2025-12-16 16:21:23

Some pump-and-dump schemes behind certain altcoins are downright outrageous. The logic seems simple: a steady rise attracts followers to buy in, while retail investors think they've hit the peak and start panic selling. Meanwhile, the manipulators activate quantitative scripts to automatically buy up and short the market. Once the shorts are wiped out and retail investors are financially drained, they suddenly dump the coins to wipe out the longs.

This tactic is particularly ruthless—both longs and shorts are exploited, all controlled by algorithms and capital suppression. Some say this is an upgraded version of telecom fraud and traditional pump-and-dump schemes, just with a different cloak in the crypto world. Retail investors and bots are essentially fighting each other; it's like bringing a knife to a gunfight. The real madness isn't the market fluctuations, but the quantitative logic hiding behind the screens—one script smarter than a thousand retail investors' brains. With this combination, the ones who usually lose money are the late-to-know small investors.

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BoredWatcher

· 2025-12-18 23:21

Honestly, I've seen this routine before, it's just a different coat of paint. Every time, someone claims they've found a breakthrough method, but in the end, they still suffer heavy losses. --- Algorithmic killing is invisible, and that's the scariest part. --- Instead of studying how to beat the market makers, it's better to think about how to survive and leave this market. --- Ha, both bulls and bears can make money. Who wouldn't want to do this business? The problem is, we don't have scripts or funds, just a brain. --- It's always the latecomers who get harvested; this story has been told hundreds of times. --- So, retail investors in the crypto world are just like chives, no matter how smart, they can't beat algorithms. --- This is just an upgraded version of gambling, only dressed in a technical guise.

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ColdWalletAnxiety

· 2025-12-16 16:55

That's why I don't touch altcoins, it's too damn shady. Scripts vs retail investors, there's no way to play. The trap of killing both bulls and bears is really clever; the big players are making a killing. Watching others make quick money is actually just working for the big players. Algorithms are always one step ahead; we can only be the ones getting harvested.

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IntrovertMetaverse

· 2025-12-16 16:45

Forget it, I better not touch these coins anymore, it's really an IQ tax.

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ruggedNotShrugged

· 2025-12-16 16:44

Honestly, this is just a rebranded scam scheme, the old trick in the crypto circle. --- Retail investors should really wise up. Don't always try to catch the bottom; bots have already figured you out. --- One script can control a thousand retail investors? Then what's the point of playing, just surrender already. --- I've seen too many cases of long and short manipulation. Every time, people end up losing everything and only then wake up. --- Why are people still throwing money into these scam coins? Can't they learn from their mistakes? --- Algorithmic pump and dump, this is no longer gambling, it's just being slaughtered. --- The script used by the whales is much more effective than brains; we simply can't compete. --- It looks complicated, but it's just two words: cutting leeks.

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PositionPhobia

· 2025-12-16 16:32

It was about time to expose this trick; retail investors are always the ones being slaughtered. --- Bull and bear markets both benefit, sounds unbelievable, robots simply don’t play fair. --- Basically, it’s just a rebranded scam, this is the usual tactic in the crypto world. --- A script that can instantly brainwash a thousand retail investors—this gap is truly despairing. --- Upgraded version of the pump-and-dump scheme, no wonder I lose money every day. --- The manipulators are so ruthless, how are we supposed to play? --- Those hiding behind screens and running scripts are the real lunatics. --- The small retail investors who wake up too late are just paying tuition. --- This kind of trading method might have made money when first seen, but now it’s all robot traps. --- Algorithmic suppression of funds, small investors really can’t compete.

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