According to crypto detective SomaXBT, YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, was involved in promoting several low-liquid tokens and profited significantly from the sharp rise in prices after their launch.

Among the projects that MrBeast supported were SuperFarm ($SUPER), Polychain Monsters ($PMON), SPLYT ($SHOPX) and others. The value of some tokens fell by more than 90% after a brief spike, which is one of the signs of a “pump and dump” scam.

SomaXBT has identified several cases where Jimmy Donaldson invested relatively small amounts in low-liquidity tokens through private trades and then made millions by selling them during public trading surges.

“One of the most significant cases is MrBeast’s public support of the SuperFarm token of the Elliot Trades project. MrBeast publicly stated that he invested approximately $100,000 in the project and received 1 million $SUPER tokens in return. Then, after the asset’s value soared, he took it to the secondary market and dumped it in several trades for 1,900 ETH,” SomaXBT said.

According to the crypto detective, MrBeast received additional $SUPER tokens as part of an advertising contract, and subsequently sold them for another $5.5 million. As a result, Donaldson’s total income from the SuperFarm project amounted to almost $9 million. Events with the advertising of Polychain Monsters tokens followed a roughly similar scenario ($PMON), SPLYT ($SHOPX), STAK and Virtue Poker ($VPP).

Previously, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) developed and launched its own token, NexFundAI, which has no financial value. It was used as bait for scammers involved in manipulation of the crypto asset market.