Crypto Influencers Exposed: Paid Shills & Blockchain Shenanigans! 🚀💰

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In a galaxy not so far away-well, actually, right here on Earth-blockchain sleuth ZachXBT has done the improbable: he’s uncovered a staggering 160+ crypto influencers who were apparently paid to shill tokens while pretending they just really, really believed in them. 🤯

On a Monday that was otherwise entirely forgettable (unless you were one of the influencers now sweating over leaked receipts), ZachXBT dropped a spreadsheet hotter than a Solana transaction fee in peak season. This little digital treasure trove contained names, wallet addresses, and-most damningly-the exact sums influencers charged to pretend they liked things they were paid to like. Spoiler: most forgot to mention the “paid” part. 🙄

NEW LEAK: Price sheet of 200+ crypto influencers and their wallet addresses from a project they were recently contacted by to promote.

From 160+ accounts who accepted the deal I only saw <5 accounts actually disclose the promotional posts as an advertisement.

– ZachXBT (@zachxbt) September 1, 2025

According to ZachXBT, fewer than five of these influencers bothered to slap an #ad on their posts, which is roughly the same number of people who actually read Twitter’s terms of service before agreeing to them. The rest? Oh, they just casually slipped in “investment tips” that were, in fact, invoices in disguise. Smooth. 🕶️

The Price of Selling Out (Literally)

The leaked spreadsheet revealed a fascinating hierarchy of shilling, where influencers were ranked like medieval knights-except instead of honor, they charged by the tweet. At the top sat luminaries like Atity, who demanded a cool $60,000 per post (presumably typed with golden fingers), while Sibeleth settled for a mere $10,000 per tweet-bargain! Eddy, ever the deal-seeker, offered six tweets for $12,000, which, if you do the math, is still an alarming amount of money for 280 characters.

Mid-tier influencers hovered around the $3K-$5K mark, while smaller accounts went as low as $1,500-proving that even in the world of undisclosed ads, there’s a budget option. Some even offered “tweet bundles,” because nothing says authenticity like bulk discounts on opinions. 🛒

All this, of course, raises the question: Why does anyone still trust crypto influencers? The answer, as always, is a mix of hope, hype, and the human brain’s remarkable ability to ignore red flags when money is involved. 🚩

Meanwhile, in the land of regulations (a place crypto often pretends doesn’t exist), the FTC requires influencers to disclose paid promotions. But let’s be honest-if people were good at following rules, crypto wouldn’t be half as entertaining. ZachXBT’s findings are yet another reminder that “trust no one” isn’t just good advice; it’s basically the crypto motto. 🔍

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2025-09-02 10:30