No, I don't believe that and don't believe I said that. I believe his nerves are just shot. This was him not even 1 month back:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=850070.msg15618582#msg15618582

And he even tried to make some PR for Factom in other threads like Monero. Not sure why he believes a Coin with focus on anonymity should use Factom.

But no, he is not paid. He just desperately wants a higher price - yesterday, now, soon.