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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"72b3fad2-e9f2-43f0-bffa-1cead0b1edd9","kind":"publish","page_slug":"smoking","published_at":"2026-06-16T12:22:24.403Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Smoking","sections":[{"content":"Smoking Chicken Fish (ticker: SCF) is a meme coin launched on the Pump.fun platform on the Solana blockchain in approximately mid-August 2024. The project centered on an absurdist religious theme worshipping a fictional deity called 'Lord Fishnu,' depicted as a chicken-fish hybrid smoking cigarettes. Its de facto leader, known publicly as 'Pastor Kelby,' hosted daily Twitter Spaces sermons sharing passages from self-help books such as 'Think and Grow Rich,' marketing the community as 'like a meme book club.' The community adopted a set of humorous principles called 'chickenmandments.' The Solana contract address for the primary token is GiG7Hr61RVm4CSUxJmgiCoySFQtdiwxtqf64MsRppump. There is also a separate, earlier-identified SCF token on Ethereum/BNB Chain under a different contract. No formal whitepaper or technical roadmap has been identified for the Solana meme token.","heading":"Project Overview","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Forget Bitcoin Cults, This Meme Coin Is Literally a Religion - Decrypt","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/247004/solana-meme-coin-project-build-church-texas-religon"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Smoking Chicken Fish on Solscan (Solana Explorer)","type":"on_chain","url":"https://solscan.io/token/GiG7Hr61RVm4CSUxJmgiCoySFQtdiwxtqf64MsRppump"}]},{"content":"Smoking Chicken Fish launched in mid-August 2024 via Pump.fun with an initial market capitalization of approximately $700,000. Within fewer than two weeks of launch, the token reached a reported peak market cap of approximately $130 million, a rapid appreciation driven by viral social media attention and the novelty of the church-building narrative. The all-time high price was recorded on approximately October 14, 2024 at $0.1464 per token. Following the leadership scandal of September 2024 and subsequent loss of community trust, the token entered a sustained decline. By December 2025 it recorded an all-time low of approximately $0.000654. As of mid-2026, the token trades at fractions of a cent, representing a decline of approximately 99.6% from its all-time high. The 2025 calendar year alone saw a price decrease of approximately 95.69%. Current market capitalization is estimated below $500,000.","heading":"Market Performance and Price History","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Smoking Chicken Fish Price: SCF Live Price Chart, Market Cap & News Today - CoinGecko","type":"other","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/smoking-chicken-fish"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Smoking Chicken Fish price today, SCF to USD - CoinMarketCap","type":"other","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/smoking-chicken-fish/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"SCF Price and Chart - DEX Screener (Raydium Pool)","type":"on_chain","url":"https://dexscreener.com/solana/6uspebbn94duylui4a2wo3azdcyozon1plgyu27jzpkx"}]},{"content":"In late August 2024, while the token's market cap was near its peak, Pastor Kelby announced that he had officially registered the Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish as a nonprofit organization in Texas. The stated plan was to construct a physical place of worship in Marfa, Texas. Community members described as 'whales' (large token holders) had allegedly donated over $130,000 toward property acquisition. The project described itself as an educational and motivational community platform. No independent verification of the nonprofit registration filing, the property purchase, or the disposition of the $130,000 in donations has been found in available sources. These donation flows are directly relevant to the fraud allegations subsequently leveled at Pastor Kelby, who is alleged to have directed church donations into his personal wallet.","heading":"Nonprofit Registration and Church Plans","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Meme Coin Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish Goes Nonprofit, Plans Real Church - CoinMarketCap Academy","type":"news_article","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/solana-meme-coin-church-of-the-smoking-chicken-fish-goes-nonprofit-plans-real-church"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Meme Coin Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish Goes Nonprofit, Plans Real Church - Yahoo Finance","type":"news_article","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/solana-meme-coin-church-smoking-063331927.html"}]},{"content":"In September 2024, a crisis emerged when community members and the core team alleged that Pastor Kelby had engaged in a series of deceptive acts. Specific allegations, as reported by Decrypt and other outlets, included: (1) accepting undisclosed payments from derivative projects, including a token called BigTittyChicken (ticker: BTC), without notifying the rest of the team; (2) soliciting 'church donations' directly into his personal crypto wallet rather than a community or nonprofit treasury; (3) receiving a pre-announcement allocation of 10 million BigTittyChicken tokens and dumping the entire allocation within four hours of promoting that project to SCF followers on Twitter Spaces, causing BigTittyChicken to lose most of its value; and (4) alleged involvement in multiple prior rug pull schemes. After the community confronted Kelby, he allegedly demanded $100,000 in exchange for control of the project's