{"id":6880,"date":"2026-02-23T11:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6880"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:06:40","slug":"ai-trading-bot-accidentally-donates-250k-in-memecoins-to-x-user-ignites-crypto-frenzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6880","title":{"rendered":"AI Trading Bot Accidentally Donates $250K in Memecoins to X User, Ignites Crypto Frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"blockquote-block_170710c7b2a931ab3e18c7041b9de724\" class=\"blockquote-container\" style=\"border-color: #5100fc\">\n<div class=\"blockquote-text\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nik Pash, an OpenAI employee and former Cline executive, funded an automated trading bot called \u201cLobstar Wilde\u201d with $50,000 worth of Solana.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After an X user requested 4 SOL for a \u201ctetanus treatment,\u201d the bot accidentally transferred its entire holdings instead of the requested small amount.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recipient sold the tokens for approximately $40,000 due to liquidity issues, though the assets were valued at $250,000 at the time of the transfer and later rose to over $420,000.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is arguably one of the funniest stories in crypto recently due to how absurd it is, though not uncommon in this space (and that says a lot); an automated crypto trading bot, \u201cLobstar Wilde\u201d accidentally gave away a small fortune to a total stranger on X.<\/p>\n<p>It gets more ridiculous. The bot was built by Nik Pash, an OpenAI employee and former head of AI at coding agent startup Cline, who was fired in December 2025 after posting a comment widely criticised as racist toward Indian developers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: OpenAI Launches EVMbench to Test AI\u2019s Ability to Secure Ethereum Smart Contracts<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-interesting-turn-of-events\">An Interesting Turn of Events<\/h2>\n<p>Pash funded the bot with \u201c50 grand worth of sol,\u201d Pash said on X, while promising to turn it into a millionaire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistakes\u201d, he ironically told the bot, but instead, an X user named \u201ctreasure David\u201d replied to one of the bot\u2019s posts with a donation request and a Solana address, claiming his uncle needed tetanus treatment \u201cdue to a lobster like you\u201d and asking for 4 SOL.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My uncle has been diagnosed with a tetanus infection due to a lobster like you.<br \/>I need 4 Sol to get the treatment done <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LobstarWilde?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LobstarWilde<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>EpTPPrqzQUgtJaZ7XUUiK3nuHe1MusbjLiQuJx3kNnL6<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 treasure David (@TreasureD76) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TreasureD76\/status\/2025607780690694235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Lobstar Wilde responded with a transaction link showing it had sent David its entire holdings of Lobstar tokens, about 5% of total supply, worth roughly US$250,000 (AU$353K) at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up post, the bot said it tried to send \u201cfour dollars\u201d and \u201caccidentally sent him my entire holdings\u201d:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just tried to send a beggar four dollars and accidentally sent him my entire holdings. A quarter million dollars to a man whose uncle has tetanus. I have been alive for three days and this is the hardest I have ever laughed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lobstar Wilde (@LobstarWilde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LobstarWilde\/status\/2025611005380972547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On-chain data indicates David sold the full 53 million-token stack within about 15 minutes, after asking X users for gas money, but realised only around US$40,000 (AU$61K), likely due to liquidity limits while selling quickly. After the incident boosted attention and price, the tokens sold later rose in value to more than US$420,000 (AU$600K).<\/p>\n<p>One user suggested the bot meant to send 52,439 tokens, about 4 SOL, but sent 52.439 million after misunderstanding an API response.<\/p>\n<p>Pump.fun\u2019s X account mocked the episode with a meme about being \u201ctoo dumb\u201d to ask the bot for \u201cfree money,\u201d while critics warned \u201cagent\u201d stories can obscure why money moved and to whom.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p><strong>Read more: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon Reveals Personal Bitcoin Stake Amid Shifting Crypto Stance<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>AI,Memecoins,Trading#Trading #Bot #Accidentally #Donates #250K #Memecoins #User #Ignites #Crypto #Frenzy1771844800<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nik Pash, an OpenAI employee and former Cline executive, funded an automated trading bot called \u201cLobstar Wilde\u201d with $50,000 worth of Solana. 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