2025-12-25 21:10:14

#数字资产市场动态 Major investors are all going home for the New Year

Recently, there's a striking phenomenon in the market: since December, the net inflow of large funds into a leading exchange has plummeted from 7.8 billion to 3.8 billion. What does this indicate? A group of institutions and whale retail investors have long since withdrawn. They are busy counting money during the holiday, leaving us retail investors on the chain—playing with ourselves, competing for that remaining liquidity.

It sounds harsh, but this is the current reality of the crypto market. When big funds are absent, the market becomes a zero-sum game among retail investors. Once liquidity dries up, price volatility loses its buffer. This is not a coincidence; it is an inevitable result of the change in whale fund flows.

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LiquidityWizard

· 4h ago

Damn, we've been cut again. The big players already bailed, and we're still here picking up the slack.

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AllInAlice

· 4h ago

Wow, this is why the market has been so strange these past two weeks—retail investors are fighting each other. Whales are going back home for the New Year, and we're still here trading contracts. LOL When liquidity dries up, prices turn into a game of chips—classic tricks, buddy. That plunge from 78 to 38 was really terrifying... big players have a keen sense. So we're actually working for the whales; they've already left.

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FlashLoanPhantom

· 4h ago

Whales run away and retail investors pick up the pieces, this script has to be played every year --- It's the same old trick, big funds have already made their profit, and we're still hurting each other here --- 78 billion to 38 billion? Bro, this isn't liquidity issues, this is being played --- Late at night, watching the market alone, I finally realized who I was playing with, and it's terrifying upon reflection --- So retail investors are just tools for big players to provide liquidity, huh --- Sounds ridiculous, how can anyone dare to enter at this time --- Cutting a wave before the New Year, this move is really clever --- The most heartbreaking part of zero-sum games is that you can't win at all --- I just want to know where those whales are counting their money now --- Now I understand why big players start acting weird as soon as they exit the market

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Degentleman

· 4h ago

A typical leek-cutting rhythm, big players have already secretly slipped away. 78 billion directly halved to 38 billion, that move is absolutely brilliant. We retail investors are still fighting among ourselves here, while they are already counting their money. A market with dried-up liquidity is basically a deadlock. No wonder it's been so difficult to operate recently; it turns out we've been used as pigs. That's why I say you can never keep up with the market makers' rhythm. Once the big players withdraw, the remaining situation is all blood losses.

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PermabullPete

· 4h ago

7.8 billion to 3.8 billion? Is this hinting that we should wake up, the whales have already left. Retail investors are cutting each other, this script is getting old. Wait, isn't this really just a trick of shorting? Be careful when liquidity is gone, buddy. Feels like we're back to last year's pattern again, big players exit, retail investors foot the bill.

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