The so-called "trencher" crowd paired with pump-and-dump platforms? That's a parasitic combo bleeding this space dry.
Their playbook is textbook predatory: hype worthless tokens to their own network, create FOMO around projects they'd never hold past 24 hours, then exit on the backs of people who trusted them. It's not trading—it's betrayal dressed up as alpha.
What's genuinely disturbing isn't just the money lost. It's the moral vacuum. These aren't participants building anything or contributing value. They're extractors who've weaponized social capital for quick flips, torching relationships and credibility in the process.
The crypto space was supposed to level financial playing fields. Instead, we've got grifters turning community into commodity. That spiritual rot? It's metastasizing—and everyone enabling this system owns a piece of the damage.
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The so-called "trencher" crowd paired with pump-and-dump platforms? That's a parasitic combo bleeding this space dry.
Their playbook is textbook predatory: hype worthless tokens to their own network, create FOMO around projects they'd never hold past 24 hours, then exit on the backs of people who trusted them. It's not trading—it's betrayal dressed up as alpha.
What's genuinely disturbing isn't just the money lost. It's the moral vacuum. These aren't participants building anything or contributing value. They're extractors who've weaponized social capital for quick flips, torching relationships and credibility in the process.
The crypto space was supposed to level financial playing fields. Instead, we've got grifters turning community into commodity. That spiritual rot? It's metastasizing—and everyone enabling this system owns a piece of the damage.