Zerebro founder Jeffy Yu faked his suicide — found alive in flip-flops
Jeffy Yu, the Zerebro co-founder who faked his own suicide before exploiting the ensuing controversy to launch a legacy-themed crypto token, has been found alive at his parents’ house in San Francisco. Yu apparently killed himself on a Pump Fun live stream, shortly after he published a manifesto on the concept of “Legacoins” — a term he created for a new type of memecoin that would somehow enshrine a dead person’s crypto holdings. However, unsurprisingly to many, Yu’s grisly “demise” and the subsequent online obituary — deleted a few days later — that appeared to confirm his death were all fake . Indeed, George Kelly, writing for The San Francisco Standard, found the 22-year-old alive and well, dressed in flip-flops, in the Crocker-Amazon neighbourhood of San Francisco. When asked about his false obituary and how he may have profited, Yu declined to comment and instead complained that he had been “doxed” and “harassed.” He said, “If you can f...