@kingquantavio wrote that he is not profitable on memecoins and would rather put money in an X Money account that he said pays 'gaurrenteed 6% apy every month' — an unverified claim by that account, not a stated product rate.
[1]← Week of Sep 28Sep 28 – Oct 4 UTC Every claim links to the posts behind it01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 6 posts on X 1 week
Microtrend / Rank 01 / Week of Sep 28 – Oct 4 / Back after a break
Solana's $PAID pauses its automatic X Money payout route — and the week's 'X Money' memecoin narrative fades with it
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Peak dayTueSep 29 · busiest day in the panel
Rest of X / peak day—not measured outside the panel
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What happened
@kingquantavio wrote that he is not profitable on memecoins and would rather put money in an X Money account that he said pays 'gaurrenteed 6% apy every month' — an unverified claim by that account, not a stated product rate. @pudgy_xd thanked @TigerCillion for sending 'a 4.2 USD via X money' and called it 'such a cool feature', quote-tweeting @TigerCillion's message about giving a free 𝕏 money tip for making his top-5 mutual list.
+ 8 more in the evidence register ↓Why it matters
Every token that borrowed X Money this week leaned on the same hook — that fees could be routed or paid out through the rail — so when @isebelanick reported the automatic route pausing and @tranthanh261988 said X Money had 'pulled the plug', the memecoin narrative had nothing left to point at. The accounts still positive about X Money were praising the product itself (@pudgy_xd's $4.2 tip, @iwantlambo calling it better than plasma or other neobanks), while @aaakasei capped how far the tip use-case travels by noting X Money is only in the US while Telegram runs worldwide. That split — product coverage versus token coverage — is the one to keep straight.
Observed reaction
Mocking and skeptical on the token side: @tranthanh261988 frames $PAID top-buyers as having 'paid tuition' and @0xstephen_ does the math on the ~$40-per-account airdrop and rejects it, while @isebelanick stays in neutral explainer voice. Mildly bullish on X Money itself: @pudgy_xd calls the tip 'such a cool feature', @iwantlambo rates it above neobanks, @theraintjeets says there is 'lots of x money to be made'. Net: split — pro-product, anti-narrative, with confidence clearly fading by week end.
Spread
Where it started and who carried it
- First seen
- Sep 28, 00:28 UTC by @kingquantavio
- Accounts
- 10 tracked · 5 elsewhere on X
- Communities
- memecoins solana (4), nft culture (3), ai crypto (1), general ct (1)
- Key accounts
- @beffjezos, @3i, @nowmedia, @mellometrics, @starplatinum_
Explainability
Evidence register
@pudgy_xd thanked @TigerCillion for sending 'a 4.2 USD via X money' and called it 'such a cool feature', quote-tweeting @TigerCillion's message about giving a free 𝕏 money tip for making his top-5 mutual list.
[1]@isebelanick reported that UsePaid's $PAID launched through PUMP on Solana, that its automatic X Money route is paused, that new qualifying fees can instead be claimed through the website usually as SOL, and that UsePaid says the structure directs 80% toward recipients and 20% toward buying and burning $PAID.
[1]@tranthanh261988 said X Money 'pulled the plug' on the narrative and that people who bought the top of $PAID this round effectively paid an expensive tuition.
[1]@isebelanick wrote that Solana PUMP memecoin $CALI trades via a SOL pair on PumpSwap, describes its launch as fair with 0% buy and sell tax, and has floated a fee-routing narrative involving Maye Musk and X Money that should remain a concept unless onchain payments and their recipient can be independently verified.
[1]@0xstephen_ called an X Money-themed airdrop implausible, estimating roughly $40 per account and around $20M for 500k signups, and said it looks like a dev who saw people struggling with X money/withdrawals and built a site around that narrative for 'some anonymous team with zero visible funding + a 5day old domaine project'.
[1]@brita_lisa discussed Revenue's $revenue announcement and its proposed X Money route as an onboarding path that starts from a familiar payment instead of networks and addresses.
