The crypto circle witnesses a 'fake death' roshambo: doubts arise over the suicide of a 22-year-old genius founder, with tokens surging 300 times before plummeting 90%.
In the early hours of May 4, the crypto community was awakened by an explosive news—22-year-old Chinese genius Jeffy Yu, co-founder of the AI project Zerebro, 'committed suicide' live on stream while holding a gun, and subsequently, his posthumous token $LLJEFFY skyrocketed 300 times, only to plummet 90% hours later. This bizarre incident, mixed with death, money, and technology, continues to create huge waves in the crypto world.
'Suicide Live Stream' Ignites Token Frenzy
At 5:48 AM that day, Jeffy's live stream on the pump.fun platform suddenly went black, with the final frame freezing on the moment he held a gun to his chin. Almost simultaneously, it went viral on X platform that his pre-set 'death switch' was triggered, and the will (LLJEFFY) was automatically made public. In it, he condemned the corruption of money on human nature, claiming '$LLJEFFY is my last artwork.' In just 20 minutes, the market capitalization of this suddenly emerging token skyrocketed from $100,000 to $32 million, with traders shouting 'The genius forged the wealth code with his life.'
On-chain data shatters the death lie
The frenzy lasted only 6 hours before being doused with cold water. Users uncovered that Jeffy's wallet address remained active after his 'death': first transferring $200,000 USDC to multiple anonymous accounts, then the associated address sold off $170,000 worth of ZEREBRO tokens. Strangely, the creation address of LLJEFFY received a large capital injection just one minute before the token went live. 'Dead people can't operate wallets,' the community raised doubts.
Hollywood-level goofs revealed
Tech-savvy players analyzed the 'suicide video' frame by frame, discovering three major flaws: the arm didn't move at all when the gun was fired (the recoil of a real gun can push back an adult), the muzzle flash looked like cheap special effects, and the trajectory of blood splatter defied the laws of physics. One special effects artist joked: 'This level is worse than a B-grade horror movie; I suggest Jeffy use Unreal Engine 6 for rendering next time.' Even the Legacy website that published the obituary was found to have secretly deleted the page.
The Distorted Philosophy Behind 'Heritage Coin'
Looking through Jeffy's blog, this genius who despises money had long planted the seeds. Two months ago, he proposed the concept of 'Legacoins'—founders do not sell coins until death, and after death, assets remain locked, claiming 'to use tokens to fight against human greed.' But the reality is ironically different: his so-called 'eternal artwork' $LLJEFFY became a gambling tool for speculators amid wild price swings. An investor chuckled bitterly: 'We thought we were collecting digital art, but ended up becoming part of a performance art piece.'
The Human Hell of the Encrypted World
48 hours after the event fermented, more absurd details emerged:
A suspected Jeffy alternate account mocked on Discord: 'You all bowing to the air coffin looks so cute.'
A senior executive from an exchange privately revealed: 'This is more thrilling than the movie (The Vanished Her).'
A psychologist pointed out: 'Young founders use extreme behavior to combat industry alienation, which is a concentrated outbreak of crypto anxiety.'
The SEC is currently investigating, and exchanges like Binance have urgently delisted related tokens. However, the shockwaves caused by this 'cyber death' are far from over: when code can fabricate life and death, when tragedy becomes material for cryptocurrency speculation, the greed and fragility of human nature are starkly exposed beneath the glossy surface of the crypto world in every moment of K-line fluctuation.
