Kanye West has launched a crypto meme coin called $YZY on Solana. His 'Yeezy Money' announcement comes just months after he expressed his disdain for such celebrity crypto tokens.

The crypto world is buzzing after Kanye West unveiled his Solana-based meme coin, YZY, triggering wild price swings and multi-million-dollar gains for early insiders. Within minutes, YZY skyrocketed nearly 1,

Across a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, Ye announced that he has a meme coin on the Solana blockchain. The Yeezy crypto token, YZY, unceremoniously launched on Wednesday (August 20), with Ye offering his followers a link to get involved. "Yeezy money is here," he wrote. "A new economy, built on chain."