The most ironic thing about the ANSEM token right now isn’t that it’s down—it’s that the community is paying people to shill it while it’s falling.
First, the numbers: According to an X news roundup, this pump.fun memecoin bearing Ansem’s name peaked at a market cap of around $490 million and is now at about $70 million. Ansem himself posted, "Not all dips are worth buying," and his followers turned around and begged him to come out and hype it up.
Now, what’s the community doing? On October 21–22, an official shilling campaign launched on Shillz. One pool had about $10,000 in it, paid out in ANSEM, with payouts based on real views. To participate, you had to hold at least 191 ANSEM in your wallet. Another account showed off a pool of 95.43k ANSEM, worth around $9,600. The requirements were crystal clear: they wanted "original takes"—not just calls to buy, but on-chain data, a narrative, TA, "real conviction," and "your own voice."
In other words: they’re paying for ads, but want them to sound like sincere, independently researched endorsements. When you see "in-depth analysis" on your timeline, you can guess for yourself how much of it is being paid out in tokens based on views.
Here’s another uncomfortable truth: the pay is in ANSEM itself. What’s the first thing people who receive those tokens are likely to do? Probably sell. So, essentially, this scheme trades its own tokens for exposure, then adds another layer of constant selling pressure to the market. Some people are even posting daily check-ins like, "Day 113, shilling until we get listed on all the major exchanges," tagging Binance, Coinbase, and OKX one by one—and getting a few dozen views.
When the market cap is down by more than 80%, paying people to repeat the narrative isn’t community consensus—it’s a marketing budget. When you see a token start paying people to "speak from the heart," you pretty much know where the buying pressure is coming from.
#ANSEM #Meme