Matt Furie’s X account, dormant for nine months, became active again in early August and was linked to three meme coin contract addresses within a single week, according to BlockBeats. Most of the related posts were later deleted. On Aug. 9, the account said it had been hacked, stated that it did not endorse any “shitcoins,” and claimed that the warning had already been posted on Furie’s official website.
HOODRAT post appeared on Aug. 1
On Aug. 1, the Matt Furie account changed its profile picture to a hoodrat-themed image and posted content related to the meme coin HOODRAT together with its contract address. After the token’s market cap quickly climbed, the post was deleted and the price dropped sharply.
DORK was promoted shortly after deployment
On Aug. 3, shortly after the DORK token was deployed, the Matt Furie account posted the official contract address, followed the project account, and shared crossover artwork featuring Pepe and Dork Lord. Those posts were later removed as well.
On-chain analysis from @StandartXBT said the deployer quickly completed bundled buys, pulled liquidity, and sold, extracting notable ETH gains from the initial funding.
BOYZ received public backing days later
Around Aug. 7, the account posted that it supported the meme coin project BOYZ, described it as the only token it would endorse, and said it had creative collaboration with the team. The post also included the project website and contract address. The content was then widely reposted by the project side and by KOLs.
Hacked-account claim drew scrutiny
On Aug. 9, the account posted, “the answer was always on my website,” and attached a screenshot of the site. The image showed a line in a less visible part of the sidebar that read: “my twitter is hacked- i do not endorse any shitcoins”.
@StandartXBT said checks of archived versions of the website did not show that line previously, and searches on X did not reveal earlier traces of the disclaimer. Based on that, the analyst said the credibility of the statement was questionable.