13-year-old that made a killing creating a crypto and then dumping it gets 'revenge pumped', family doxxed, and even dognapping rumours emerge

Ah yes, Web3 is going just great, in case you were wondering. For a rare few, investing in cryptocurrency has been a swift shot into extreme wealth, but many have been left by the wayside. For the Gen Z Quant Kid—a 13-year-old who pocketed $30,000 from selling a cryptocurrency he created—it's been a straight up nightmare from thereon out.

A while back, the teenager known as Quant Kid created the Memecoin Gen Z Quant in an attempt to get rich, and invested $350 of his own money on 51 million tokens (around 5% of the total in circulation says Wired).

Quant coin market cap — (Image credit: coingecko)

Rumors then emerged that someone allegedly took it upon themselves to dognap their family pet and launch Memecoin BARI around the dog's likeness, demanding an apology from the child (Tribune, Web3isgoinggreat, CryptoTimes).

Gen Z Quant kid then created another Memecoin named I’m Sorry, and one named after another of his dogs, Lucy. He pushed his profits up to $50,000 with them, but who knows where his poor dog has been left in this mess of a Web3 saga.

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