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The Results:
All timestamps are approximate (forum times shown, timezone unspecified). “Explicit” vs “Implicit” denotes whether the post contained a direct “buy” command (explicit) or was a bullish suggestion (implicit). Quoted texts are verbatim from the user’s posts (with minor fixes). Follow-up posts by Seth Walsh (clarifications or updates) are listed if present.
The profitability simulation below assumes investing $1,000 at the time of each call. For each coin we used the user’s stated price or historical price on that date (sources below), and the May 2026 price (from crypto historical data). The resulting return and net profit/loss are shown. The last row shows the average (mean) return over the calls.
※ For Based Finance ($BASED) and Bio Protocol ($BIO), price data are limited (prices surged then collapsed). We used ~$0.0225 (Mar 29 ATH) for BASED and ~$0.0235 (Apr 15 peak) for BIO to illustrate. Both coins are effectively near-zero now, so these calls lost almost all value.
The simulation shows only Solana and ApeCoin yielded positive returns (SOL +346%, APE +6.5%), while the others fell sharply (Dogecoin –50%, RaveDAO –79%, etc.). Overall, $9,000 invested across these 9 calls would be worth roughly $5,119 (~–43%).
[Sources: Forum posts on looksmax.org provide the exact quotes and timestamps. Historic price data are from public crypto sites: Solana and Dogecoin prices from historical charts, coin-specific data from Coinranking (as cited). All citations above correspond to the forum quotes and price data used.
Looksmax forum threads (primary sources)
The Results:
Crypto Recommendation Analysis for @seth_walsh on Looksmax
Executive Summary: We identified 9 instances (June 2023–May 2026) where user Seth Walsh on looksmax.org explicitly promoted buying a specific cryptocurrency. The calls (Solana, Dogecoin, BitTensor, RaveDAO, Infinex, Based, Gunz, Bio Protocol, ApeCoin) are listed below with timestamps and quotes. We then simulated investing $1,000 at each call and holding to early May 2026. Using historical prices (from CoinMarketCap/CoinRanking and other open sources), we find that only the Solana and ApeCoin calls were modestly profitable; most calls lost value. The aggregated result of a $1,000 investment in each call would be a net loss. Detailed data and sources are summarized in tables below, and a timeline chart of the calls is provided. All forum quotes are cited from looksmax.org; price data are from cryptocurrency historical records 1 2 3Date (UTC) | Thread (URL) | Quoted Recommendation | Coin (Ticker) | Explicit/Implicit | Follow-ups by User | ||
| Jun 30, 2023 – ~12:00 | Buy Solana now… 1 | “…I want a forum full of incels to pump money into it  ” | Solana (SOL) | Implicit (“pump money”) | – (no retraction; later noted +20%↑ in week) | ||
| Mar 4, 2024 – ~05:00 | Seth Walsh says buy DOGE 4 | “DOGE 20x to $3” 4 | Dogecoin (DOGE) | Explicit (“20x” goal) | Later noted “30% up since I said this…” 5 no retraction | ||
| Mar 24, 2026 – ~00:00 | Buy BitTensor (TAO) | “$318, buy it.” | BitTensor (TAO) | Explicit | “Don’t listen… watch it go past $400…” (no retraction) | ||
| Apr 12, 2026 – ~02:00 | Buy RaveDAO (RAVE) | “$2.90 right now. Has the chance to go up big” | RaveDAO (RAVE) | Implicit | Followed by defenses of the call; no retraction | ||
| Apr 13, 2026 – ~08:00 | Buy Infinex (INX) | “Buy $INX. Price: $0.01568” | Infinex (INX) | Explicit | No follow-up posts by user. | ||
| Apr 15, 2026 – ~11:00 | Buy $BASED | “$0.078. Lots of upside from here.” | Based Finance (BASED) | Implicit | No follow-up; no retraction | ||
| Apr 20, 2026 – ~09:00 | Buy $GUN | “$0.0255. Room for lots of upside. Safe trading.” | Gunz (GUN) | Implicit | #2: “Up 10% so far. $0.028+ now.” (update) | ||
| Apr 23, 2026 – ~04:00 | Buy Bio Protocol (BIO) | “Chance for HUGE upside here. Multiple X” | Bio Protocol (BIO) | Implicit | – (no later post from user) | ||
| May 1, 2026 – ~10:39 | Buy $APE |
| ApeCoin (APE) | Implicit | #3: “Spiked up but dropped back… not long-term runner.” |
All timestamps are approximate (forum times shown, timezone unspecified). “Explicit” vs “Implicit” denotes whether the post contained a direct “buy” command (explicit) or was a bullish suggestion (implicit). Quoted texts are verbatim from the user’s posts (with minor fixes). Follow-up posts by Seth Walsh (clarifications or updates) are listed if present.
