Famed YouTuber KSI made a comeback on his crypto-focused X account (formerly Twitter) after more than a year of silence, only to encounter a community notice warning users to “proceed with caution” due to his actions of “selling off crypto tokens” shortly following a promotional activity.
The multi-talented personality, encompassing roles as a boxer, YouTuber, rapper, and energy drink entrepreneur, posted a simple query “Does this still work?” on his X account on Tuesday.
However, shortly after the post, it garnered a community notice cautioning users, stating, “KSI has sold off crypto tokens shortly after appearing to endorse them. Readers are advised to exercise caution regarding his statements.”
This notice referenced findings from crypto investigator ZachXBT and his thread detailing KSI’s actions of selling various crypto tokens shortly after endorsing them. ZachXBT alleges that KSI offloaded $850,000 worth of the crypto token $XCAD in the days following his endorsement post ” $XCAD bag is looking juicy again. #HodlGang.”
KSI also endorsed ‘ $PU$$Y’ and ‘SUPER ERN’ before purportedly selling them hours later for a combined $374,000. Zach utilized KSI’s disclosed NFTs and Opensea account to track his crypto addresses and correlate them with his sales.
However, the community notice has since been removed. ZachXBT informed Protos, “Community notes are transient,” suggesting it might have garnered either excessive upvotes or downvotes within a short timeframe. Indeed, a note that receives a majority of ‘unhelpful’ votes will be deleted from X.
KSI, known by his real name Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, utilized his X account to share his perspectives on “Everything Crypto.” His last post before his hiatus was in November 2022. Responding to his recent post, users commented, “Bro please not for another 6 months,” and “No, bro please… The market was actually in up only mode since you left 💀.”
