Undisclosed KOL Promo Network (ZachXBT Exposé, September 2025)
Summary
On September 1, 2025, blockchain investigator ZachXBT published a leaked price sheet documenting over 200 crypto influencers (key opinion leaders) who were approached to promote an AI memecoin platform called Memenetic on Solana, with on-chain payment verification showing more than 160 accepted compensation ranging from $50 to $60,000 per post. Fewer than five of the roughly 160 confirmed paid recipients disclosed the arrangements as advertisements, a compliance rate below 3% and in direct violation of FTC Endorsement Guides. The evidence — consisting of Solana wallet addresses and publicly verifiable transaction hashes — indicates the promotions were organized through a tiered commercial infrastructure, with an additional allegation from the Memenetic project team that two intermediaries, @MsCryptomom1 and @imanihamida, allegedly defrauded them of $232,000 in USDC while managing the influencer campaign.
Connected Entities
1 entities · 10 linked investigationsTimeline(6 events)
2025-09-01
ZachXBT publishes leaked price sheet on X and Telegram listing 200+ crypto influencers, their Solana wallet addresses, quoted promotional fees ($50–$60,000), and on-chain payment receipts linked to the Memenetic token campaign. States fewer than 5 of 160+ paid recipients disclosed posts as ads.
The Block, CCN, CoinCentral2025-09-01
@Atitty_ (highest-paid influencer at $60,000) publicly acknowledges receiving payment, disputes it was for a single post, admits failure to disclose was a mistake, and reports receiving subsequent threats and doxxing attempts.
CoinChapter, Bitcoinist2025-09-01
Memenetic project team issues statement claiming it was defrauded of $232,000 in USDC by alleged campaign organizers @MsCryptomom1 and @imanihamida, who are alleged to have swapped influencer payment wallet addresses to redirect funds to themselves and to have engaged heavily botted accounts.
Blocmates, CCN2025-09-01
@MediaGiraffes responds to the exposé by posting a helicopter image and joking about purchasing it with promotion payments, drawing public criticism for appearing dismissive of transparency concerns.
CoinChapter2025-09-02
Multiple Tier 2 crypto outlets publish detailed breakdowns of the influencer price tiers, individual payment amounts, and the broader disclosure compliance failure. Incident receives widespread coverage across crypto media.
CoinLaw, Cybernews, Bitcoinist, The Coin Republic2025-09-12
Disruption Banking publishes extended analysis of the ZachXBT exposé, including regulatory framework, FTC enforcement history, and comparison to prior influencer cases involving Kim Kardashian and Justin Sun.
Disruption BankingDecision Log
- hash: Co81WFz8EhjXYYcouX4vePammB21jLXMGpXEbz7zUhGo
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 6/2/2026, 11:33:55 PM
last updated: 6/2/2026, 11:33:59 PM
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