Why do you always end up holding the bag when you follow big Twitter influencers into shitcoins? On-chain data has just exposed exactly how they fleece retail investors.
The on-chain analytics firm Bubblemaps investigated four crypto KOLs. This is based on on-chain tracking and profit estimates, not a legal verdict, but one of the KOLs has already publicly admitted to buying in early.
Follow the on-chain trail and the whole scheme is in the details:
1. Public wallet losses to win sympathy: A public wallet lost around $70,000, while linked wallets made around $270,000 in profit—and could be traced back to the token deployer.
2. Linked small wallets buy ahead of the call: They bought an average of about 20 seconds before 61% of the calls were posted, with estimated profits of $130,000.
3. Dump within 3 minutes of posting: They sold through linked wallets about 3 minutes after posting a recommendation, with estimated profits of around $125,000 (including $45,000 in trading gains and $80,000 in Pump.fun call rewards).
These calls were never about helping you make money—they were about finding someone to hold the bag. Unfollow call accounts decisively, and don’t provide liquidity to someone else’s linked wallets with your hard-earned money.
The on-chain analytics firm Bubblemaps investigated four crypto KOLs. This is based on on-chain tracking and profit estimates, not a legal verdict, but one of the KOLs has already publicly admitted to buying in early.
Follow the on-chain trail and the whole scheme is in the details:
1. Public wallet losses to win sympathy: A public wallet lost around $70,000, while linked wallets made around $270,000 in profit—and could be traced back to the token deployer.
2. Linked small wallets buy ahead of the call: They bought an average of about 20 seconds before 61% of the calls were posted, with estimated profits of $130,000.
3. Dump within 3 minutes of posting: They sold through linked wallets about 3 minutes after posting a recommendation, with estimated profits of around $125,000 (including $45,000 in trading gains and $80,000 in Pump.fun call rewards).
These calls were never about helping you make money—they were about finding someone to hold the bag. Unfollow call accounts decisively, and don’t provide liquidity to someone else’s linked wallets with your hard-earned money.
