Meteora’s official X account flagged the post as fraudulent and added that Chow’s X account was compromised. The startup advised users not to click on any links.

Chow did not respond to Cointelegraph’s request for comment. The fraudulent tweet has since been deleted after the account was recovered by Meteora.

Chow’s message contained alleged screenshots of WhatsApp conversations between Kelsier Ventures CEO Hayden Davis, Kelsier Ventures’ chief operating officer Gideon Davis, and Pozniakov discussing the MATES token, where one was quoted saying: “Yeah fellas tbh we are trying to max extract on this one.”

The legitimacy of the conversations could not be verified.

Source: Meteora

Meteora co-founder Zen, who has since taken up the role of CEO, said that Meteora’s X account was also compromised along with Chow’s:

Investors were advised against clicking on any links shared from the accounts to avert financial losses.

Argentine President Javier Milei is facing calls for impeachment after endorsing a Solana-native LIBRA token. Milei’s endorsement caused the token’s value to surge from near zero to $5, briefly reaching a $4 billion market capitalization.

However, a massive sell-off event followed that caused LIBRA’s value to drop rapidly, wiping out millions in investor funds in the process.

Milei dismissed rug pull allegations, claiming that he regularly promotes business projects as part of his free-market philosophy. His endorsement of the KIP Protocol, the developers behind LIBRA, was a part of the broader policy.