Rapper Iggy Azalea seemingly dissed Vitalik Buterin and his fellow TOKEN2049 attendees in Singapore, dismissing the various panel discussions and Ethereum co-founder’s singing as “loser s—.”
In a Saturday social media submit, the “Fancy” singer clapped again at critics, saying: “I don’t complain about watching you all mumble round on convention phases singing songs about crypto or different loser s— I’d be embarrassed as f— to submit.”
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Though Azalea didn’t point out Buterin’s identify, it was clear who she was referring to.
Buterin, who co-founded Ethereum (ETH), appeared on stage at TOKEN2049 and sang a track about cryptocurrency. Tron founder Justin Solar tweeted the video of his efficiency, stating that it “requires loads of braveness.”
Azalea wins assist
Sure crypto neighborhood members criticized Azalea after movies and photographs from her crypto-themed occasion in Las Vegas had been posted on-line.
Azalea, whose actual identify is Amethyst Amelia Kelly, rapidly retorted with a number of tweets.
Azalea, 34, hosted the occasion to advertise her meme coin, MOTHER, in addition to her newly launched on line casino, Motherland.
The rapper added that these critics would “cry” in the event that they knew who was in that constructing to attend her occasion.
Different crypto neighborhood members, even those that didn’t attend, got here to the Australian star’s protection:
Azalea prefers Solana over Ethereum
Azalea’s feedback didn’t cease there. She went a step forward and slammed the ETH community, too. The rapper narrated an incident that occurred whereas she was on a aircraft the place a “tradfi man” seated subsequent to her requested about ETH.
Azalea said that she suggested him to purchase Solana (SOL), citing its entry worth and that it was higher suited to retail enlargement.
The rapper additionally reiterated her stance in one other tweet, praising the Solana community for the best way it handles congestion. She additionally added a screenshot of her Google search the place the end result talked about that Solana is usually higher at dealing with community congestion.
Part of the explanation for her assist in direction of Solana is as a result of her meme coin, Mom Iggy, is a SOL-based coin. MOTHER gained fast reputation when it was launched on Could 29, 2024.
Regardless of being round for simply a few days, the meme coin noticed its worth surge to an all time excessive of $0.2406 on June 6. That was roughly a 1400% surge from its all time low of $0.004545 on Could 31.
Nevertheless, the meme coin has misplaced over 70% of its worth from its ATH. However amidst all of the craze round Iggy’s social gathering and her tweets, MOTHER has surged over 22% within the final 24 hours, in accordance with CoinMarketCap knowledge.
‘By no means contact a celeb memecoin’
The one-sided beef between Azalea and Buterin started after Andrew Saunders, the chief advertising and development officer of the Ethereum Digital Machine (EVM) blockchain Skale, blasted superstar involvement in crypto.
“I come from Hollywood, and I’d by no means contact a celeb memecoin,” Saunders informed Cointelegraph at TOKEN20249. Saunders warned holders: “you’re gonna get dumped on.”
In June, Buterin additionally took a swipe at superstar meme cash.
“I’m feeling fairly sad about with ‘this cycle’s superstar experimentation’ to this point,” he mentioned on X.com. “How will we push issues in a greater path?”
