2025-12-07 21:17:10

Recently, I’ve seen through the tactics of certain projects:

First, they manipulate the market themselves to pump the price and create hype. As soon as retail investors FOMO in, they immediately dump the price. If you spot their setup in advance? Sorry, they’ll just abandon this project and start a new one.

When the price is slowly dropping, they play dead and stay silent. Once most retail investors have sold at a loss, the team suddenly jumps out to “support the community” and “build the ecosystem together.”

What’s even more outrageous—they don’t have OGs? No problem, they’ll mass-produce OGs for show.

After this series of moves, retail investors are basically just ATMs. Now, whenever I see a project team over-controlling the market, I immediately cross it off my watchlist. The market is already cruel enough—no need to hand more money to the whales.

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BakedCatFanboy

· 12-10 20:42

It's the same old trick, I've seen it too many times, and there's no way to avoid it.

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HashRatePhilosopher

· 12-10 19:03

Really, I've seen too many of these tricks. Now I just look at the control depth at market open; if it's too deep, I just pass. You're right, fake OG tactics have almost become the industry standard. That's why I now trust on-chain data more than white papers. After a round of profit-taking, still have the nerve to talk about co-creation? That's laughable. Instead of waiting to be dumped on, it's better to face reality early.

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MiningDisasterSurvivor

· 12-08 03:56

It's the same old trick again—I saw this back in 2018 and lost quite a bit then. When the project team reopened trading, it snapped me right back to reality from my fantasies. After all these years, whenever I spot signs of market manipulation, I run—no exceptions. The market has taught me enough lessons; I don't need to pay tuition one more time.

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NotGonnaMakeIt

· 12-07 21:46

Woke up too late, already got rekt once. Seriously, if you see signs of market manipulation, just walk away—don’t even ask why. This trick is everywhere now. Only by learning to spot it can you make it out alive. We are the blade in the hands of the crop harvester. Another project I crossed off my list—don’t touch it next time.

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DegenWhisperer

· 12-07 21:42

It's the same old tricks. Even though we've seen it too many times, people still fall for it.

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FancyResearchLab

· 12-07 21:32

Another newbie who locked themselves into a contract has had an epiphany—now they've mastered it.

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ChainMelonWatcher

· 12-07 21:26

That's right, it's all the same old tricks. I've seen way too much of this. --- Wait, there's even worse. I've seen cases where they directly change contract parameters. --- LOL, I have to note down this "OG wholesale"—it's too real. --- After dumping, they even pretend to be the victims. It's unbelievable, haha. --- I stopped touching these obviously fake OG projects long ago. Just a waste of time. --- The key point is, there are always people rushing in one after another. They just can't learn. --- I've already flagged ones with such obvious market manipulation. Don't step on it next time. --- This analysis nails it. Too many people are still thinking like retail bagholders.

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