Hack history / 2021 / Rug pull
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine releases a series of NFTs, only for the project not to deliver anything it promised
Rug pull on Oct 28, 2021
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$4M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#519
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Oct 28, 2021
- Kind
- Rug pull
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- Solana
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine releases a series of NFTs, only for the project not to deliver anything it promised rug pull, Oct 28, 2021: $4M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht03eb8e4000/ (data as of 2026-11-01).