what's YZY?
YZY is a meme coin launched by Kanye West, also known as Ye, as a blockchain-based token intended to represent a new economy built on chain. It emerged amid the broader trend of celebrity-endorsed cryptocurrencies, leveraging the artist's cultural influence to drive initial community engagement and trading activity on decentralized exchanges, primarily on the Solana blockchain for its speed and low fees. The token's mechanics follow standard meme coin structures, with a fixed supply distributed through liquidity pools and no inherent utility beyond speculative trading and potential ecosystem integrations hinted at by the creator. Post-launch, it experienced rapid volatility typical of such assets, highlighting the risks of centralized supply holdings and market manipulation in the meme coin space.
YZY unlocks $20.74M (17.24% of float) on Feb 17, 2026.
contract
solana
Wallet connected to YZY sniping activity contributed $50M to PUMP private sale, dumped 80% of PUMP tokens at launch.
Hayden Davis acquired YZY tokens for $12 million through sniping activity.
Unlocks 62.5M tokens ($20.74M value, 17.24% of supply) on February 17, 2026, representing a 60% year-over-year decrease in unlock value.
Unlocks 12.5M tokens on January 18, 2026, representing 3.57% of total supply.
Reached a market capitalization of $3 billion by the end of 2025.
Ongoing insider unlock with coordinated insider trading activity showing substantial gains. Price trending down since TGE following a typical celebrity-token distribution pattern.
Token launches at $3.2B market cap, subsequently drops to 155M with negative funding rates.
Initial token distribution shows 94% insider ownership with 87% previously controlled by single multisig wallet, indicating high manipulation risk.
Upcoming memecoin launch discussed. Reports indicate Kanye's X account was sold/managed by BarkMeta for $17M. Project faces skepticism due to concerns about celebrity memecoins.