Just wondering for the sake of it, if crypto trading was so profitable for so many influencers and YouTubers, why would they care so much about affiliate money…? Why take the trouble of creating, editing and uploading so many videos? Does this mean that if you see any YouTuber or crypto “celebrity” pumping a product or trying to make a buck out of content, that you should run away from them? ‘Cos why take so much trouble if you are already making money with your trading? Of course not everyone is a trader, but…
They do this because they're not traders but influencers, they only claim to be traders to connect with their audience as that's the perfect way they can use to influence them. If they were not appearing as traders, many individual that are subscribers to their channels won't have done that or listen to what they have to say. We don't have to believe everything coming out of the mouth of influencers because as their names says, they're only here to influence and not as financial advisors.
They charge those fees to join their private VIP groups and participate in referral programs because that's how they get paid. Not every project pays them big money for promotion and to run a professional YouTube channel isn't cheap so for them to keep up they do other things.