Crypto trader Ansem has denied working with Sahil Arora after the celebrity memecoin promoter alleged he paid him approximately $100,000 to promote MOTHER and shared purported conversations and wallet transfers linked to other launches.
Summary
- Sahil alleges Ansem received payments to promote tokens associated with Iggy Azalea, Caitlyn Jenner and Jason Derulo.
- Ansem denies working with Sahil and disputes the authenticity of messages attributed to him.
- Separate posts describe alleged SOL transfers around celebrity token launches in May and June 2024.
- Sahil has resurfaced historical interactions while promising to release further conversations and transaction records.
Sahil’s posts on Nov. 6 and 7 accused Ansem of accepting payments while publicly engaging with celebrity-linked tokens during the 2024 memecoin boom. Ansem rejected the alleged relationship and challenged a conversation that Sahil presented as evidence.
The exchanges center on promotional activity surrounding MOTHER, JENNER and JASON, bringing renewed attention to how celebrity token launches were marketed to traders.
Ansem rejects Sahil’s partnership and chat claims
Responding to the allegations, Ansem said he had never worked with Sahil and accused him of falsely claiming a partnership both previously and in the current dispute.
“no i have never done anything with sahil,” he wrote.
Ansem challenged the writing style in an alleged private conversation, pointing to capitalization and a message about running errands around 1:20 a.m. He maintained that the wording did not resemble how he texts.
Sahil answered by resurfacing an August 2024 Ansem post that contained an apparent private exchange about a proposed token involving rapper 6ix9ine. The messages discussed a warning that the launch could be a scam and an offer to help people avoid it.
In his response, Sahil questioned why Ansem was disputing their relationship when the historical post showed an apparent conversation between them.
Other screenshots he circulated showed Ansem commenting on celebrity-related posts in May 2024. Sahil alleged that the trader initially criticized his launches before accepting payments to amplify them.
Sahil alleges payments around MOTHER and JASON
The most direct payment allegation came in a Nov. 6 post, where Sahil claimed he had paid Ansem approximately $100,000 to promote MOTHER.
A subsequent post displayed a blockchain-explorer screenshot showing a transfer of 129.5 SOL dated May 28, 2024, at 00:28:42 UTC. Sahil described the transfer as preceding Azalea’s MOTHER launch and alleged that similar payments accompanied other celebrity announcements.
He said he was collecting conversations, transactions, and historical posts to support his account. His posts did not reconcile the displayed transfer with the separate $100,000 allegation.
In another disclosure, Sahil described a wallet he attributed to Ansem as receiving 504.5 SOL through two exchange withdrawals on June 25, 2024, two days after JASON launched.
According to his account, the receiving wallet forwarded 377.43 SOL to an address he identified as Ansem’s main wallet that day. He valued the incoming funds at roughly $69,000 and the onward transfer at $52,300.
The same post alleged an earlier receipt of 99.06 SOL, valued at approximately $16,400, from the same exchange hot wallet on May 31, 2024. Sahil interpreted the repeated withdrawals as evidence of a common recipient behind the addresses.
Celebrity launches had already drawn public disputes
The tokens named in the allegations were part of a wave of celebrity-linked Solana projects in 2024, several of which generated public disputes over promotion, ownership and trading.
As crypto.news previously reported, Derulo’s JASON token fell over 72% within minutes of its June 23, 2024, announcement. The singer blamed Sahil for misleading him and said he had purchased $20,000 worth of tokens while promising continued support.
Azalea’s MOTHER was separate from IGGY, another token associated with her name that Sahil promoted. She distanced herself from IGGY.
By June 2024, Azalea was discussing MOTHER payment plans for phones and mobile subscriptions through Unreal Mobile, with Sphere Labs supporting the proposed cryptocurrency payment integration.
Earlier, in May 2024, the WeCare Foundation offered legal support to people affected by alleged schemes involving Sahil. Its chief executive, Saad Kassis Mohamed, said the organization planned to review investment records and communication histories when assessing requests for assistance.
Bubblemaps raises separate social-trading concerns
During the exchanges, blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps published a separate thread alleging that some social traders attract followers through public wallets while using undisclosed wallets to sell.
The firm criticized promotional rewards, affiliate payments and launchpad leaderboards, arguing that trading-volume incentives encourage abusive behavior. It called for audits of leading traders, identification of side wallets and bans for repeat offenders.
Bubblemaps said it planned to expose a major influencer but did not name that person in the thread. Sahil replied with Ansem’s name.
