{"id":975,"date":"2025-06-19T03:46:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T03:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/no-andreessen-horowitz-didnt-post-that-crypto-scam-tweet\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T03:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T03:46:57","slug":"no-andreessen-horowitz-didnt-post-that-crypto-scam-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/no-andreessen-horowitz-didnt-post-that-crypto-scam-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"No, Andreessen Horowitz didn\u2019t post that crypto scam tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For some tense minutes on Wednesday, X users were surprised to see one of those crypto &ldquo;airdrop&rdquo; posts on Andreessen Horowitz&rsquo;s blue check-marked account. A second tweet said that $5 million had already been given away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That account has 851,000 followers. A member of a16z&rsquo;s crypto team saw the tweet and immediately posted a warning not to engage. X quickly took down the post. Airdrops are usually used as ways for cryptocurrencies to promote themselves. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a16z tells TechCrunch, and posted on the account: &ldquo;Earlier today, our X account was briefly compromised. During that time, the account promoted a token and other fake content &mdash; none of which originated from a16z. Apologies for any confusion caused by the clowns who temporarily took over our account.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andreessen Horowitz is well known for its crypto investments. Because this is a crypto-loving firm, jokes and warning tweets flew: The link would likely drain a crypto wallet, not add to it. So, if it sounds too good to be true &mdash; like a VC giving away valuable assets &mdash; it isn&rsquo;t true. <\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s what the scam tweets looked like:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-element-caption__text\">crypto scam tweet posted to a16z X account.<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>No, Andreessen Horowitz didn&rsquo;t post that crypto scam tweet<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some tense minutes on Wednesday, X users were surprised to see one of those crypto &ldquo;airdrop&rdquo; posts on Andreessen Horowitz&rsquo;s blue check-marked account. A second tweet said that $5 million had already been given away. That account has 851,000 followers. A member of a16z&rsquo;s crypto team saw the tweet and immediately posted a warning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/no-andreessen-horowitz-didnt-post-that-crypto-scam-tweet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;No, Andreessen Horowitz didn\u2019t post that crypto scam tweet&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}