Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, called Fortnite-inspired Solana Meme Coin a scam.
But even negative caution was enough to pump 2,700% of the price for a while. Still, we believe this is all part of a Fortnite-related gag, suggesting that Sweeney fired the token itself.
This comes after the iconic battle Royal Fortnite adds a blockchain-themed storyline to the game. The in-game currency Dilbit can be spent on high-value items in “black market” locations on the map. Of course, Crypto Degens saw this gag and decided to make it happen by launching Solana Meme Coin, which has no official connection to Fortnite.
“Dill Bits is a fictional in-game currency exclusive to Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 6 Season 2. There are no real cryptocurrencies or Memecoin associated with Fortnite. Decryption.
Over 2 weeks, Authentic The Dill Bits (DB) tokens skyrocket to a market capitalization of $4.72 million as the Fortnite story was unraveled. However, over the next 26 days, the tokens crashed 96.62% to just $159,440 as they disappeared indifferently like most meme coins.
Late Sunday, popular X user Greg jokingly said he should report the income he received from illegal activities. Sweeney responded by tagging his Dill Bits Solana Meme Coin account, suggesting it was a scam. Dill Bits (DB) surged 2,700% from $192,100 to $5.38 million in just an hour and a half.
@itsbigdill
– Tim Sweenee (@timsweeneepic) April 6, 2025
Another user of X (formerly Twitter) thought Sweeney had done this on purpose after finding that he was making a profit of nearly $100,000 after purchasing the token 30 minutes before the pump. Other users pointed out that the plan is probably worthless to him as Sweeney is called a billionaire.
“Scam,” Sweeney replied first. “What fool you’re talking about, I’m just shit.”
This led to a cryptic crowd that swarmed CEOs as CEOs tried to pump the token and created the theory that actually created Meme Coin with Pump.fun.
Sweeney didn’t approve, deny everything, and went wild at calling the token.
You’re stupid about what you’re talking about, I’m just shit.
– Tim Sweenee (@timsweeneepic) April 6, 2025
“I didn’t launch it. What’s wrong with your people,” he posted. “These are all scams.”
Ironically, Fortnite’s storyline centers around Dill Bits’ in-game currency as part of a scam led by infamous rapper, bank robbery and Crypto Coin creator Big Dill. As a result, the community behind Solana Dill Bits (DB) has drawn the voice of Sweeney for the cause of the cause.
“Tim spams literally every meme coin as a scam in his reply. “The irony was so good that he tagged the AI bot directly, admitting Dilbit.”
Nevertheless, the Dill Bits (DB) token plunged its market capitalization of $952,440 from the pump on Sunday by 82.3%.
“I think most degrees just misinterpreted the ‘fraud’ statement from the epic CEO,” Telegram user Dionisii argued on the Dill Bits Group. “()db’s story is about (a) scammers and scam people, and he literally proved it over and over again in his “scam” reply with x lol. ”
Sweeney didn’t respond DecryptionRequest a comment.
While investors may want to believe it, it is unlikely that Epic Games, its founder, or the team behind Fortnite, have launched a real token. In the summer of 2024, Sweeney posted to X “as I’ve said many times that it doesn’t adopt cryptocurrency, NFT trading, etc.” but he added that he is open to using blockchain as a database replacement.
“Blockchain – perhaps one day as a decentralized solution to the evolution of distributed transactional states calculated among participants in the open ecosystem,” explained the founders of Epic Games. “For me, money is the most interesting application on the blockchain.”
Sweeney pointed out the evidence of zero knowledge and consensus mechanisms as more interesting areas of the industry that they believe are “the key to the future of technology” and “should.” But he ultimately said, “Fortnite’s cryptocurrency – no.”
Edited by Stacy Elliott.
