Sahil Arora has shared alleged private messages in which a contact identified as streamer Clavicular describes four paid collaborations with Pump.fun, including streaming arrangements and payments normally made in USDC.
Summary
- Alleged messages describe four previous collaborations and a manager handling arrangements.
- A contact labeled Clav asks to receive payment before publishing a tweet.
- Another exchange questions whether the person messaging him actually represents Pump.fun.
- Orangie has rejected a separate claim connecting him to a CHAD token promotion.
Sahil published the screenshots on Nov. 7, alleging that Clavicular had regularly received payments from Pump.fun to promote particular coins. The exchanges he presented discuss commercial arrangements, payment currencies, and whether compensation should arrive before a promotional post.
In the same post, the celebrity memecoin promoter revived allegations about a March livestream involving CHAD, a Solana token. Orangie disputed the account of his involvement.
Alleged Clavicular chats describe four collaborations
One screenshot shows a group conversation titled “Pump <> Clav,” with a participant named Candy asking for a previous promotional tweet after saying they could not find the contact’s account in their records.
The contact labeled Clav responds that he had not previously tweeted for them, but had collaborated with Pump.fun on streams. When asked whether he had signed a contract, the contact says he wants to receive SOL before posting.
“Like i said, im fine doing this but i just need to have the sol hit,” the message reads.
A following message says he would tweet after receiving payment. He then objects to completing multiple contractual and payment steps, claiming he has already done four deals with the group.
A second screenshot contains a Dec. 29, 2025, date marker and messages questioning the identity of the person arranging another deal.
The contact says he doubts he is speaking with Pump.fun because previous payments had been made in USDC. He describes having completed numerous deals and says the earlier arrangements did not involve waiting until five minutes after a tweet to receive payment.
Asked whom he dealt with at the platform, the contact says he is unsure of the names because his manager handles the arrangements. He repeats that he has completed four collaborations.
Neither exchange identifies a completed payment amount. The screenshots show the names assigned to participants, with the contact’s own messages questioning the counterparty’s affiliation.
Orangie disputes the separate CHAD account
Alongside the alleged payment discussions, Sahil described a late-March 2026 episode involving Clavicular’s friend Androgenic and a token called CHAD.
According to Sahil, Androgenic took a call from Orangie’s manager during a Kick livestream before promoting the token. Sahil claimed its market capitalization reached roughly $500,000 before falling to between $3,000 and $5,000.
He characterized Clavicular’s reaction as frustration over being left out of the early trading. The alleged collaboration chats do not name CHAD.
In a reply to Sahil’s post, Orangie rejected the claimed connection, saying he had “never spoken to any of them.”
The screenshots about previous payments carry a December 2025 date marker, while Sahil places the CHAD episode in March 2026. His Nov. 7 post presents both strands together but supplies no payment transaction tying the pictured conversations to that token.
Pump.fun terms address promotional compensation
Pump.fun’s published terms for Callouts and Callout Rewards, last updated Aug. 13, 2026, require users to disclose compensation or token allocations received or expected in connection with promoting a digital asset.
The rules prohibit recommendations made as part of coordinated trading or a scheme to manipulate token prices or volume. They specify that program rewards are paid in USDC.
Those provisions govern the platform’s callout services and were published after the dates shown in the alleged private exchange.
Scrutiny of promotional incentives predates Sahil’s disclosures. As crypto.news previously reported, Bubblemaps examined 49 token recommendations associated with influencer Ethan and estimated $125,000 in related earnings, comprising $45,000 in trading profits and $80,000 in promotional rewards.
The analytics firm alleged that connected wallets bought around recommendations and sold shortly afterward. Its calculations and wallet connections were presented as investigative estimates.
Community proposals published on Nov. 6 called for removing callout rewards and directing incentives toward users. Trader j proposed limiting creators to one launch every 24 hours, changing starting valuations, and allowing liquidity to compound over time.
