12 Solana memecoins have been “abandoned” in the last 30 days after investors raised $26.7 million

As the popularity of memecoins has increased recently, fraudsters are taking advantage of this "opportunity". Blockchain researcher ZachXBT posted on his X that at least [**12 Solana memecoins have been “abandoned”**](https://36crypto.com/weekly-crypto-news-update-the-explosion-of-memecoins-phishing-ads-from-google-satoshis-emails/) in the last 30 days after investors raised $26.7 million.

He identified 12 projects that raised funds through pre-sales, most of which dropped significantly after launch and one that did not issue any tokens at all.


According to the researcher, the most expensive “abandoned” project was a memecoin called “I like this coin” with the LIKE ticker. The founder is a user under the pseudonym pokeee.eth, who collected 52,220 SOL tokens ($7.7 million)