Rapper Iggy Azalea seemingly dissed Vitalik Buterin and his fellow TOKEN2049 attendees in Singapore, dismissing the many panel discussions and Ethereum co-founder’s singing as “loser s—.”
In a Saturday social media post, the “Fancy” singer clapped back at critics, saying: “I don’t complain about watching you all mumble around on conference stages singing songs about crypto or other loser s— I’d be embarrassed as f— to post.”
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Although Azalea didn’t mention Buterin’s name, it was clear who she was referring to.
Buterin, who co-founded Ethereum (ETH), appeared on stage at TOKEN2049 and sang a song about cryptocurrency. Tron founder Justin Sun tweeted the video of his performance, stating that it “requires a lot of courage.”
Azalea wins support
Certain crypto community members criticized Azalea after videos and photos from her crypto-themed event in Las Vegas were posted online.
Azalea, whose real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly, quickly retorted with several tweets.
Azalea, 34, hosted the event to promote her meme coin, MOTHER, as well as her newly launched casino, Motherland.
The rapper added that those critics would “cry” if they knew who was in that building to attend her event.
Other crypto community members, even those who didn’t attend, came to the Australian star’s defense:
Azalea prefers Solana over Ethereum
Azalea’s comments didn’t stop there. She went a step ahead and slammed the ETH network, too. The rapper narrated an incident that happened while she was on a plane where a “tradfi guy” seated next to her asked about ETH.
Azalea stated that she advised him to buy Solana (SOL), citing its entry price and that it was better suited for retail expansion.
The rapper also reiterated her stance in another tweet, praising the Solana network for the way it handles congestion. She also added a screenshot of her Google search where the result mentioned that Solana is generally better at handling network congestion.
A part of the reason for her support towards Solana is because her meme coin, Mother Iggy, is a SOL-based coin. MOTHER gained quick popularity when it was launched on May 29, 2024.
Despite being around for just a couple of days, the meme coin saw its price surge to an all time high of $0.2406 on June 6. That was approximately a 1400% surge from its all time low of $0.004545 on May 31.
However, the meme coin has lost over 70% of its value from its ATH. But amidst all the craze around Iggy’s party and her tweets, MOTHER has surged over 22% in the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap data.
‘Never touch a celebrity memecoin’
The one-sided beef between Azalea and Buterin began after Andrew Saunders, the chief marketing and growth officer of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain Skale, blasted celebrity involvement in crypto.
“I come from Hollywood, and I would never touch a celebrity memecoin,” Saunders told Cointelegraph at TOKEN20249. Saunders warned holders: “you’re gonna get dumped on.”
In June, Buterin also took a swipe at celebrity meme coins.
“I’m feeling quite unhappy about with ‘this cycle’s celebrity experimentation’ so far,” he said on X.com. “How do we push things in a better direction?”
