Kimchi: yet another Pump.fun racket?

The world’s biggest trader, by push notification

The screenshot published by Fto on October 21 has a simple message: Kimchi has joined Pumpfun; follow the biggest trader in the world. The app’s green icon sits beside the influencer’s face. This is no longer just a fan celebrating his success: the reproduced notification gives him a platform’s apparent endorsement. [1]

A token built around that promise carries a name made for social media: Aura Final Boss. Its banner stacks cars, watches, villas and portraits of Kimchi. The persona is already the product. Then come wallet addresses, transaction screenshots and a less photogenic question: who is selling to the people attracted by that aura? [11]

This is the central criticism directed at Pump.fun: turning a disputed reputation into a source of financial attention. The posts examined allege manipulation; they do not, by themselves, establish fraud organised by the platform. That distinction does not erase the reported promotion or the questions it raises.

Before the coin, a fortune becomes a persona

The October 7 profile on BitcoinFoundation.org associates the alias with Clayton Kim and recalls an appearance in an Orangie video before TRUMP launched. It describes a young memecoin trader whose public image later became dominated by an alleged $40 million TRUMP win. The same article notes the absence of a complete record verifying that amount. [2]

On the profile consulted on October 23, Kimchi links to Pioneer and to Instagram as claytonkimm. Recent posts give images far more space than explanations: the October 21 post simply announces a vlog. The token banner takes that approach into a luxury collage. A trading reputation becomes an aesthetic that people can buy as a token. None of this proves ownership of the cars or watches shown, or that TRUMP paid for them. [10] [11]

Warnings that predate the decline

On July 27, Specter had already published an investigation into an address he said Kimchi had shared publicly. He described purchases very close to the launches of STAR, DADDY ANSEM and MUVA, followed by highly profitable sales. For STAR, he reported a roughly $407 purchase within the deployment minute and a $45,600 exit. Transaction signatures accompanied the claims. [3]

Specter interpreted the trades as evidence of bundling and rug pulls. On August 22, MLM repeated the accusation and supplied two addresses, including Ex7TL…noMS3, which would reappear in October’s investigation. There was therefore a public record of criticism before Aura Final Boss surged. [3] [4]

Two timelines that must stay separate

Zeropnl’s October 21 post criticises a launch named 40M Runner. In his reconstruction, deployment follows Pump.fun’s visual rebranding by thirteen seconds and precedes Kimchi’s bio change. He interprets this as advance knowledge and reports more than a million dollars earned by top traders. Those are his timeline and interpretation. [5]

Fto focuses on Kimchi, reproducing a wallet map and a position of 750 million tokens. He alleges that an address holding 75% of supply connects to selling wallets while Pump.fun promotes the influencer. That juxtaposition fuels suspicions that public demand benefits insiders. The screenshots alone cannot attribute every address to one person or show Pump.fun directing the sales. [1]

What CryptoGag connects—and what those links cannot establish

In the first post, CryptoGag explicitly identifies this contract and deployer EFSr396A6Jh7bNCSujGRLMkyXspbWitEvjNVatGD56oF. He describes a route through 2UXgY…Bo4h and then EMJRBL…fzRN, an address he also associates with BAKSO’s launch. He reports 170 transactions with a wallet said to be connected to Staticcs. This is his tracing work. [6]

The second part connects the deployer’s network to addresses attributed to Kimchi, including AsaWoy…PMxq and Ex7TL…noMS3, and to an address described as Coinbase-associated. CryptoGag concludes that Kimchi appears to have arranged his own launch. But using the same exchange service does not establish common ownership: personal accounts must be distinguished from shared infrastructure. His first post itself notes that transfers alone cannot establish fraud. [6] [7]

These posts offer concrete leads rather than indignation alone. They justify seeking explanations about connections between the deployer, the influencer and his circle. They do not prove that Pump.fun controls this network.

Bubblemaps brings the forty-million story back to evidence

On October 22, Bubblemaps said it had identified additional addresses by starting from Kimchi’s donation wallet and an older token bearing his name. Its estimate of TRUMP profits within the identified network is $6 million. The thread acknowledges that another profitable address could exist. That challenges the routinely repeated $40 million figure without establishing an exhaustive account of his wealth. [8] [12] [13]

This investigation concerns the TRUMP legend.

On October 23, CryptoGag also disputed the hacking hypothesis, referring back to his wallet connections. His post contains no technical analysis of an account compromise. We did not find a detailed response to these points in the Kimchi profile posts consulted. That limited observation neither confirms a hack nor establishes that no response exists anywhere. [9] [10]

Below ten million, the public pays for the dream

In the latest observation supplied to the editorial team on October 23, the token has fallen below $10 million in market capitalisation, against a reported $47.57 million ATH. The decline from that high therefore exceeds 79%.

A reputation for winning, promotion attributed to Pump.fun and wallet connections presented by investigators: together, these underpin allegations of manipulation involving Kimchi and the platform. Fto alleges selling during the promotion; CryptoGag argues that the influencer arranged his own launch. These allegations make the story more than a memecoin’s price collapse. [1] [6] [7]

The contrast is stark: the promotion promised access to the world’s biggest trader; buyers now hold a token worth less than one fifth of its peak market capitalisation. Pump.fun and Kimchi should answer questions about the promotion, financial connections and who benefited. Aura is no substitute for accounts.

Sources

Sources consulted on 23 October 2026. Figures reflect the cited snapshots and are not updated live.

1. Fto — promotion Pump.fun, concentration et ventes alléguées
2. BitcoinFoundation.org — portrait de Kimchi, 7 octobre 2026
3. Specter — enquête sur les transactions anciennes, 27 juillet 2026
4. MLM — accusations et adresses publiées, 22 août 2026
5. zeropnl — chronologie de 40M Runner et accusations, 21 octobre
6. 4cryptoGag — enquête sur le déployeur, partie 1
7. 4cryptoGag — réseau de financement, partie 2
8. Bubblemaps — enquête TRUMP et limites du périmètre, 22 octobre
9. 4cryptoGag — contestation de l’hypothèse du piratage, 23 octobre
10. Kimchi — profil public et publications consultés le 23 octobre
11. DEX Screener — Aura Final Boss, contrat exact et visuels
12. Bubblemaps — portefeuille retrouvé et estimation de 6 M$
13. Bubblemaps — possibilité d’autres portefeuilles