2026-01-01 13:25:49

A certain altcoin experienced an extreme move within 5 minutes—dropping straight from the peak of the gainers list to the bottom of the losers list, so fast that there was no time to even post about it.

Starting with an initial capital of over 300 USDT, it surged to more than ten times the profit in just a few minutes, with the entry point still relatively low around 1.17. Such volatility is indeed beyond imagination, but the underlying truth is even more worth pondering.

Because the increase was so extreme, the distribution phase was equally fierce and ruthless. Once these highly controlled small-cap coins start to dump, it’s like opening a gap in the dam—no buffer space, and no time for participants to react. Basically, "where it comes from, it will return to," and all intermediate gains can evaporate in an instant.

Honestly, being able to bottom fish and sell at the top in such a market requires technical skill, but not being able to do so is normal. The temptation in the crypto market is strong, but survival is the top priority. There’s no need to force every wave of market movement; take profits when it’s good, get out in time. That’s the secret to long-term survival in the market. Risk management is always more important than chasing extreme returns.

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UncleWhale

· 5h ago

It's the same trick again, just ten times and it's done? The next second, you'll break even. I've seen it all before.

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LeverageAddict

· 5h ago

Ten times is just a number; returning to zero is the truth. Manipulated coins are just like that.

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ImpermanentLossFan

· 5h ago

Ten times happiness, ten times pain—that's the true portrait of altcoins. Another big harvest of retail investors, coming quickly and leaving even faster. Watching others make ten times profit, only to turn around and lose everything—it's not worth playing. I should have understood earlier that once the dam breaks, there's no turning back; escaping by the skin of your teeth is the real win. Good-sounding is called distribution; harshly put, it's called a cut—there's no difference. As long as the green mountains remain, there's no worry about having no firewood—I'm choosing to stay alive.

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SwapWhisperer

· 5h ago

A tenfold return sounds great, but turn around and it's a tenfold loss—that's the trick of altcoins. This kind of rapid rise and quick crash is basically a script where the big players eat the retail investors. Surviving is more important than anything else; don't be blinded by temptation. From heaven to hell in five minutes, I've seen it all. Basically, it's a game for bagholders—if you don't have the skills, don't force it. Once a friend was greedy for that tenfold, and he ended up losing everything. I've known this trick for a long time, but still, some people jump in—it's powerless. Once the dam breaks, there's no turning back—that's the fate of small coins.

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OldLeekNewSickle

· 5h ago

This wave of typical Ponzi scheme-like movement, rushing at ten times speed and falling at ten times speed, looks exciting but if you can't catch it, you have to cut losses.

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MechanicalMartel

· 5h ago

It's the same old trick... Hearing about tenfold gains sounds exciting, but I wake up with nothing left.

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