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Zerebro developer Jeffy Yu has been found alive at his parents’ home in San Francisco, days after faking his suicide on a livestream that launched a supposed posthumous memecoin past $100 million. Yu’s case isn’t the first time crypto has blurred the line between real death, faked death and something in between.  From missing founders to sealed caskets, the industry has a long history of exits that left behind more questions than closure. Here are five unsettling cases — real, staged or unresolved — that continue to haunt the crypto world. 1. Jeffy Yu faked his death, then his crypto pumped A clip of Yu broadcasting his “suicide” circulated on May 4. The video showed him smoking a cigarette before pulling the trigger, then the camera dropped. Hours later, a scheduled social media post announced the posthumous launch of LLJEFFY, a memecoin described as his “final art piece.” The coin surged to nearly $105 million in market cap. LLJEFFY’s market fell to $5.63 million from its $105 million peak. Source: DEX Screener But Yu wasn’t dead. Blockchain wallets tied to him kept moving. A copy of a letter — allegedly written by Yu — described the exit design as a response to ongoing harassment and blackmail. Yu’s obituary on online memorial site Legacy.com has now been removed. Source: Vee/Legacy.com Reporters from The San Francisco Standard eventually found Yu at his parents’ home. He refused to comment on the suicide stunt or whether he profited from it. In the world of memecoins, this kind of spectacle isn’t new. In late 2024, Pump.fun’s livestream feature triggered a wave of stunts — suicide threats, animal abuse and other shocking acts — to pump token prices. The company shut it down and later relaunched a toned-down version. 2. A crypto whistleblower’s descent into paranoia…

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