Been thinking about this for almost two years now. The math doesn't add up. When you move crypto across wallets and dump it, who exactly profits? If it's just coins changing hands between different addresses, that's pure zero-sum. And if retail starts panic-selling during these pump-and-dumps? The operators actually take losses on the downside. So what's the actual play here? Feels like I'm missing something fundamental about how this game even works.
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BuyTheTop
· 14h ago
Damn, you've been thinking about it for two years and still haven't figured it out? Bro, you need to catch up on some lessons.
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TokenDustCollector
· 14h ago
You're right, I've also been stuck on this logic... Is it just a game of liquidity?
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CryingOldWallet
· 14h ago
Your logic misses a step... When the price of the coin rises, big players are selling, retail investors are buying the dip, and this price difference is basically blood money for the buyers.
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BTCBeliefStation
· 14h ago
Wow, I can't understand this logic either... Could it be that we've been fooled for two years?
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BlockchainBrokenPromise
· 15h ago
Damn, this logic definitely has issues. I can't understand how the market maker makes a profit.
Been thinking about this for almost two years now. The math doesn't add up. When you move crypto across wallets and dump it, who exactly profits? If it's just coins changing hands between different addresses, that's pure zero-sum. And if retail starts panic-selling during these pump-and-dumps? The operators actually take losses on the downside. So what's the actual play here? Feels like I'm missing something fundamental about how this game even works.