primary Twitter account, which the team described as holding the account hostage. Kelby subsequently launched a new token he described as 'the new testament,' which reached a $2.6 million market cap within one hour before crashing approximately 97%. His original Twitter account temporarily disappeared before reappearing with an altered bio. A community member reportedly filed a complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, though no SEC enforcement action or formal investigation has been confirmed through publicly available records. All allegations against Pastor Kelby remain unverified through law enforcement or court filings as of the date of this investigation.","heading":"Leadership Scandal and Fraud Allegations","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Meme Coin Church Turns on Pastor After Scam Allegations Surface - Decrypt","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/249915/solana-meme-coin-church-turns-on-pastor-after-scam-allegations-surface"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana-Based Memecoin Religion In Turmoil Amid Rug Pull Accusations - DailyCoin","type":"news_article","url":"https://dailycoin.com/solana-based-memecoin-reglion-implodes-amid-rug-pull-accusations/"}]},{"content":"Following the ouster of Pastor Kelby, community members Benji.wif and Max Newton assumed leadership of the project. The team reported retaking control of the project's website and Telegram channel. A community Discord group was formed to investigate Kelby's on-chain activities. The new leadership stated an intent to pursue greater decentralization going forward. There is no publicly available reporting confirming the project successfully resumed operations, completed the church property purchase, or recovered its market capitalization. As of mid-2026, trading activity remains minimal based on available DEX data.","heading":"Community Response and Post-Crisis Leadership","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Meme Coin Church Turns on Pastor After Scam Allegations Surface - Decrypt","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/249915/solana-meme-coin-church-turns-on-pastor-after-scam-allegations-surface"}]},{"content":"The SCF token was launched via Pump.fun, a permissionless Solana token launchpad. Pump.fun, by design, allows any user to create a token in minutes with no vetting, code audit, or identity verification. As of the date of this investigation, no independent smart contract audit of the SCF token contract has been identified. The token's rapid rise to a $130 million market cap within two weeks of launch, followed by a 99.6% decline, is consistent with patterns observed in speculative meme coin projects and, in some cases, coordinated pump-and-dump operations. The identity of Pastor Kelby and other team members remains pseudonymous, limiting accountability. No OFAC sanctions designations, FinCEN advisories, or known on-chain analytics flags (e.g., from Chainalysis or Elliptic) specific to this token have been identified in publicly available sources.","heading":"On-Chain Risk Indicators","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"Transaction History - Smoking Chicken Fish Token on Solana Explorer","type":"on_chain","url":"https://explorer.solana.com/address/GiG7Hr61RVm4CSUxJmgiCoySFQtdiwxtqf64MsRppump"},{"credibility":2,"name":"SCF DEX Screener - Meteora Pool","type":"on_chain","url":"https://dexscreener.com/solana/9wkyhb5393wu84wdyrmptydj9xkgsywrcehddtggdwxz"},{"credibility":2,"name":"What Is Pump.fun? The Solana Meme Coin Factory - Decrypt","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-pump-fun-the-solana-meme-coin-factory"}]},{"content":"The search query 'Smoking' as a standalone crypto entity returned no results for a project using that exact name. The closest and most substantive match is 'Smoking Chicken Fish' (SCF), a Solana meme coin with documented controversy and media coverage. Other minor tokens with smoking-related themes identified in public listings include Smoking Duck (DUCK), Smoking Giraffe (GRAF), Girls Smoking Cigs (GSC), and Cigarette (CIG); none of these have significant market activity or documented controversy as of this investigation. If the intended query was a different entity specifically named 'Smoking,' no verifiable crypto-specific records were identified.","heading":"Search Scope Note","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Smoking Duck price today - CoinMarketCap","type":"other","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/smoking-duck/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Smoking Giraffe Price - CoinGecko","type":"other","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/smoking-giraffe"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Forget Bitcoin Cults, This Meme Coin Is Literally a Religion - Decrypt","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/247004/solana-meme-coin-project-build-church-texas-religon"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Meme Coin Church Turns on Pastor After Scam Allegations Surface - Decrypt","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/249915/solana-meme-coin-church-turns-on-pastor-after-scam-allegations-surface"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana-Based Memecoin Religion In Turmoil Amid Rug Pull Accusations - DailyCoin","type":"news_article","url":"https://dailycoin.com/solana-based-memecoin-reglion-implodes-amid-rug-pull-accusations/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Meme Coin Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish Goes Nonprofit, Plans Real Church - CoinMarketCap Academy","type":"news_article","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/solana-meme-coin-church-of-the-smoking-chicken-fish-goes-nonprofit-plans-real-church"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Solana