Is the creator of the meme coin BALD Rugpull related to Alameda? Is it SBF?

The meme coin BALD was launched on the Base chain on July 30th, with a market value reaching $100 million within just 2 days. However, it suffered a Rugpull last night, causing BALD to plummet by over 80%, sparking widespread attention. KOL @thiccythot_ analyzed the trap of enticing investors with promises of quick riches, and several online researchers are actively analyzing its operational addresses in an attempt to uncover the true identity of the mastermind behind it.

Recap: The meme coin frenzy on Coinbase's Base chain, with meme coin BALD skyrocketing over thirtyfold in a single day.

How the trap was set: Base meme coin BALD plunges by over 80%, analyzing the meme coin's "doing big things" scheme to lure investors into the trap of real quick riches.

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Nansen Analysts Believe There is a Connection with Alameda

Nansen analyst Andrew T discovered that the ETH addresses used by the deployer of BALD were associated with a Binance deposit address starting with 0x6663 and an active address starting with 0x000f, both of which have had transactions with Andrew Keys and Alameda Research, as well as 400 transactions with USDT blacklisted addresses. There must be a close connection with Alameda Research!

Poking around the $BALD deployer's ETH address

Uses Binance deposit address 0x66634adea6ff8f4213d48e8fa5cdcef14b360b54

Another active wallet, 0x000f7f22bfc28d940d4b68e13213ab17cf107790 does too

That wallet has interacted with Andrew Keys and Alameda Research pic.twitter.com/7brwImMkCE

— Andrew T (@Blockanalia) July 31, 2023

Definitely Related to Alameda! But SBF?

Wintermuste's research lead Igor Igamberdiev also believes this is definitely Alameda, although it cannot be said for certain that it is SBF.

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Alright, I've been sitting on this news all day, but let's look at the @BaldBaseBald deployer.

This is definitely someone from Alameda, but I don't think we can safely say that this is @SBF_FTX (even though he is a psycho)

Let's go👇 pic.twitter.com/qs7e2nMTI1

— Igor Igamberdiev (@FrankResearcher) August 1, 2023

According to Igamberdiev's investigation, an old wallet (0x000f7f) that has been inactive since last summer was found to have been very active in trades on Oasis DEX, 0x v2.1, dYdX v2, Set Protocol in 2019/2020.

In addition, this address is also

• Related to 0xF3ad7b, a top trader on dYdX v3
• Voted in favor of the first proposal by SushiSwap
• Received POAP from Yearn
• Engaged in liquidity mining with millions of dollars in COMP, SUSHI, BDP, SWRV, CREAM, and STG

Based on the evidence, Igamberdiev speculates that it is highly likely to be SBF. But is SBF foolish enough to use all unnoticed funds for meme coin liquidity? Or deliberately do everything to expose oneself? Igamberdiev also mentioned that he does not have a conclusion, but is simply sharing the facts he has discovered with everyone.