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ZachXBT Crypto Influencer Paid-Promotion Leak (200+ Influencers, September 2025)

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Summary

In early September 2025, on-chain investigator ZachXBT published a leaked rate sheet listing more than 200 crypto influencer accounts offered paid promotional deals, with Solana wallet addresses attached to each entry and per-post pricing ranging from $50 to $60,000. Of roughly 160 accounts that accepted payment, fewer than five disclosed their posts as advertising, representing a compliance rate below 3% against FTC and ASA disclosure standards. The incident exposed a systemic pattern of undisclosed paid promotion across crypto social media and has been cited in connection with influencer-driven promotional chains that preceded token collapses.

Connected Entities

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Timeline(4 events)

25 August 2025

The CR7 token launched on Solana, falsely implying association with Cristiano Ronaldo. It reached a market cap of approximately $143 million before collapsing approximately 98% within roughly 15 minutes. Several influencers allegedly promoted the token and subsequently deleted posts.

Decrypt

1 September 2025

ZachXBT published on X a leaked spreadsheet listing 200+ crypto influencer accounts offered paid promotional deals, with per-post pricing ($50–$60,000) and Solana wallet addresses attached. He stated that fewer than 5 of roughly 160 accounts that accepted deals disclosed the posts as advertisements.

The Block

2 September 2025

Multiple crypto news outlets including Bitcoinist, CoinCentral, AMBCrypto, Cryptopolitan, and Blocmates published coverage of the ZachXBT leak, naming specific accounts and pricing tiers.

Bitcoinist

12 September 2025

Disruption Banking published additional analysis of the leak, framing it within the broader KOL promotional ecosystem in crypto.

Disruption Banking
Provenance & Audit Trail

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 event). 11 of 14 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

model: claude-sonnet-4-6

generated: 9/16/2026, 11:23:42 PM

last updated: 9/17/2026, 2:37:47 AM

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