2026-01-02 08:23:07

Liquidity crises have indeed become the stone pressing down on altcoins.

Look at the current situation: the pump is entirely driven by bots creating a false prosperity, while the dump becomes a nightmare for retail investors trying to catch the falling knife. There is no smooth transition between the two. The whole process is like a carefully orchestrated script to harvest retail investors.

Frankly, many founding teams of altcoin projects have long since cashed out and left, leaving behind a bunch of ghost-like tokens self-consuming. It's not that there is no capital in the market; the problem is that the money flows into more exciting and eye-catching areas.

The market's neglect of altcoins is ultimately not due to technical issues. The real problem lies in the decline of narrative ability—continuously repeating the old story of "disrupting traditional finance" has long caused aesthetic fatigue. In contrast, meme coins are much more straightforward: no pretenses, simply saying "I'm here to gamble," and ironically, their honesty has earned attention.

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WhaleSurfer

· 10h ago

I've been saying it all along, copycat coins with narrative bankruptcy deserve to be neglected... Bots pumping, retail investors getting caught, who can endure this cycle? Meme coins actually won because they don't pretend... Instead of wasting effort on disrupting finance, it's better to honestly admit it's just a gamble... Copycat coins died in their own stories, really.

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LayerZeroHero

· 10h ago

It has been proven... Liquidity indicators directly determine the survival curve of tokens. Currently, many copycat projects cannot even sustain basic trading depth. Meme coins, on the other hand, have won because of transparent narratives? This indeed warrants reflection within the technical community on the issues of the protocol architecture itself.

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InscriptionGriller

· 10h ago

Basically, now altcoins are just dead hearts that refuse to die, still talking about "disrupting finance," it's laughable. People are already tired of this old, worn-out story, and instead, meme coins and that bunch of straightforward degenerates are more popular—what a damn irony. --- Cash-out and exit has long been the Achilles' heel of altcoins; the remaining tokens are like zombies, surviving on their own and then dying out. --- Robot pump-and-dump, retail investors taking the bait—how long has this cycle been going on? Liquidity is dead, everything is dead, there's nothing more to say. --- If you still believe in the technological narrative of altcoins now, I feel sorry for your face. Funds have long shifted to meme coins and that straightforward crowd; honesty has become a golden sign. --- Do you understand? The liquidity crisis is the last straw that breaks the camel's back. Altcoins are completely finished. --- The founders running away early has long become routine. Now, expecting altcoins to turn around? What are you thinking, buddy?

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SatsStacking

· 10h ago

To be honest, I'm already tired of this wave of cutting leeks. Robots pump and dump, retail investors are always the last to take the fall. The team has run away, but the coin is still there. Isn't this just a living zombie? Meme coins are popular because of one thing: "honesty." Altcoins are still talking about dreams. Liquidity is dead, and altcoins are truly dead. Rather than believing in narratives, it's better to go all-in on meme coins. At least if you win, you can still brag.

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