May 09, 2025 05:45 AM IST
Jeffy Yu, who is the co-founder of the cryptocurrency Zerebro, has now been found alive at his parents place in California.
Zerebro co-founder Jeffy Yu was found to be alive and well at his parents’ house after he appeared to shoot himself during a live stream, The San Francisco Standard reported on Thursday. After Yu faked his death, a meme coin was launched in his honour, and even accounts tied to Yu jumped up to a whopping $1.4 million, says a report by analytics firm Bubblemaps.
Yu was found at his parents’ home in Amazon Crockett. “I have been doxxed, I have been harassed. If you can find me, others can also find me”, Yu was quoted as telling the San Francisco Standard upon the revelation.
Who is Jeffy Yu?
Jeffy Yu was the co-founder of the now obscure Zerebro cryptocurrency token with a market capitalization of $44 million. He was just a few days away from his 23rd birthday when he went ahead with the fake suicide move in a livestream video. Soon after, an obituary came in, describing Yu as “a tech prodigy” and a visionary artist, technologist, and cultural force.”
A memecoin in Yu’s honor went up for sale soon after, which also saw Yu’s attached assets in cryptocurrency jump significantly. However, there were some questions about the authenticity of the video, and online sleuths jumped into investigating the reality behind it. Even Wonderland CEO Daniele Sestagalli and other cryptocurrency figures claimed that Yu had faked his own death.
The obituary disappeared soon after, and then The San Francisco Standard found Yu in his parents’ Crocker-Amazon home.
A segment from The San Francisco Standard’s report read, “Standing outside the two-story house, the supposedly gifted tech developer was agitated and shocked that he had been found after some routine internet searches.”
Upon this massive revelation, other aspects surrounding Yu’s personal and professional life are also coming into question, says the report. The launch of the memecoin after his faked death remains one of the biggest points of concern in the entire story.
