Pump.fun's paid Kimchi partnership and the $KIMCHI token draw supply-dump accusations as tracked accounts peak midweek
The week's activity clustered on 2026-10-21 (23 tracked accounts posting), peaked on 2026-10-22 (though the peak tracked day is given as 2026-10-22 with 10 tracked accounts), and involved 41 tracked accounts plus 50 others across memecoins_solana, general_ct, perps_trading and airdrops_farming. On 2026-10-21 @unvint reported that 'reports say he got paid $6M by Pumpfun just to join it,' that Kimchi added a bio and made a YouTube video, and that he holds 75% of the Solana token supply (CA solana:CSocnzcRpgSCr1naKcNTieWZUxb6rABe45j844m7pump) with over $29M profit in 12 hours — all unverified. @pavelthedev described the sequence as Kimchi joining Pump.fun, $KIMCHI launching and 'flying,' with RASMR reportedly making $130K in 77 minutes live. @degenhustla on 2026-10-22 warned the wallet millions were paper gains, claimed Kimchi controls over 75% of supply and was 'unloading through side wallets,' and estimated the real market cap near $5M versus the displayed figure; these are unverified accusations, not proven facts. @bbcappital noted 'there is no proof he made this money' regarding the Trump-coin claim and characterized Pump.fun as using 'lifestyle marketing to onboard.' @lordsambrah criticized the broader 'final boss' persona cycle and questioned who pays these figures, while @dollazbloc called it a waste of 'our promised airdrop money.' @jameschristoph called Kimchi 'may be a scammer' and separately contrasted buying KIMCHI with buying on Robinhood chain. On the market side, @tomwiflines relayed a 'New listing: KIMCHI ($KIMCHI) at 100x Leverage,' and @isebelanick explained the token as a personality memecoin tied to 'Aura Final Boss' on Solana, noting Pump lists creator rewards going to the creator. On 2026-10-23 @krishna__web3 highlighted that @xomarket and @oxtochi opened a prediction market on whether Kimchi will be jailed in 2026. Regarding the market block: the token is $KIMCHI (CoinGecko id aura-final-boss-2) with $5.43M 24h volume and market cap rank 1239 — this is far from the token's own claimed numbers and, per the rule to trust market, the displayed market cap figures in posts are not authoritative.
Who's talking · Oct 18 – Oct 24
The mood on the timeline
steeply negative and accusatory: the dominant frame is that Kimchi was paid by Pump.fun and then dumped a supply he largely controls, with 'rugged,' 'scammer' and 'criming a Kimchi coin' language recurring. A smaller thread treats it neutrally as a personality memecoin meta, and one post explicitly notes the money claims are unproven.