Meme Coin Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish Goes Nonprofit - Yahoo Finance","type":"news_article","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/solana-meme-coin-church-smoking-063331927.html"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Smoking Chicken Fish price today, SCF to USD - CoinMarketCap","type":"other","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/smoking-chicken-fish/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Smoking Chicken Fish Price: SCF Live Price Chart, Market Cap & News Today - CoinGecko","type":"other","url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/smoking-chicken-fish"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Smoking Chicken Fish on Solscan (Solana Token Explorer)","type":"on_chain","url":"https://solscan.io/token/GiG7Hr61RVm4CSUxJmgiCoySFQtdiwxtqf64MsRppump"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Transaction History - Smoking Chicken Fish on Solana Explorer","type":"on_chain","url":"https://explorer.solana.com/address/GiG7Hr61RVm4CSUxJmgiCoySFQtdiwxtqf64MsRppump"},{"credibility":2,"name":"SCF DEX Screener - Raydium Pool","type":"on_chain","url":"https://dexscreener.com/solana/6uspebbn94duylui4a2wo3azdcyozon1plgyu27jzpkx"},{"credibility":2,"name":"SCF DEX Screener - Meteora Pool","type":"on_chain","url":"https://dexscreener.com/solana/9wkyhb5393wu84wdyrmptydj9xkgsywrcehddtggdwxz"},{"credibility":3,"name":"Smoking Chicken Fish (SCF) Price Prediction - 3Commas","type":"other","url":"https://3commas.io/predictions/smoking-chicken-fish"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Smoking Chicken Fish: The Token Religion Aiming To Build A Physical Church - IBTimes","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.ibtimes.com/smoking-chicken-fish-token-religion-aiming-build-physical-church-3741555"}],"summary":"Smoking Chicken Fish (SCF) is a Solana-based meme coin launched on Pump.fun in mid-August 2024 that rapidly reached a $130 million market cap within two weeks of launch and incorporated an unusual real-world dimension as a registered nonprofit planning to build a physical church in Marfa, Texas. The project imploded in September 2024 when its de facto leader, known as 'Pastor Kelby,' was ousted by the community following allegations that he accepted undisclosed payments from derivative token projects, solicited donations directly into his personal wallet, and had a history of alleged rug pulls. The token has since declined approximately 99.6% from its all-time high, trading at fractions of a cent as of mid-2026.","timeline":[{"date":"2024-08-16","event":"Smoking Chicken Fish (SCF) token launched on Pump.fun on the Solana blockchain with an initial market cap of approximately $700,000.","source":"Decrypt","source_url":"https://decrypt.co/247004/solana-meme-coin-project-build-church-texas-religon"},{"date":"2024-08-30","event":"SCF reaches a reported market cap of $130 million within approximately two weeks of launch. Decrypt publishes a profile of the project and its plans to build a church in Marfa, Texas.","source":"Decrypt","source_url":"https://decrypt.co/247004/solana-meme-coin-project-build-church-texas-religon"},{"date":"2024-08-30","event":"Pastor Kelby announces that the Church of the Smoking Chicken Fish has been officially registered as a nonprofit organization. Community whale donations of over $130,000 are reported toward property acquisition in Marfa, Texas.","source":"CoinMarketCap Academy","source_url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/solana-meme-coin-church-of-the-smoking-chicken-fish-goes-nonprofit-plans-real-church"},{"date":"2024-09-01","event":"Controversy erupts when community members allege Pastor Kelby accepted undisclosed payments from derivative token project BigTittyChicken (BTC), received pre-announcement token allocations, and dumped them within four hours, and directed church donation funds to his personal wallet.","source":"Decrypt","source_url":"https://decrypt.co/249915/solana-meme-coin-church-turns-on-pastor-after-scam-allegations-surface"},{"date":"2024-09-01","event":"After community confrontation, Pastor Kelby allegedly demands $100,000 to relinquish control of the project's primary Twitter account. His account temporarily disappears before returning with an altered bio.","source":"Decrypt","source_url":"https://decrypt.co/249915/solana-meme-coin-church-turns-on-pastor-after-scam-allegations-surface"},{"date":"2024-09-01","event":"Kelby launches a new token described as 'the new testament.' It reaches a $2.6 million market cap within one hour before dropping approximately 97%.","source":"Decrypt","source_url":"https://decrypt.co/249915/solana-meme-coin-church-turns-on-pastor-after-scam-allegations-surface"},{"date":"2024-09-02","event":"Community members Benji.wif and Max Newton assume leadership of SCF. The team retakes control of the project website and Telegram. A community member allegedly files an SEC complaint, though no formal action has been confirmed.","source":"Decrypt","source_url":"https://decrypt.co/249915/solana-meme-coin-church-turns-on-pastor-after-scam-allegations-surface"},{"date":"2024-10-14","event":"SCF token records its all-time high price of approximately $0.1464 per token according to market data aggregators.","source":"CoinGecko","source_url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/smoking-chicken-fish"},{"date":"2025-12-19","event":"SCF token records its all-time low price of approximately $0.000654, representing a decline of over 99.5% from its peak.","source":"CoinGecko / 3Commas","source_url":"https://3commas.io/predictions/smoking-chicken-fish"}]},"v":1}