After reading @SaulWgmi post,
I want to change the caption
gold tick user rn 😂😂 https://t.co/DvYKgpOLtb

After reading @SaulWgmi post,
I want to change the caption
gold tick user rn 😂😂 https://t.co/DvYKgpOLtb
How a Solana memecoin exploited X's gold badge system to peak in 48 hours and nuke its own community
It all started just two days ago, on April 23
A token called $CULT, launched on pumpfun, found Crypto Twitter's weakest point: people's hunger for prestige
Their strategy was simple: turn X's "Verified Organization" system, designed for real companies, into a growth hack
They started handing out gold "affiliate" badges like free candy to hundreds of people who supported the project
The system yielded results in seconds
Hundreds of accounts suddenly started posting with gold badges on their profiles, the algorithm pumped this intense engagement, and the hype exploded in an instant
The $CULT token reached a $400,000 market cap in just a few hours. Everyone on CT was talking about the project
But this wasn't a brilliant plan months in the making, it was just a massive 48-hour spam illusion
On the evening of April 24, this aggressive badge distribution and mass reporting hit X's "inauthentic coordination"
we actually hitting 500k mcap today fr fr ??? https://t.co/oV5kRsl4po
everyone is talking about cult
they’re spending at least $22k/month on badges
bullish or bearish? https://t.co/ijdSzp9B1Z