 The mystery surrounding Lil Tay's death hoax has deepened after cryptocurrency named for the teenager was released amid the confusion, it has been claimed. On Wednesday, a now-deleted statement on the 14-year-old's Instagram page seemingly announced that she and her brother had died. However, she later shared a message slamming the announcement as a hack on her account, leading to a 'traumatizing 24 hours'. Her former manager, Harry Tsang, has since voiced his doubts over the claims that she was hacked, with a new cryptocurrency coin reportedly raising eyebrows. According to Insider, the token, named after Tay, was released hours after the false statement of her death was posted. The outlet reports that the Lil Tay coin appeared on the BNB Smart Chain on Thursday – but it is not clear who is responsible. A bizarre statement seemingly announced her death on Wednesday (Picture: Instagram) Tsang confirmed that he was planning a similar move and had started developing a token in April – but insisted that he had nothing to do with the Lil Tay cryptocurrency that had launched this week. 'One hundred percent not me,' he vowed. 'I gave a warning to everyone already. That is not us. We just took down the website and everything.' A post on the LilTayToken Twitter page added: 'Sharing this to let everybody know that we will not be launching anything soon. We've been in development for 4-5 months now. The teenager later shared a message with TMZ, confirming she is alive (Picture: Instagram) 'If anybody is reaching out to you for money saying they're involved with $liltay it's not true. 'If you see another token/coin with liltay it's a scam.' Tay shot to fame as a child, in 2014, and amassed millions of followers thanks to Instagram videos and skits in which she flaunted her wealth. Her page remained inactive between 2018 and 2023, before the statement of her 'death' was shared, with her last post being a tri){kind=link}
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The mystery surrounding Lil Tay’s death hoax has deepened after cryptocurrency named for the teenager was released amid the confusion, it has been claimed.
On Wednesday, a now-deleted statement on the 14-year-old’s Instagram page seemingly announced that she and her brother had died.
However, she later shared a message slamming the announcement as a hack on her account, leading to a ‘traumatizing 24 hours’.
Her former manager, Harry Tsang, has since voiced his doubts over the claims that she was hacked, with a new cryptocurrency coin reportedly raising eyebrows.