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2/19/25: Dave Portnoy Is Getting Greedy š¹š°š±
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Dave Portnoy rug-pulls āGreedā memecoin for $250K profit
Curve Finance founder raises $5M for new project Yield Basis
Hayden Davis claims he 'controls' Milei by bribing his sister

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1. Dave Portnoy rug-pulls āGreedā memecoin for $250K profit
Dave Portnoy(@stoolpresidente) created $Greed and bought 357.92M $Greed (35.79% of the total supply).
He sold all $357.92M $Greed in a single transaction, causing the price of $Greed to crash by 99%.
And he made ~$258K from $Greed.
Next, Dave Portnoy created $Greed2 andā¦ x.com/i/web/status/1ā¦
ā Lookonchain (@lookonchain)
3:07 AM ā¢ Feb 19, 2025
āāŖ-āŖ ā Portnoyās memecoin madness continues.
Dave Portnoy just dropped $GREED, rug-pulled it, then launched $GREED2āand somehow, people still lined up to donate. A short timeline of events for context:
3:35 PM: Portnoy says he's not selling $GREED anytime soon.
4:45 PM: Dumps his entire bag and pivots to $JAILSTOOL.
Meanwhile, two other wallets sniped the launch, walking away with over $300K each.
In response to the backlash, he launches $GREED2, immediately sending the market cap to $4.4M. Portnoy holds 26%.
Now heās bragging that he can turn $2K into $1M in 15 minutes if he wants to. Honestly, it's getting pathetic. Youād think people would stop falling for the same tricks ā especially when the token is called $GREED ā but stupidity is why the cycle repeats.
I will agree with Portnoy on one thingāas long as greed exists and memecoins remain unregulated, theyāll keep printing money for insiders while retail gets wiped. At this point, itās like crack for gambling addicts.
Bonus tweet: Dave Portnoy twinning with Hunter Biden
2. Curve Finance founder raises $5M for new project Yield Basis
EXCLUSIVE: Curve Finance founder raises funds at $50 million token valuation for new project Yield Basis
ā The Block (@TheBlock__)
4:40 PM ā¢ Feb 18, 2025
āāŖ-āŖ ā Curveās Michael Egorov is back with a new project.
Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov is launching Yield Basis, a new DeFi platform aimed at helping tokenized BTC and ETH holders earn yield while minimizing impermanent loss. Some key details:
Yield Basis is raising $5M at a $50M FDV.
It plans to reduce impermanent loss for LPs, making market making more efficient.
Investors get 10% of the YB token supply, with a six-month cliff + two-year vesting.
Given Egorovās history with leverage and liquidations, this will be interesting to watch. If executed well, Yield Basis could be a major unlock for DeFi LPsābut whether the market trusts him after his Curve drama is another question entirely.
3. Hayden Davis claims he 'controls' Milei by bribing his sister
In messages reviewed by CoinDesk, Hayden Davis claimed he could "control" Milei because of payments he had been making to the president's sister.
"I control that n****," Davis claimed, adding, "I send $$ to his sister and he signs whatever I say and does what I want."
ā db (@tier10k)
8:12 PM ā¢ Feb 18, 2025
āāŖ-āŖ ā Hayden Davis says he controls Milei.
The LIBRA scandal just hit next-level corruption.
Newly leaked messages show Hayden Davis bragging that he controls Argentine President Javier Milei by bribing his sister. More specifically he said, "I control that n**. I send $$ to his sister and he signs whatever I say and does what I want." Donāt believe me, here is the screenshot.
This is beyond insaneāand somehow, it gets worse:
Local media reports that Mileiās team has been working behind the scenes to manage the scandal.
Davis was told to stop doing interviews after completely incriminating himself in the now-viral Coffeezilla clip.
And yesterday, when an interviewer asked one unscripted question about the allegationsāMileiās sister shut it down immediately.
If this is true, Mileiās presidency is cooked. There is no walking this backāthis is real government-level corruption. Absolutely unreal and unacceptable.

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