Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was compromised on July 23. A now-deleted post pushed Vladhood ($VLAD) as an “official” Robinhood Chain mascot token. Robinhood confirmed the hack. The contract was flagged as a scam; on-chain monitors put attacker proceeds at about ~650 ETH. ...

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From 2021 to 2025, the rate of chargebacks in the US rose about 29% and worldwide it rose about 46%. Some of that is due to a greater number of credit card transactions overall, but most of that is because people are uh disputing more transactions for a variety of reasons. >> Yeah, so you also talked about this other category of chargebacks, which is where people are basically intentionally using them to get free stuff. Um talk about this uh not so friendly fraud. How prevalent is this and how does it work? ...

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X Account Hacked to Shill Fake 'Vladhood' Tokenhttps://t.co/BzLkg3oftp ...

Ripple takes a stake in Notabene to push RLUSD into compliance rails@Ripple has made a strategic investment in Notabene (@notabene_id), the compliance network behind more than $2T in annualized on-chain transaction volume. The deal brings $RLUSD into Notabene Flow, the firm's B2B stablecoin payments platform, with terms undisclosed.Notabene connects over 2,300 institutions across 100+ jurisdictions, verifying counterparties and clearing Travel Rule checks before value moves. Ripple's stablecoin chief Jack M ...

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Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X Account Suspected Compromised, VLAD Token Exploiter Gains $1.2M–$1.3MRobinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was suspected to have been compromised after it posted an unusual message on July 23, 2026, claiming to launch Robinhood Chain’s “official” mascot token Vladhood (VLAD) and sharing a token contract address. The token contract was later marked as “SCAM” on the Robinhood Chain block explorer, warning users of potential fraud risks. The post has since been deleted. According to ...

JUST IN: Robinhood said CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was hacked Thursday after it was used to promote a fake memecoin called Vladhood ($VLAD) as the “official Robinhood chain mascot.” ...