Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X Account Hacked to Promote Fake Memecoin

TLDR

• Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was hacked Thursday and used to promote a fake memecoin called Vladhood ($VLAD)
• The post falsely claimed the token would be listed on the Robinhood app and included a wallet address
• The post got over 175,000 views in under 20 minutes before being flagged as a scam
• Hackers exploited roughly 650 Ether, worth between $1.2 million and $1.3 million
• Robinhood confirmed the hack and said it is working with X to restore account access

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was hacked Thursday and used to promote a fake memecoin, in what appears to be a coordinated crypto scam targeting the brokerage’s recently launched blockchain.

I'm back.

We are awaiting details from the @X team to better understand what happened.

In case it wasn't clear, Robinhood has not issued any coins or tokens. Stay safe out there.

— Vlad Tenev (@vladtenev) July 24, 2026

The post introduced a token called Vladhood as the “official Robinhood chain mascot.” It falsely claimed the token would be listed inside the Robinhood app and included a blockchain wallet address.

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