Bubblemaps released an investigative report accusing four crypto KOLs—Kimchi, Solstice, Anglio, and 0xEthan—of manipulative behavior, including buying up cryptocurrencies in advance and then quickly selling them after recommending them.
Bubblemaps analysis revealed that Anglio-linked wallets bought and quickly sold tokens before the recommendation was released, estimating a profit of approximately $130,000. Anglio has acknowledged these actions. 0xEthan-linked wallets exhibited a pattern of buying within the same second and selling within three minutes of the recommendation, estimating a profit of approximately $125,000, including approximately $45,000 in trading profits and approximately $80,000 in PumpFun referral rewards.
Solstice's token promotion involved dozens of new wallets buying it simultaneously, and its public wallets were linked on-chain to the token deployers. Kimchi's linked wallets' TRUMP trading profits are estimated at around $6 million, lower than the previously rumored $40 million.
