Bonk Guy defended his EMBER purchases, saying he tracked the project from about $3 million in market capitalization, waited a day as platform data grew, and bought as its valuation rose from roughly $7 million to $20 million. He described EMBER as a Launchpad built on Meteora-related infrastructure, supporting SOL, USDC and more than 150 tokenized stocks, with Meteora Dynamic Bonding Curve technology, token-tax distribution, Daily Jackpots and DAO governance. EMBER recorded about $51.7 million in volume, $561,000 in fees, 2,041 token launches, more than 41,800 unique holder addresses and 149,000 Solana transactions within three days. Addressing controversy, Bonk Guy said Bubblemaps grouped EMBER’s distribution wallet with recipient addresses because its flywheel used an externally owned account rather than contract-based transfers, and denied that an internal cluster controlled more than 50% of supply or that he had any relationship with the team.