Crypto traders launched sick meme coins in tribute to the terrorist accused of slaying two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington DC within a few hours of his arrest.
Elias Rodriguez, 31, was arrested for fatally shooting Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and his soon-to-be-fiancé, Sarah Milgrim, 26, just after 9 p.m. Wednesday outside the Capital Jewish Museum.
Less than six hours later, crypto trolls launched $ELIAS, a meme coin in the alleged gunman’s honor on Solana, according to Gecko Terminal.
A screenshot posted to X at 1:15 a.m. Friday showed the token’s market cap at $261,000 but roughly 30 minutes later, the value had jumped to a disgusting $368,000.
By Friday afternoon the digital asset saw a market cap of $24,000 — down 61% over the previous 24 hours.
As of Friday afternoon, approximately 550 people had bought the twisted token.
Lischinsky and Milgrim were executed as they were leaving the American Jewish Committee’s ACCESS Young Diplomats Reception.
Rodriguez was caught on surveillance footage firing several shots at the couple before they both collapsed, according to an arrest affidavit.
He allegedly leaned over the bullet-riddled duo and continued shooting, then followed Milgrim as she made a desperate attempt to escape, firing at her again, the documents showed.
The Chicago native was seen reloading his weapon before firing at Milgrim once more.
Rodriguez was charged Thursday with first-degree murder, murder of foreign officials, causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence in federal court.