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MNTS: Reddit sounds the alarm on suspected pump-and-dump scheme

Momentus Inc. (MNTS) rocketed to the No. 2 trending ticker on Reddit on January 1, 2026, driven almost entirely by accusations of market manipulation in r/10xPennyStocks. Multiple posts warned that a promoter known as 'Toptenstock guy' was orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme, urging retail traders not to hold the stock. The ticker generated 9 posts, 204 comments, and 287 upvotes with an unusually high bullish sentiment of 0.758, even as the warnings carried negative or cautious tones. No same-day news articles were available for context.

  1. MNTS ranked No. 2 on Reddit with 9 posts, 204 comments, and 287 upvotes on January 1.

  2. Discussion in r/10xPennyStocks centered on accusations of a pump-and-dump scheme by a promoter called 'Toptenstock guy.'

  3. Overall sentiment was strongly bullish at 0.758, but the warnings themselves carried a cautious, negative tone.

Momentus Inc. Class A Common Stock (

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$MNTS) surged onto Reddit’s radar on January 1, 2026, earning the No. 2 trending ticker spot with 9 posts, 204 comments, and 287 upvotes. The overwhelming majority of the conversation centered on a single subreddit, r/10xPennyStocks, where users accused a promoter known as 'Toptenstock guy' of orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme.

Reddit sounds the alarm

The top two posts in the r/10xPennyStocks community both warned against holding

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$MNTS shares. One post, titled “Toptenstock guy has a new stock for Monday PLEASE BE AWARE!”, advised readers not to fall for the pump-and-dump and explicitly called the activity market manipulation. That post generated 27 comments despite receiving no upvotes. A second post, “Why Toptenstock guy is a fraud MNTS FRAUD,” drew 33 comments and also carried zero upvotes, suggesting the community was actively discussing the accusations even without broadly upvoting the warnings themselves.

Sentiment tells a mixed story

Despite the cautious and accusatory tone of the top posts,

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$MNTS recorded an overall Reddit sentiment score of 0.758, which is strongly bullish. This apparent contradiction reflects the nature of the discussion: many comments likely echoed the warnings, which carried a negative view but didn’t move the aggregate sentiment needle because the broader conversation—possibly including posts from the promoter’s audience—remained optimistic. No same-day news articles were available for this ticker, leaving Reddit as the primary source of investor attention.

Sentiment: 76% bullish, 11% bearish, 13% neutral.

The asymmetry between the vocal warnings and the high bullish sentiment underscores a key dynamic in penny stock communities: promoters can generate a wave of optimism even as skeptics identify the same activity as a pump-and-dump. For retail investors watching

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$MNTS, the January 1 conversation served as a stark reminder to verify the source of any sudden surge in discussion.

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