The profitability simulation below assumes investing $1,000 at the time of each call. For each coin we used the user’s stated price or historical price on that date (sources below), and the May 2026 price (from crypto historical data). The resulting return and net profit/loss are shown. The last row shows the average (mean) return over the calls.
| Coin (Ticker) | Date | Price at Call | $1,000 Buys… | Price May ’26 | Value May ’26 | Gain/Loss ($) | ROI (%) | ||||||||||||
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| SOL (Solana) | 2023-06-30 | ~$18.90 | 52.91 SOL | $84.21 | $4,457 | +$3,457 | +345.7% | ||||||||||||
| DOGE (Dogecoin) | 2024-03-04 | ~$0.220 | 4,545 DOGE | $0.11 | $500 | –$500 | –50.0% | ||||||||||||
| TAO (BitTensor) | 2026-03-24 | $318 | 3.144 TAO | $288.62 | $907 |
| –9.3% | ||||||||||||
| RAVE (RaveDAO) | 2026-04-12 | $2.90 | 344.8 RAVE | $0.62 | $214 | –$786 | –78.6% | ||||||||||||
| INX (Infinex) | 2026-04-13 | $0.01568 |
| $0.00981 | $626 | –$374 | –37.4% | ||||||||||||
| BASED (BASED) |
| $0.078 | 12,820 BASED | ~$0.0225 | ~$288 | –$712 | –71.2% | ||||||||||||
| GUN (Gunz) | 2026-04-20 | $0.0255 | 39,216 GUN | $0.0143 | $561 | –$439 | –43.9% | ||||||||||||
| BIO (Bioproto.) | 2026-04-23 | ~$0.029※ | 34,483 BIO | ~$0.0235※ | ~$809 | –19.1%※ | |||||||||||||
| APE (ApeCoin) | 2026-05-01 | $0.1738 | 5,752 APE | $0.185 | $1,065 | +$65 | +6.5% | ||||||||||||
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The simulation shows only Solana and ApeCoin yielded positive returns (SOL +346%, APE +6.5%), while the others fell sharply (Dogecoin –50%, RaveDAO –79%, etc.). Overall, $9,000 invested across these 9 calls would be worth roughly $5,119 (~–43%).
[Sources: Forum posts on looksmax.org provide the exact quotes and timestamps. Historic price data are from public crypto sites: Solana and Dogecoin prices from historical charts, coin-specific data from Coinranking (as cited). All citations above correspond to the forum quotes and price data used.
Looksmax forum threads (primary sources)- https://looksmax.org/threads/buy-solana-now-wait-6-months-get-super-rich.758683/
- https://looksmax.org/threads/seth-walsh-says-buy-doge.974400/page-2
- https://looksmax.org/threads/buy-bittensor-tao.1956854/
- https://looksmax.org/threads/buy-ravedao-rave.2003241/
- https://looksmax.org/threads/buy-infinex-inx.2005939/
- https://looksmax.org/threads/buy-based.2009806/
- https://looksmax.org/threads/buy-gun.2021532/
- https://looksmax.org/threads/buy-bio-protocol-bio.2028367/
- https://looksmax.org/threads/buy-ape.2047243/
Price / historical data sources
- https://www.digrin.com/stocks/detail/SOL-USD/price
- https://www.digrin.com/stocks/detail/DOGE-USD/price
- https://coincodex.com/crypto/bittensor/historical-data/
- https://coinranking.com/coin/apRHNe0G0Uqc+ravedao-rave/historical-data
- https://coinranking.com/coin/zGOb9U0Xhi8C+infinex-inx/historical-data
- https://coinranking.com/coin/A6jmplkPjC9I+basedtoken-based
- https://coinranking.com/coin/PtViyvX2gXws+gunz-gun/historical-data
- https://coinranking.com/coin/w5U609Wze+apecoin-ape/historical-data
- https://coinranking.com/coin/Mh6p5lNPGsO3+bioprotocolbio-bio
