LinkedIn. Old posts.
A matching name.
The group finds a professional profile and older X posts. Useful leads. Still not proof of who is typing.
A DISCORD INVESTIGATION · 24–25 SEPTEMBER 2026
How a
lightbulb
became KYC.
A Discord rabbit hole. A suspected impersonator.
Two men playing 4D chess over one LinkedIn reaction.
THE PERSON OF INTEREST“Like what if I am not roy.”
ROY · X GROUP CHAT · 19:19💡
THE CASE
Real man. Whose account?
Real man. Whose account?
CASE LEAD
Wasabi Crouton
Wasabi Crouton
BEFORE THE RABBIT HOLE / MEET THE LANDLORD
TradFi résumé.
Memecoin brain.
Roy appears on X with a real name, a real photo and a finance background. His new mission? A community takeover of $PENIS. He talks about this coin like he’s running a business.
His thesis: tourists trade the noise. Landlords stay, collect fees and reinvest. Suddenly, a shitcoin has tenant relations.
“Hey CT. I’m Roy.
Real name. Real photo.”
THE QUESTION
The résumé checks a name.
The profile checks a photo.
Who is actually behind the account?
ACT 01 / THE DD ROOM · DISCORD
“yo lads
i need help”
A finance guy is bagworking $PENIS like a full-time job. Wasabi Crouton sees the potential. The Discord sees a question mark. What follows is an entirely unreasonable amount of research.
WHY THEY CARE
Roy presents himself as a finance professional leading a $PENIS community takeover. If it is really him, the group wants to get behind it. If it is an impersonator, the résumé is just part of the pitch.
$PENIS 24 September · The research room
LinkedIn. Old posts.
FINRA. BrokerCheck.
A university report.
Registries, a company website, account history. This was supposed to be a quick look at a memecoin.
The man exists.
Does he run this X?
Jean FUD calls the actual test: get the LinkedIn account to verify the X account. Wasabi Crouton takes the problem into Roy’s chat.
THE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY“we tell ourselves
“we tell ourselves
its called ‘an edge’”
Spaceboykie · after the FINRA rabbit hole
SAME INVESTIGATOR. DIFFERENT ROOM.You found the man.
You found the man.
Now find out who’s typing.
You’re Wasabi. Your friends are waiting in Discord. All you need is one tiny action from an established LinkedIn account. How hard can this be?
Follow Wasabi into the group chat →ACT 02 / X GROUP CHAT · 25 SEPTEMBER
Real Roy.
Or a very good act?
Read the chat as Wasabi did. Five calls. No hindsight. You’re in Wasabi’s head: one tiny request, an increasingly ridiculous negotiation, and a landlord who refuses to be predictable.
Wasabi CroutonMain investigator · One reaction away
YOU ARE WASABI CROUTON
Five calls. One lightbulb.Your votes · saved on this browser
PENIS PUMP WANKERS 🚀💦25 September · original messages
You’ve done the research. Now ask him.
YOUR GUT. RIGHT NOW.
One tap locks your call and continues the conversation.
THE GRAND FINALE / ONE REQUESTED REACTION
The receipt
comes home.
“you have your lightbulb! your pound of flesh!”
— Roy, after completing the world’s strangest onboarding“You have earned my groups trust.
See you on the leaderboard”
Wasabi · 20:22
MEANWHILE, BACK IN DISCORD
20:56: “im 90% sure its not him”
21:06: “so its actually him wtf?”
“luckily i didnt put money on this” — Jean FUD, replying to himself.
THE INVESTIGATOR IS HOOKED.
THE GROUP CHAT IS WAKING UP.
The lightbulb
stays on.
THE BACKSTORY / PUBLIC X + FOMO
A landlord
is born.
An abandoned coin gets a founding myth. Roy gets a mission. The holders get a man who talks about their shitcoin like he’s running a business.
16 SEP · THE INTRODUCTION
“Hey CT. I’m Roy.
Real name. Real photo.”
A finance résumé. ~70M coins, by his count. And an extremely serious plan for $PENIS.
Read the original tweet ↗THE LANDLORD THESIS · ROY’S FRAMING
Holders own the house.
Tourists bring the action.
LANDLORDS
Hold. Collect rewards. Reinvest. Make the place worth visiting.
TOURISTS
Come to trade. Generate activity. Give the landlords a reason to work.
The takeover arc
Choose a chapter to go deeperTHE CONGREGATION GETS BEHIND ROY
FOMO has entered the chat.
The thesis spreads. Suddenly everyone is a landlord, tenant relations are a thing, and the replies are writing the trailer.
“murad walked so roy eriksen could fly”cold_xyz · FOMO thesisOpen the original FOMO page ↗
The complete case file.
Every chapter. Every rabbit hole. The receipts that started it all.