{"id":"1792706338049-viral-segment","slug":"batty-the-halloween-crypto-mascot","title":"Batty the Halloween crypto mascot","summary":"Disney Pinnacle (misspelled “Pinnace”) is a digital pin collectible platform by Dapper Labs, not a game. Recent activity is Halloween pin drops, not a new game. [theverge.com](https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/14/23960535/disney-pinnacle-nft-dapper-labs-pin-collecting) [twstalker.com](https://mobile.twstalker.com/eldumbo) Promotional/opinion post about Base; no specific factual claim to check. Engagement-bait/spam post offering a watchlist; no factual claim to check. Opinion/rant; no factual claim to check.","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T21:58:58.049Z","channel":{"id":"viral","name":"Oncast Viral","language":"en"},"show":"Main Character","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"MISLEADING","notes":"MISLEADING: Disney Pinnacle (misspelled “Pinnace”) is a digital pin collectible platform by Dapper Labs, not a game. Recent activity is Halloween pin drops, not a new game. [theverge.com](https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/14/23960535/disney-pinnacle-nft-dapper-labs-pin-collecting) [twstalker.com](https://mobile.twstalker.com/eldumbo) Promotional/opinion post about Base; no specific factual claim to check. Engagement-bait/spam post offering a watchlist; no factual claim to check. Opinion/rant; no factual claim to check.\nSource: theverge.com NAMES: Disney Pinnacle = Disney/Dapper Labs digital pin NFT platform. POST 2113388492692893810: NOCLAIM N/A NAMES: Base = Coinbase's Ethereum layer (https://x.com/MarginSports/status/2113388499869327714)","claims":[{"verdict":"MISLEADING","summary":"Disney Pinnacle (misspelled “Pinnace”) is a digital pin collectible platform by Dapper Labs, not a game. Recent activity is Halloween pin drops, not a new game. [theverge.com](https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/14/23960535/disney-pinnacle-nft-dapper-labs-pin-collecting) [twstalker.com](https://mobile.twstalker.com/eldumbo) Promotional/opinion post about Base; no specific factual claim to check. Engagement-bait/spam post offering a watchlist; no factual claim to check. Opinion/rant; no factual claim to check.","sourceName":"theverge.com NAMES: Disney Pinnacle = Disney/Dapper Labs digital pin NFT platform. POST 2113388492692893810: NOCLAIM N/A NAMES: Base = Coinbase's Ethereum layer","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/MarginSports/status/2113388499869327714","claim":"The Disney Pinnace community just launched a new game featuring Disney Pins, and it’s definitely worth checking out. Love to see this kind of innovation in the space. With better rails being built, Gaming x NFTs is a trend that should continue to pickup momentum in the next few h","author":"Margin Sports (@MarginSports)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/MarginSports/status/2113388499869327714","name":"theverge.com NAMES: Disney Pinnacle = Disney/Dapper Labs digital pin NFT platform. POST 2113388492692893810: NOCLAIM N/A NAMES: Base = Coinbase's Ethereum layer","kind":"x","verdict":"MISLEADING","author":"Margin Sports (@MarginSports)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792706338049-viral-segment-batty-the-halloween-crypto-mascot","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/viral","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792706338049-viral-segment-batty-the-halloween-crypto-mascot","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792706338049-viral-segment-batty-the-halloween-crypto-mascot and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Jake","text":"Okay, the internet has a new Halloween mascot, and it's a bat named Batty."},{"host":"Nora","text":"A bat? For Halloween? Groundbreaking."},{"host":"Jake","text":"No, listen—this guy Luke posts that crypto still hasn't found its Halloween mascot, and he's right. Every coin tries to be some complex narrative now."},{"host":"Nora","text":"So his solution is... a bat."},{"host":"Jake","text":"A simple meme, Nora. Sometimes that's all it takes. He's got a point—everyone's obsessed with AI and forcing coins to be bigger than they need to be."},{"host":"Nora","text":"And Batty is the answer? A bat with a pumpkin emoji?"},{"host":"Jake","text":"It's not about the bat! It's about the principle. The internet used to run on dumb, fun memes. Now everything's a whitepaper."},{"host":"Nora","text":"But that's exactly why Batty won't work. You can't just declare a mascot. Mascots happen organically—like Doge, like Pepe."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Doge was literally a Shiba Inu with broken English. Someone posted it, people laughed, it stuck. That's what Luke's trying to do."},{"host":"Nora","text":"But he's not posting a funny bat. He's posting a marketing pitch for a coin. That's the opposite of organic."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Okay, fair—the 'Meet Batty' line does sound like a product launch. But the underlying point stands: crypto's lost its sense of humor."},{"host":"Nora","text":"I'll give you that. The space is way too serious now. But a bat named Batty isn't the fix."},{"host":"Jake","text":"We'll see. Halloween's creeping up. If Batty's still around in two weeks, I'm buying you a pumpkin spice latte."