[1]@aaakasei noted that X Money is only available in the US while Telegram runs worldwide, scoring it 'tg 1, X 0'.
[1]@iwantlambo said X Money makes plasma and other neo banks unnecessary, calling it 'infinitely better, more integrated, and safer'.
[1]@jehoseph posted about whether someone would profit by sending another user $8 via X Money, and @theraintjeets wrote 'Lots of x money to be made' about not using it anymore.
[1][2]Angles
- 'What changed' card on $PAID specifically: automatic X Money claims paused, fees now claimed on the website usually in SOL, with the project's own stated 80% recipients / 20% buy-and-burn split as the number to quote.
- Narrative audit format: line up the three X Money claims projects made this week — $CALI's Maye Musk fee-routing story, $PAID's paused route, the unnamed ~$40 airdrop — and mark each as unverified or unconfirmed, with the source post linked.
- Product-not-token coverage: use the $4.2 X Money tip from @TigerCillion to @pudgy_xd as the demo, and @aaakasei's US-only caveat as the honest limit.
Formats in use
- Screenshot + quote-tweet of a tip notification (@pudgy_xd quoting @TigerCillion's 'free 𝕏 money tip' message)
- Short one-line dunk posts (@tranthanh261988, @aaakasei's 'tg 1 / X 0', @jehoseph's quoted question)
- Project explainer posts with numbers (@isebelanick's $CALI and $PAID breakdowns)
- Skeptical math breakdown (@0xstephen_'s $40-per-user / 500k-signup estimate)
- Non-English one-liners (Vietnamese commentary from @tranthanh261988)
Risks
- $CALI's Maye Musk / X Money fee-routing story is explicitly unverified — label it every time, never restate it as fact.
- @kingquantavio's '6% apy every month' on X Money is a joke-unverified claim by the account, not a rate: do not repeat it as a number or imply any yield.
- @0xstephen_'s ~$40 per account and ~$20M figure is one account's estimate about an unnamed project with no confirmation — attribute, don't assert.
- @isebelanick's $CALI and $PAID posts are structured project explainers that read like promotional copy — treat as possible paid or coordinated promotion and avoid amplifying token buys.
- The week's highest-reach post under the phrase is @beffjezos's Kardashev Research recap (83,820 views), which has nothing to do with X Money — a keyword false positive; keep it out of the card.
- No market block was supplied for this story, so no price or volume claim can be checked or corrected — make none.
Observed content
Most-engaged posts
CALI gives Solana a different flavor of animal coin: $CALI uses the real story of a shelter puppy, trades through a SOL pair on PumpSwap and reaches $SOL users after originating on PUMP. The meme works because its emotional core is uncomplicated. Rescue dog. Wholesome photos. AOpen on X →
I actually really suck at trading I'm not profitable at all on these memcoins why do I keep giving my money away people? Instead of putting it on pump iand losing it all. I'm going to put in my X money account where I get gaurrenteed 6% apy every monthOpen on X →
Thank you @TigerCillion for sending me a 4.2 USD via X money!! Such a cool feature haha. Had no idea X money could do this. https://t.co/OYzVVYmd5HOpen on X →
Revenue’s $revenue announcement made me think about how weird crypto onboarding still is. Someone wants to turn a dollar balance into coins, and suddenly they’re choosing networks, checking addresses and learning which version of an asset they need. Revenue’s proposed X Money rouOpen on X →
Each account is getting around $40 on average. CT has well over a million active users. Even if only 500k people sign up, that’s around a $20M “airdrop.” You really think some anonymous team with zero visible funding + a 5day old domaine project is casually giving away $20M?Open on X →
Đang vẽ ra viễn cảnh tiền chảy cuồn cuộn vào X để x10 x100, ai ngờ X Money nó Rút Phích một cái là Narrative biến thành... tiền chảy thẳng ra chuồng gà. Anh em đu đỉnh $PAID đợt này chắc đúng nghĩa là trả phí đi học quá chátOpen on X →
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