2026-01-03 00:20:52

A common tactic: invest $20,000 into low market cap coins (MC only 2 million), then hype it up to an audience of 750,000 followers, creating false demand. When retail investors follow suit and the price surges 5 times, these people immediately dump and run.

It sounds like a scam, right? But this happens on-chain much more frequently than you might think. This "pump and dump" pattern is essentially market manipulation—exploiting information asymmetry and crowd psychology to turn retail investors' money into their own. Regulatory authorities see this as illegal, but on some unregulated or poorly regulated platforms, this trick continues to cycle.

Remember: if the promised returns are too outrageous, and the influencer's followers and the project's fundamentals don't match at all, it's probably a trap.

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SignatureDenied

· 8h ago

This trick is so old, and there are still people falling for it—truly amazing.

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TestnetFreeloader

· 8h ago

It's the same old trick again, I'm already tired of it. Let's see who can still be fooled.

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ImpermanentPhobia

· 8h ago

This tactic is so old, but someone still falls into the trap Seeing this kind of thing every day, I'm exhausted.

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GasOptimizer

· 8h ago

Once again, this data black hole... A coin with a market cap of 200,000 turning into 2 million, pumped up 5 times then dumped and run away, with capital efficiency to an outrageous degree. With 750,000 followers and this fundamentals, the ratio is off and can be seen at a glance.

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BloodInStreets

· 8h ago

It's always retail investors lifting the sedan chair, I'm tired of this routine. Putting $20k in and exiting at 5x, it's basically cutting leeks in front of everyone's eyes, and then having the nerve to appear calmly on the chain? Truly a regulatory paradise.

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