--- title: "Lindsay Lohan Accused of Taking Huge Payments to Shill Crypto" description: "The shills are alive with the sound of crypto, apparently. " date: "2022-04-19" modified: "2022-04-19" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/lindsay-lohan-accused-crypto-shilling" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Cryptocurrency" - "Future Society" tags: - "crypto" - "nfts" - "the digest" - "web3" --- # Lindsay Lohan Accused of Taking Huge Payments to Shill Crypto ![The shills are alive with the sound of crypto, apparently. ]() *\Image: Sam Tabone/WireImage\* ## Crypto Trap The shills are alive with the sound of crypto, apparently. As [*Motherboard* reports](), a spreadsheet circulating showing the apparent "shill prices" for celebrities, athletes, and influencers to promote crypto and NFTs may only be partially accurate — but it does paint a jarring portrait of the industry at large. The list, which was [posted to Twitter by independent scam researcher ZachXBT](), purports to show how much Lindsay Lohan, along with a ton of lesser celebrities and fringe influencers with names like "Wealthy Brains" and "Crypto Bully Tony," take to promote NFTs, obscure coins, and other various accoutrements of the web3 sphere. ## Vet Tech According to *Motherboard*, some of the influencers on the list — such as an account called "[Stock Market Hats]()" — confirmed that their listed rates were accurate, while others said the rates were wrong but they did take money to, in their choice of words, "shill" crypto. Stock Market Hats also told *Motherboard* that although they always use the #ad hashtag to denote paid promotion, they don't always dig deep into what they're paid to shill. "I really don’t know much about crypto," the account told *Motherboard*, "and I vet by what looks legit from a far away view because I have no involvement in these projects behind the scenes." ## Grifto Per ZachXBT's list, which the researcher says comes from a "marketing firm" whose name they didn't disclose to *Motherboard*, Lohan purportedly charges $25,000 per handcrafted "shill tweet," $20,000 per retweet, and $35,000 for "package deals" which, as the website notes, generally consist of a mix of original and retweeted content. Futurism has reached out to Lohan's management for comment. Like any list of supposed pay rates, this latest "crypto shill" document should be taken with a grain of salt. But with the knowledge that at least some of the listed rates are accurate, it absolutely reinforces the impression that the cryptosphere is, by and large, just one big grift. **READ MORE:** [Leaked ‘Shill Price List’ Shows Wild World of Crypto Promos]() \[*Vice Motherboard*\] **More on crypto:** *[Facebook Secretly Working on Virtual Currency Dubbed "Zuck Bucks"]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()