One of crypto's biggest influencers is accused of taking $100,000 to promote a celebrity memecoin — and he says it never happened. Sahil Arora claims he paid Ansem around $100,000 to promote MOTHER, Iggy Azalea's token. He posted a blockchain screenshot showing a 129.5 SOL transfer from May 28, 2024 — just before the token launched — and says similar payments came before other celebrity tokens. Ansem's answer is blunt: he says he has never done anything with Sahil, and disputes the messages Sahil posted as evidence. The story got bigger when ZachXBT stepped in. He pointed back to his own warnings from 2024 about Ansem's celebrity-token promotions — and said he had already called out the same behaviour in earlier cycles. The catch: a transfer on-chain proves money moved. It doesn't prove what it was for. And the $100,000 claim and the 129.5 SOL screenshot are two different pieces of evidence that Sahil hasn't reconciled. US rules are clear though: influencers must disclose paid promotions. The question now is whether anyone can prove this one was paid — or not. BTC sits near $76,000, down about 0.2% on the day.