The Story of a Crypto Influencer's Attempt to Distort Reality

Bizarre story about Carl "The Moon" Runefelt asking Cointelegraph to revise the story on his behalf covering up old claims that he co-founded a crypto. app.

In one of the weirdest moments of my writing career, Carl “The Moon” Runefelt reached out to me out of the blue to ask for an “old information update” in a May article. 2022. The article discussed his involvement with crypto payment platform Kasta, but a year later Runefelt felt a strong need to edit the copy to emphasize the fact that he was "not the co-founder of Kasta, only [one] investor”.

An unusual request after so long – especially since he had already made numerous comments after reading a draft of the original article. He had at one point argued that the article's mention of "haters" accusing him of editing YouTube video titles to make it look like past predictions were accurate was "clearly unprofessional." He suggested it was analogous to an article on rockets by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, including comments from flat-earth people.

"I have to focus on what's real, what's okay," Runefelt said.

Runefelt is a crypto influencer known for showing off his lifestyle of private jets, supercars, and multimillion-dollar watches, while pulling faces in YouTube videos purporting to offer cryptocurrency insights and analysis Steps. Having dropped out of high school and working as a cashier in Sweden just a few years ago, Runefelt preaches "the law of attraction", which essentially posits that one can warp reality by believing enough in the desired version of the one. -ci.

Kasta, now called Ka.app, is the crypto app that Runefelt is apparently trying to distance itself from. It turns out that, despite his version of reality, Runefelt was indeed one of the co-founders.

First, let's get back to the reality of Runefelt. He explained that the co-founding label was the result of confusion over an online rumour. "People say a lot of different things - people say I'm the billionaire, blah blah blah - something takes off, and then everyone follows," he remarked with annoyance.

"Even though I've never told people my net worth, it's the same for me b...