James Wynn allegedly rug pulled $WORLD memecoin on Solana, pocketing just 3.2 SOL ($260) before claiming his account was hacked.
The token had a name that felt deliberate. $WORLD went live on Solana on May 27. Its full name: THE REAL WORLD. Contract address AmpR1bXuz5hVQZ7CTtBbrHW91MB6TDrJ5Np7rupApump on Pump.fun.
Minutes after launch, the wallet that created it dumped the entire position. On-chain data via Solscan shows the wallet HH7jLETzcS…5R3QCgzW2M swapped 220 million WORLD tokens back for 26.5 SOL. That single transaction totalled $2,242. The math after fees and cost? About 3.2 SOL net.
Source: X
3.2 SOL. That Was the Number.
Lookonchain flagged it on X, the on-chain analytics account that tracks whale moves. It posted that James Wynn had launched $WORLD and rugged it, walking away with roughly $260. For a trader once sitting on over $100 million in unrealised profit on Hyperliquid, that figure landed differently.
The wallet executed seven separate swap transactions within the same block window, all 17 hours ago as of the time of reporting. Smaller swaps ranged from $8.40 to $841, with the final exit pulling $2,242 in a single move.
Wynn had posted the contract address publicly just before the exit. One post on X read “WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD JAMES.” Another showed the Pump.fun contract AmpR1bXuz5hVQZ7CTtBbrHW91MB6TDrJ5Np7rupApump, with 44,000 views recorded before anything was said about a hack.
Source: Lookonchain on X
The Hack Claim Nobody Quite Believed
Within hours, Wynn posted on X that his account had been hacked. “If it’s not obvious already my account was hacked,” the post read. The reply section had other ideas.
One user calling themselves sadcryptoguy999 shot back: “Sure it was buddy we heard that before.” Another, going by saitama_gtz, wrote that Wynn had already “launched lots of meme this year” and called him a scammer outright.
The harshest read came from hahahodling, who wrote: “bro went from 100mln upnl to rugging for 2 sol. the downfall must be studied.” That line spread. The Wynn account had previously warned traders against influencer-led pump-and-dump schemes on Zcash, which made the current situation land with a specific kind of irony.
Source: Lookonchainon X |
What the Chain Actually Shows
The token creation, pool creation, and the initial buy of 66 million WORLD tokens for 2 SOL all trace to the same transaction hash: 4UPU5ydUqXuq8X. From that same wallet, the exit trades followed in rapid succession. Pump.fun’s model includes a bonding curve mechanism meant to deter exits before a token hits a minimum market cap threshold. $WORLD did not get close.
The chart on DEX Screener tells a clean story. One green spike, then a vertical drop. The token traded at a peak near $0.0000165 before collapsing back to $0.0000034. Market cap at time of publication: $3,300.
No statement has been issued from Wynn beyond the hacked account post. The token remains live on Pump.fun with 24.3% bonding curve progress and roughly 48 volume in the most recent candle.
