Crypto’s ‘pay-to-play’ problem resurfaces in Wolf of All Streets podcast accusations
Synonym CEO John Carvalho has shared a screenshot of an alleged email conversation that he says shows a representative of Wolf of All Streets host Scott Melker offering him an appearance on the podcast in return for $20,000. “They asked me to be on their retarded show, and then to pay $20k for it,” he said. Melker, who is also co-host of the Crypto Town Hall on X, and a listed crypto expert for TheStreet Roundtable , has more than 1 million followers on X and has previously been named the 2020 Binance Influencer of the Year and included in the Cointelegraph Top 100 Notable People in Blockchain in 2021 list. Carvalho, who is perhaps best known for his interview of Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver during Bitcoin’s block size war, shared more screenshots of the alleged email conversation with Protos . In these screenshots, the representative asked if Carvalho was “in the market for major influencer coverage.” In his alleged response, Carvalho said he would be open to an inter...