TechFlow News: On February 19, Bubblemaps revealed that Hayden Davis—the central figure behind the LIBRA token scam—was in fact the second-largest private investor in Pump.fun’s seed round, having invested a total of $50 million in USDC and sold all tokens on the first day of listing for a total of $65 million. Most people recall Pump.fun’s $500 million public fundraising round in July 2025, but few remember that it also conducted an earlier private funding round with several unnamed investors.
Following his $50 million investment, Hayden Davis’s active address received 12.5 billion PUMP tokens upon the token’s launch—valued at $73 million—with an estimated profit of $15 million. This address had previously been identified, but its actual owner was only confirmed now. It remains unclear whether Pump.fun’s official team was aware of this connection; however, on-chain links between this address and Hayden Davis are clear and multifaceted.
In early 2025, Argentine President Javier Milei promoted the LIBRA token on his personal social media accounts. Subsequently, eight wallets linked to the LIBRA team cashed out $107 million, causing losses for 114,410 investors’ wallets. Hayden Davis served as an advisor to the LIBRA project.
Last August, Hayden Davis also earned $12 million by sniping the YZY token’s launch. After YZY’s market cap surged to $3 billion at launch, it immediately entered a steep, one-way decline. According to community reports, Hayden Davis not only acted as a launch sniper but also participated in the YZY token’s release.
