According to Bubblemaps, Soulja has a history of promoting crypto projects with poor outcomes, including NFTs that vanished, multiple dead tokens, and 2021 pump-and-dump promotions, and is now farming Pumpfun with copy-paste coins (source: Bubblemaps on X, Sep 4, 2025). For traders, Bubblemaps’ findings indicate elevated risk around influencer-led Pumpfun launches and related memecoins given this track record (source: Bubblemaps on X, Sep 4, 2025).

According to @zachxbt, the X account @web3 is linked to a team member involved with the Squiggles NFT rug and Raichu, signaling elevated counterparty risk for any @web3-associated mints, promotions, or partnerships (source: @zachxbt on X, Aug 28, 2025). The post includes an image and a link referencing a prior investigation thread, indicating this alert is tied to previously documented concerns around Squiggles and Raichu (source: @zachxbt on X, Aug 28, 2025). For trade execution, participants should halt or reduce exposure to @web3-led NFT drops until team identities, project provenance, and fund flows are independently verified, prioritizing cold-start listings and escrow controls where feasible (source: @zachxbt on X, Aug 28, 2025). Market participants should reassess risk models for secondary trading liquidity and listing venues connected to @web3 to mitigate potential rug-pull exposure and reputational spillover across related collections (source: @zachxbt on X, Aug 28, 2025).

According to @LeonidasNFT, a critical metric for evaluating whether an NFT mint was a rug pull involves analyzing what percentage of the funds have been reinvested to provide utility to token holders. If after a year, a minimal percentage of funds have been allocated to enhance holder benefits, it may indicate a potential extraction or rug pull scenario.