Roaring Kitty posts Solana token; RKC jumps 25% amid hack fears

Keith Gill’s verified X account, known as Roaring Kitty, posted a Solana token address at 21:13 GMT after 16 months of silence. The post contained only the contract address and a short cartoon clip. Two follow-up messages, including an image with the phrase “red bandit crew 4 life,” were deleted soon after.

On-chain records show the Solana token, named Red Kitten Crew (RKC), launched on Pump.fun and moved to the Raydium exchange within minutes. The token reached a peak market capitalization near $5.97 million before easing to about $4 million. Twenty-four-hour trading volume for the token hit roughly $2.55 million.

A separate token with the same ticker, RockyCat on the BNB Chain, rose about 25% during the same period. The two projects share only a ticker and a cat theme; there is no known affiliation or shared team between them.

The Roaring Kitty posts also included an indication that the account held GameStop shares and RKC tokens. GameStop shares gained as much as 13% earlier in the day and traded near $23.19 at the time of reporting. Gill disclosed a stake in GameStop of about $180 million in June 2024. His public activity has centered on GameStop, options trading and livestreams, and he has not previously promoted meme coins or used Pump.fun.

Traders and on-chain analysts flagged the posts as suspicious because they departed from Gill’s prior long-form commentary and because the posts were brief and unexplained. Pump.fun launches have been associated with a high rate of scam or wash-trading patterns; one study cited a 98.6% incidence for those characteristics among tokens launched on the platform.

Security observers compared the pattern to past social media account takeovers that promoted tokens. Gill has not posted any public clarification on other channels. Until he comments, market participants are treating RKC and transactions tied to the Roaring Kitty handle as unverified and high risk.

Market researcher Jake Wujastyk wrote on X that opinion among retail traders was split: ‘GME People think this guy’s account is hacked. I don’t. I think it’s part of the plan. IMO he first posted the tweet looking like a hacked tweet for ultimate confusion. That’s his M.O. Gonna be an interesting night with the market pricing this.’

At the time of reporting the Roaring Kitty posts remained deleted and there was no additional public statement from the account.