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Promoter Track Records

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Public figures whose crypto promotions are documented by on-chain researchers, regulators or courts, ordered by our Record Score, which summarises how much documented public record exists (not a finding of wrongdoing). Every claim below is attributed to its source. UNVERIFIED marks anything we could not independently confirm.

Allegations are not findings. Unless a regulator or court made a finding, the items below are claims made by the cited source. SEC settlements were reached without admitting or denying the findings. Pending lawsuits are allegations only.

  1. 1

    Ethan @0xEthan

    58.4

    Pump.fun caller. Bubblemaps alleges (Oct 9, 2026) that wallets it links to him bought tokens before his 49 callouts and began selling about 3 minutes after, on average, for an estimated ~$125k in profit. crypto.news (Oct 11, 2026) notes that the wallet links have not been independently verified and that there is no enforcement action. WALLET LINKS UNVERIFIED

    Our data: 16 of his called tokens (sampled from the 23 contract addresses Bubblemaps published) fell 89.3% on average from their peak to their low within 7 days (range 83.7–98.2%). Source: GeckoTerminal hourly prices. This is a sample, not all 49 calls.

  2. 2

    Sahil Arora (@Habibi_Comm, suspended)

    58.2

    Bubblemaps alleged (Aug 2024) that he launched celebrity-themed tokens, held 25–40% of their supply, and sold as the celebrities' promotional tweets went live. ZachXBT disputed Bubblemaps' $30M estimate: he identified the main wallet Bubblemaps used as an exchange (Poloniex) wallet and put the figure at about $2–3M. Several celebrities publicly accused him; he denied at least one claim (The Block, June 4, 2024). JENNER went from about a $43M peak market cap to about $5M (≈−88%), per The Block.

  3. 3

    Kim Kardashian @KimKardashian

    46.8

    SEC order (2022): the SEC found she did not disclose a $250,000 payment from EthereumMax for a June 2021 Instagram post about EMAX. She settled for $1.26M without admitting or denying. EMAX fell 32% in the 24 hours after the post, per Decrypt.

  4. 4

    Jake Paul @jakepaul

    45.9

    SEC order (2023): the SEC found he did not disclose ~$25,019 in crypto paid for a Feb 12, 2021 tweet promoting TRX. Settled without admitting or denying. Our data: TRX fell 26.3% from its peak to its low in the 7 days from Feb 11, 2021 (Binance hourly prices), in line with the broader market at the time.

  5. 5

    Lindsay Lohan @lindsaylohan

    45.9

    SEC order (2023): the SEC found she did not disclose a $10,000 payment for a Feb 11, 2021 tweet promoting TRX. Settled without admitting or denying. TRX drop: same 26.3% as above.

  6. 6

    Kendra Lust, Lil Yachty, Ne-Yo, Akon

    42

    Charged in the same SEC TRX/BTT case (2023) with not disclosing payment for their promotions. All four settled without admitting or denying. We have no price data for their individual promotions. NE-YO HANDLE UNVERIFIED

  7. 7

    Alex Larson Schultz

    30.5

    Named defendant in the pending $HAWK class action (E.D.N.Y.). The court has not ruled on the claims. Plaintiffs' counsel says $HAWK reached a ~$491M market cap and fell more than 90% within hours. HANDLE UNVERIFIED

  8. 8

    Haliey Welch

    30.5

    Named as a defendant in the amended complaint in the same pending $HAWK case; she was not named in the original complaint. The court has not ruled on the claims. In Dec 2024 she said she was cooperating with plaintiffs' counsel (NBC News). HANDLE UNVERIFIED

  9. 9

    Ian Balina

    12

    In 2024 a court granted the SEC partial summary judgment on an unregistered-offering claim over SPRK tokens (SEC). The SEC later dismissed the case with prejudice (2025), stating the dismissal was not based on the merits. The SEC's claim that he did not disclose payment for promoting SPRK was never decided. HANDLE UNVERIFIED

  10. 10

    Soulja Boy @souljaboy

    12

    Charged in the 2023 SEC TRX/BTT case. The SEC voluntarily dismissed its claim against him in March 2026. No finding was made.

How the Record Score works (0–100, higher = more documented public record)
  • On-chain evidence (35): a credible on-chain analyst (e.g. Bubblemaps, ZachXBT) publicly links the promoter's wallets to buying before and selling around their own promotions.
  • Regulator or court (25): 25 for a regulator or court finding, or a settled order; 15 for being a named defendant in a pending case; 10 if charged and later dismissed with no ruling on the merits.
  • Undisclosed paid promotion (15): scored only when a regulator found or recorded that a payment was not disclosed.
  • Drawdown (15): the average fall from peak to low within 7 days of the promotion × 0.15. We use our own price data where available; otherwise the figure reported by the cited source.
  • Scale (10): documented promoted tokens: 1 → 2, 2–9 → 5, 10+ → 10.

A score summarises the public record. It is not a finding of wrongdoing, and a price drop does not show that a promotion caused it.

Disclaimer. This section reports allegations made by third parties, attributed to them, together with regulatory and court records. Unless a regulator or court has made a finding, no wrongdoing is established. Settlements noted here were reached without admitting or denying the findings. Data may be incomplete or out of date. Right of reply: anyone listed can request a correction or add a response via or @rugradar0; we will publish responses alongside the entry.