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Meet the Crypto Promoter Claiming to Launch Caitlyn Jenner’s Solana Meme Coin
Olympic gold medal winner Caitlyn Jenner appears to have launched a Pump.fun token, which sent Crypto Twitter into a meltdown. This is led Decrypt going down the rabbit hole to find the person who claims to have deployed the JENNER token on Pump.fun.
“We love crypto!” Jenner posted on Twitter followed by a Link Pump.fun and a photo with donald trump. The JENNER token arrived quickly Raydium decentralized exchange—a fundamental objective for Bomb.fun tokens – and is currently up 24,838% since its creation.
“I am connected with practically every celebrity,” said Sahil Arora Decryptclaiming that it deployed the JENNER token.
But questions were raised on social media to find out whether you are helping or harming the projects in which you claim to be involved. Pseudonymous Crypto Twitter detectives claim to have found a wallet with funds they say are from alleged pump and dumps, which sold $16,000 worth of JENNER shortly after launch.
This release looked a lot like many celebrity hacks from the past. Many notable figures, such as former U.S. President Barack Obamaco-founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin, and even Twitter owner Elon Musk had their accounts compromised. It usually involves an exploiter using the account to share a dubious link to a meme coin or wallet address and asking followers to part with their money.
Therefore, Crypto Twitter was understandably wary of the JENNER token.
Caitlyn Jenner’s Twitter account ran a campaign to prove that her account had not been hacked, as many believed. First, your manager Sophia Hutchins posted a video on Twitter as the former decathlon athlete said she was playing golf. This was after Jenner posted a video which many believed to be a deepfake. But a second video fell that seemed to silence most of the doubters.
This symbolic debut took place on the same day that the popular GCR crypto trader was hacked, with the attacker shilling two projects before dump. And American rapper Rich the boy posted a Pump.fun link on Twitter before deleting the social media post.
Twitter users immediately drew connections between Rich the Kid’s token and Caitlyn Jenner’s with a wallet being found have bought and sold a significant amount of each token. A Twitter user believes the wallet made a profit of 98 SOL ($16,000) selling Jenner tokens.
Rich The Kid then took to Twitter to point the finger at Sahil Arora.
“This is the guy responsible for these scams,” the New York rapper said in a now-deleted Twitter post. He is the same man whose Instagram Story Jenner posted below her original Pump.fun Twitter post in an effort to convince followers that the launch was not a hack. “$7 million in volume in one hour. Teamwork”, the Instagram Story said.
Arora stated Decrypt through Instagram DMs that he deployed the JENNER token. He sent a screenshot of a contract allegedly signed by him and Caitlyn Jenner, but Decrypt has not yet received any comment or confirmation from Jenner’s team.
Arora said Decrypt by Instagram Direct Messages that he is in contact with several celebrities. “Sometimes I go to them, most of the time they come and I choose,” Arora said. “It’s the only way to make crypto more popular and benefit from the attention economy, it’s the goal they didn’t know they needed.”
He claims to have been involved with projects for other celebrities, including actress Lindsay Lohan and artists Soulja Boy, Tyga, NeYo and Liam Payne. But he did not share any concrete verification. When asked why he does this, he cited influence, money and authority as his reasons.
Arora also said he helped launch the Rich the Kid token, RICH, but has since cut ties with the project. “I abandoned him and fought,” he told Decrypt. Rich the Kid did not immediately respond to Decryptrequest for comment.
Twitter user Purple believes Arora is the common denominator among five apparent celebrity-linked rug pulls last week. They all connect to the same wallet that generated $16,000 profit in JENNER and was also supposedly posted by Caitlyn Jenner’s official Twitter account asking for meme coin donations.
Arora has a newly created Telegram group where he shares token launch plans with porn stars, artists and actors. The group had been promoting a plug for Ivana Knöll, former Miss Croatia, but the social media post promoting the token was deleted. This project is among the alleged bombs and dumps. The model did not immediately respond to Decrypt request for comment.
In response to claims made by Roxo about the Solana wallet belonging to him, Arora simply said that they are “dumb”.
Jenner’s Twitter account has been more active than usual, promoting the project several times an hour. Arora claims that his and Jenner’s fields are collaborating to engage with the crypto community. The account has Pump.fun retweetedresponded to Capital of AutismIt is republished review of Rich the Kid’s token.
“This next one will be HUGE crazy and will make JENNER look small,” Arora posted on Telegram. “Pay attention to the announcements.”
Edited by Stacy Elliott.