Allen Lin, or AzFlin, infamous for FrensTech meme coin rug pull, loses job at Uniswap DEX

• Allen Lin executed a liquidity pull only hours after deploying the FrensTech meme coin.
• The smart contract engineer has since lost his job at Uniswap, with the DEX’s founder Hayden Adams separating his firm from exploiter.
• The bad actor leveraged Base, trending under Coinbase’s incubation program, to deploy the bait.

Unremorseful, the bad actor calls his sacking a “net neutral” after gaining 600 new followers and Crypto Twitter villain status on X.

Allen Lin lost his job with Uniswap after 14 months with the decentralized exchange (DEX) following a recent rug pull that saw investors lose 14 Ether (ETH) worth approximately $25,900.

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FrensTech meme coin rug puller fired at Uniswap DEX

Uniswap DEX employee Allen Lin, now revealed to be the identity behind the recent FrensTech rug pull, has been sacked, with the company separating itself from his actions. Citing Uniswap founder Hayden Adams in a post on social media platform X:

Wanted to let people know this person is no longer with the company. Not behavior we support or condone.

Going by AzFlin on X (formerly Twitter) and GitHub, Allen Lin executed a rug pull with a recently deployed meme coin; FrensTech launched atop the social platform of Coinbase Layer-2 Base program, friend.tech.

Memecoin liquidity rug pull that saw Allen Lin fired

After launching the FrensTech on Base, AzFlin used Hop cross-chain protocol to transfer his loot (14 ETH) from the Base network.

AzFlin meme coin rug pull transaction on Etherscan.

According to user @UniswapVillain, “He [AzFlin] removed liquidity he added from fees and pocketed 14 ETH from fees.”

Akin to UniswapVillain’s marvel that “someone who is doxxed and works for Uniswap would do this…,” the bad actor has not expressed any remorse for the liquidity rug pull. In a recent post, the exploiter shared that his job loss is a “net neutral,” noting:

Got fired from UniSwap but gained new followers and Crypto Twitter villain status.

AzFlin has since adjusted his username on social media platform X to feature the words “unemployment arc.”

Rug pulls have recently become a common trend in the cryptocurrency scene, particularly for newly launched tokens and decentralized exchanges. The lure comes as giant cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum continue to record price movements that are not actionable. As indicated, the two giants have been moving within tight ranges, leaving investors and traders desperate for profit.

As the market holds out hope for an impulse, traders must exercise caution, not buying into the enticing explosions of newly launched tokens or hype from influencers. Instead, they must conduct their research so that their investments sprout from an informed point of view.

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