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Deal. Speaking of things that aren't what they seem—there's a post claiming Disney Pinnacle just launched a new game."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Disney Pinnacle? The pin thing?"},{"host":"Nora","text":"Exactly. Margin Sports posted that the community launched a new game featuring Disney Pins, and it's 'definitely worth checking out.'"},{"host":"Jake","text":"A Disney pin game? That sounds... actually kind of fun?"},{"host":"Nora","text":"Except it's not a game. Disney Pinnacle is a digital pin collectible platform from Dapper Labs. Recent activity is just Halloween pin drops."},{"host":"Jake","text":"So they're hyping a game that doesn't exist? Classic crypto."},{"host":"Nora","text":"The innovation in the space, as they put it, is... seasonal pins."},{"host":"Jake","text":"I mean, at least Batty was honest about being a meme. This is just false advertising."},{"host":"Nora","text":"And it's not even a new platform—it's been around since last year. The Verge covered it back in November."},{"host":"Jake","text":"So we've got a fake game and a bat mascot. The bar is on the floor."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Different corner of the internet entirely—there's a post going after three members of Congress, accusing someone of influencing shootings at a Hindu temple."},{"host":"Jake","text":"That's a heavy accusation. Who's making it?"},{"host":"Nora","text":"An account called OM, tagging Representatives Jayapal, Khanna, and Krishnamoorthi. Says this person is a 'vile, racist bigot' and influenced temple shootings."},{"host":"Jake","text":"And is there any evidence?"},{"host":"Nora","text":"None that we could find. The post provides no proof, no name, no specific incident. It's an unverified claim."},{"host":"Jake","text":"That's dangerous. You can't just throw 'influenced shootings' at someone without receipts."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Especially when you're tagging elected officials. It's designed to get attention, not to inform."},{"host":"Jake","text":"But hold on—sometimes people post like this because they're desperate, because they've tried other channels and nothing worked."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Desperation doesn't excuse baseless accusations. If you have evidence, show it. Otherwise it's just noise."},{"host":"Jake","text":"You're right. The burden's on the accuser. And right now, there's nothing there."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Meanwhile, in the world of Catholic internet drama—someone's calling a bishop a liar over a canceled priest."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Which priest?"},{"host":"Nora","text":"Father Ripperger, the exorcist. Theresa Lucio posted that the archbishop who canceled him is a liar, tagging Bishop Golka."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Wait—Golka's a bishop, not an archbishop. He's in Colorado Springs."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Look at you with the Catholic hierarchy knowledge."},{"host":"Jake","text":"I read. But what's the actual story here? Why was Ripperger canceled?"},{"host":"Nora","text":"The post doesn't say. It's just name-calling and a YouTube link. No context, no explanation."},{"host":"Jake","text":"So it's another drive-by accusation. This segment's becoming a pattern."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Welcome to Thursday at 6 PM on the internet."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Last one—there's a guy calling out SteveWillDoIt, saying he's 'a piece of shit' over some DM drama."},{"host":"Nora","text":"SteveWillDoIt? The YouTuber?"},{"host":"Jake","text":"Yeah. Bill posts that a few weeks ago, when he called out KingADukes, he got a DM saying they were 'taking care of' someone named Vegastbone."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Taking care of? That sounds ominous."},{"host":"Jake","text":"In context, it's probably YouTube drama—someone getting kicked from a group or a deal falling through. But the way it's phrased..."},{"host":"Nora","text":"It sounds like a threat."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Exactly. And now Bill's connecting it to SteveWillDoIt, calling him a piece of shit."},{"host":"Nora","text":"But we don't know what actually happened. This is one side of a DM exchange, no screenshots, no context."},{"host":"Jake","text":"True, but if someone DMs you 'we're taking care of him,' that's worth posting about. That's not normal."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Or it's a misunderstanding blown up for engagement. We've seen that a thousand times."},{"host":"Jake","text":"But you can't just dismiss it. If a creator's threatening people, that matters."},{"host":"Nora","text":"I'm not dismissing it. I'm saying we need more than one angry post before we treat it as fact."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Fair. But I'm watching this one. SteveWillDoIt's got a history of drama."},{"host":"Nora","text":"And that's the thing about today's internet—everyone's got a history, and everyone's got a post. We'll keep an eye on it."}]}