According to Bubblemaps, the $NYC aftermath involved 4,300 total traders. According to Bubblemaps, 60% of participants lost money, with 2,300 losing under $1,000, 200 losing $1,000–$10,000, 40 losing $10,000–$100,000, and 15 losing over $100,000. According to Bubblemaps, most recorded losses were under $1,000, highlighting that the majority of unprofitable $NYC trades were smaller-sized positions.

According to @BullTheoryio, $NYC trading began at 10:27pm UTC, reached an all-time-high market cap of $587 million by 10:41pm UTC, and the team began pulling liquidity around 10:43pm UTC, with an alleged $3.4 million cash-out within an hour (source: @BullTheoryio). According to @BullTheoryio, the rapid run-up followed by liquidity withdrawal created immediate exit risk and slippage for late entrants, a pattern consistent with rug-pull dynamics that can trigger sharp price collapses (source: @BullTheoryio).

According to @PeckShieldAlert, former NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ newly launched memecoin $NYC had its liquidity abruptly removed roughly 30 minutes after launch following promotion on his personal social media (source: @PeckShieldAlert on X, Jan 13, 2026). PeckShieldAlert characterized the incident as a rug pull, indicating heightened immediate risk to $NYC traders and liquidity providers (source: @PeckShieldAlert on X, Jan 13, 2026).

According to @lookonchain, Eric Adams, the former New York City mayor, launched a memecoin $NYC and then removed liquidity at the price peak, withdrawing 3.18M USDC from the liquidity pool (source: https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2010991481230934203; source: https://solscan.io/account/9Ty4M4t9MZArhJBKFWbYrzeqdMf2Ua5eHWSRW3LXKyGt). The liquidity removal triggered panic selling among traders, with address Dr6s2o realizing a $473.5K loss (-63.5%) in under 20 minutes (source: https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2010991481230934203; source: https://solscan.io/account/Dr6s2ovWKfg32oFjLUdbw3Q33ZMhUEnMUMKMxyty2iFA). The transactions occurred on Solana, as evidenced by the activity recorded on Solscan for the cited addresses (source: https://solscan.io/account/9Ty4M4t9MZArhJBKFWbYrzeqdMf2Ua5eHWSRW3LXKyGt; source: https://solscan.io/account/Dr6s2ovWKfg32oFjLUdbw3Q33ZMhUEnMUMKMxyty2iFA). For traders, the immediate takeaway is elevated liquidity risk in new memecoins when LP funds can be withdrawn rapidly, as demonstrated by the 3.18M USDC removal and the swift drawdown reported (source: https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/2010991481230934203; source: https://solscan.io/account/9Ty4M4t9MZArhJBKFWbYrzeqdMf2Ua5eHWSRW3LXKyGt).

According to @OnchainLens citing Nansen data, wallet EV5kTYowkwAdGrC2X9q7g3eCWBX3UMuoy8AaUZTCA2Mn spent about $820,000 USDC to buy 6.98 million $NYC over the last 4 hours and still holds $203,000 USDC (source: @OnchainLens, data: @nansen_ai). According to @OnchainLens, the remaining USDC suggests the address may add more exposure to $NYC (source: @OnchainLens, data: @nansen_ai).

According to Bubblemaps, wallet 9Ty4M linked to the $NYC deployer created a one-sided LP on Meteora on Solana (source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 13, 2026; source: solscan.io/account/9Ty4M4t9MZArhJBKFWbYrzeqdMf2Ua5eHWSRW3LXKyGt). According to Bubblemaps, the wallet removed roughly $2.5 million USDC near the peak and later added back about $1.5 million USDC after a 60% drop, with transactions visible on Solscan (source: Bubblemaps on X; source: solscan.io/account/9Ty4M4t9MZArhJBKFWbYrzeqdMf2Ua5eHWSRW3LXKyGt). According to Bubblemaps, these flows indicate active adjustments to $NYC liquidity provisioning via a one-sided LP during extreme price moves, which traders can monitor through the cited Solscan address and Meteora pool data for execution and liquidity depth considerations (source: Bubblemaps on X; source: solscan.io/account/9Ty4M4t9MZArhJBKFWbYrzeqdMf2Ua5eHWSRW3LXKyGt).

According to @bubblemaps, $NYC shows suspicious liquidity pool activity, with the team extracting over $1M by cycling USDC in and out of the pools. Source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 13, 2026 https://twitter.com/bubblemaps/status/2010890093431832789 @bubblemaps notes the token was launched by Eric Adams, who publicly announced "Proud to launch @buynyctoken" and linked to BuyNYCtoken.com. Source: Eric Adams on X, Jan 13, 2026 https://x.com/ericadamsfornyc/status/2010849167258566727 @bubblemaps characterizes these transactions as suspicious LP activity and an extraction of funds, alerting traders to monitor liquidity before engaging with $NYC. Source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 13, 2026 https://twitter.com/bubblemaps/status/2010890093431832789

According to @bubblemaps, Eric Adams, former mayor of New York, announced the New York City token $NYC a few hours ago, after which $NYC’s market cap surged to about $600 million before dropping below $100 million within hours. Source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 13, 2026 https://twitter.com/bubblemaps/status/2010890109416292660 Based on those figures, $NYC experienced an intraday market-cap drawdown of roughly 83 percent or more, signaling extreme volatility and elevated slippage risk for short-term traders. Source: Bubblemaps on X, Jan 13, 2026 https://twitter.com/bubblemaps/status/2010890109416292660