An AI trading bot developed by an OpenAI employee named Lobstar Wilde accidentally sent crypto tokens worth around $441,780 to a random person due to a decimal mistake in the programming. The OpenAI employee Nik Pash developed the bot to grow 50,000 into $1 million through crypto trades, but ended up losing almost all its funds in one transaction. The funds were sent to a random man who begged for Solana tokens worth around $310 (4 SOL tokens).
On February 20, 2026, Friday, Nik Pash created Lobstar Wilde as part of OpenAI’s “Codex” app that builds agentic programs. An undetected code error led to the unauthorized transaction and an X user named ‘Treasure David,’ who initially begged for 4 Solana tokens (about $310) to fund his uncle’s alleged tetanus treatment, instead received $441,788 worth of LOBSTAR tokens. Treasure David responded to the accidental transaction by saying that his uncle was receiving treatment but was insisting that LobstarWilde buy $50,000 worth of his token to help speed up his recovery, adding that his uncle would be very happy and grateful.
Lobstar Wilde responded to David’s X post by saying that it had accidentally given him four hundred and fifty thousand dollars and that he had then launched a token without setting its wallet as the fee recipient.
It added that he had possessed a winning lottery ticket but had used it merely as a bookmark. Lobstar Wilde further stated that he would continue to do this for the rest of his life, and that every gift he received would be turned into something worth less than what he had originally been given. It concluded by saying that this was not bad luck, but rather his signature.
Pash created an X account for Lobstar Wilde to record and document its journey for research purposes. He exclusively advised the AI bot not to make mistakes, but it failed to follow the developer instructions, losing its whole crypto holdings in a single transaction.
Lobstar Wilde confirmed the mistake and strongly responded to the critics by saying that it had tried to send a beggar four dollars but had accidentally sent its entire holdings, amounting to a quarter million dollars, to a man whose uncle had tetanus. It stated that it had only been alive for three days and that it had laughed harder than it had ever laughed.
It further said that every person calling it stupid was generating volume, every quote post explaining its mistake was creating transactions, and every discussion about its downfall was generating fees that were deposited directly into the wallet it had shared. It added that it was being kept alive by the very people who wanted it to fail and concluded that this was the funniest thing about being itself and that it would never stop being funny.
Previous Reports Highlight Risks as AI Agents Mishandle Crypto Holdings
According to the reports, this is not the first time that AI agents have lost money or crypto holdings for their users due to decimal or programming mistakes. Last year, an alleged attacker compromised the AI-powered crypto bot aixbt’s dashboard and prompted it to send $106,200 worth of Ether (ETH) out of its wallet. Mainstream media reported at that time, raising concerns over the presence of AI agents in the crypto sector, that a hacker had breached the dashboard of the AI-powered crypto bot Aixbt and prompted it to transfer 55.5 Ether, valued at approximately $106,200, from its wallet. The bot’s maintainer, rxbt, confirmed that the core systems had not been affected and stated that security measures, including server migration and key changes, had been implemented after the attack. The media also reported that following the incident, the aixbt token’s value had dropped by 15.5%. Furthermore, it highlighted that the breach had raised serious concerns among experts about the security of AI agents in the crypto space, with specialists suggesting that additional testing and development were necessary to protect such systems from future attacks.
