Slash Quits X After Solana Hack

Slash Quits X After Account Hacked to Promote Meme Coin

• Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash left X (formerly Twitter) after repeated hacks.
• The latest hack promoted a Solana-based meme coin called GUNS.
• The hack occurred shortly after April Fool’s Day.
• Posts claimed a $1 million investment in the meme coin, which now has about $3,300 left on PumpFun.
• Metallica’s account was similarly hacked last year to promote another Solana meme coin.

Slash decided to leave X following several hacks that used his account to promote the GUNS meme coin, which falsely appeared as an official band project. The incident is part of a broader trend of targeting musicians for crypto scams.