Ansem responds to "creator token" controversy: Misjudged trust assumptions, but will explore "positive crypto attention mechanism"

Odaily reported that Ansem posted on X, stating that his past judgments regarding celebrity participation in crypto projects were overly idealized. He had assumed they would not "rug" millions of supporters, but this assumption has been proven wrong by reality, and he stated that he will not make the same judgment error in the future.

However, Ansem emphasized that he is not a celebrity himself and has no intention of executing an improper exit through any project. He believes that Meme and narrative tokens may still play a "net positive" role in the crypto market, including attracting new users to the industry, providing speculative liquidity for the market, and reactivating market sentiment during the bottom phase of a bear market.

Using Dogecoin and Bonk as examples, he stated that such assets have historically brought in large-scale user adoption and wealth effects across different cycles. For instance, Dogecoin's market cap once reached $110 billion, while Bonk revitalized the Solana ecosystem's sentiment during the bleak period following the FTX collapse.

Ansem also mentioned that he entered the crypto industry in 2017, quit his job as a software engineer in 2021, and currently co-founded the trading app BullpenFi while hosting the podcast project MarketBubble. He stated that he has participated in discussions about various Meme coins in the past, but has often encountered anonymous accounts that use liquidity structures to position themselves early and then "dump" in the opposite direction, effectively turning him into a tool for attention. He emphasized that his current project represents the first time he is participating while "controlling the majority of the token supply," and expressed that he will attempt to find a balance between market attention and industry building.