Robinhood's communications team said Thursday that CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was briefly taken over by attackers who used it to promote a fraudulent meme coin, the latest scam to piggyback on the brokerage's crypto ambitions. The bogus post, since deleted, pitched a token called Vladhood, trading under the ticker VLAD, and framed it as the "official mascot of Robinhood Chain." It went a step further, falsely claiming the coin was slated for a listing on the Robinhood app—a hook designed to lend the scheme legitimacy through Tenev's verified profile. "Our CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was compromised and posted a fake ... (full story)