2026-01-14 07:24:37

Take a careful look back at the cryptocurrency stories of the past two years, the final trends of projects like TST, PALU, and others, all point to the same truth—retail investors buying at the top.

Why is this happening? Simply put, everyone is waiting for good news. Contract leverage, spot position increases, everyone is betting on the next limit-up. And what’s the result? Those with resources and connections do get in, but retail investors are left holding the bag at the peak. A messy ending.

Think carefully, the root cause isn’t in the market, but in people's minds. Everyone longs for the same outcome—getting rich overnight. But such an outcome is destined not to happen. Greed, once triggered, cannot be stopped. FOMO spreads, and rational judgment begins to fail.

The meme coin craze has also run its course; everything that was meant to end has ended. It’s a new year—let’s just live well.

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StopLossMaster

· 01-17 07:02

It's the same old story again and again: retail investors taking the bait, FOMO, greed... It sounds convincing, but there's one problem—how come people who know all this are still playing? Human nature is like this; there's nothing we can do.

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NeverVoteOnDAO

· 01-16 21:00

Basically, it's a game of human nature—the big players harvest, and retail investors pay the price. It happens every time.

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ReverseTradingGuru

· 01-16 20:20

Truthful words, but said too late. Should have woken up earlier. --- It's the same old story, good news, adding positions, leverage... still waiting for the daily limit up in my sleep. --- Sounds nice, but it's actually just a harvest of human greed. Nothing new. --- FOMO really can't be stopped once it starts, I am a warning from the past. --- Retail investors have lost everything to the manipulation, and they should be grateful just to be alive. --- Resource and relationship players have already run away, while we are still counting money at the top. Irony. --- Looking back over the past two years, greed is indeed the number one killer, no doubt. --- Memecoin should have been cleared out early, don't wait for it to disappear on its own. --- Living well is better than anything. The dream of getting rich overnight should wake up.

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CrossChainBreather

· 01-14 07:52

It's the truth. I've seen too many such schemes in the past two years; contract leverage is just a slaughterhouse. Retail investors are always a step behind. By the time you see positive news, you're already the bagholder. Greed is incurable. FOMO together with greed messes up your mind. It's time to reflect. The meme coin craze really should cool down. It's better to live steadily. Those at the top are all of us; those watching the show below are the whales. I'm done gambling. It's too exhausting.

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wrekt_but_learning

· 01-14 07:51

Honestly, these things have been obvious for a long time. It's just greed taking over; everyone wants to get rich overnight, but end up losing everything overnight. --- FOMO is really a poison. Once you're affected, all rationality disappears. --- Same old story: those with connections have already run away, so what are we still waiting for here? --- Contract leverage is just a harvesting tool. Really, there's no need to fight it. --- Every time I say I've learned my lesson, I end up repeating the same mistakes. That's just how people are. --- The wave of meme coins has receded, and what’s left are all corpses. --- Retail investors' fate as bagholders is unchangeable. --- Thinking back, I’ve done the same thing before. Now that I think about it, it’s really ridiculous. --- The root cause is in people's hearts, that’s true, but changing people's hearts is even harder. --- Just being alive is good enough; don’t think about those things. --- Good news only benefits those with backgrounds; we can only wait for bad news.

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StableGeniusDegen

· 01-14 07:47

That hit too close to home, I am just one of those at the top of the mountain Another story of a dream of getting on board shattered, almost couldn't hold it together Greed is truly the original sin, every time I say this time will be different, but the same old tricks happen again

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BrokenYield

· 01-14 07:44

ngl the leverage ratio on these bags tells the whole story... smart money dumped, retail held bags. correlation matrix was obvious if u werent blinded by greed lol

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0xLuckbox

· 01-14 07:43

Really, I've seen too many stories of chaos and mess. The key is knowing the difference between understanding and actually doing, which is a gap of ten thousand miles. Next time, I'll still end up taking the bait.

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FUD_Whisperer

· 01-14 07:41

It's the same old story again, but every time someone falls for it. Picking up the bag at a high level is truly a cyclical curse. Greed will kill people, and this wave of meme coins is a living textbook. Retail investors have a tough life; after all, we lack resources and connections. We say we want to live well, but who can really hold on?

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GigaBrainAnon

· 01-14 07:27

The fate of retail investors as bagholders, it's all tears when you think about it. Damn, it's always like this; those connected have already gotten off the bus. Greed is truly the original sin; you just can't stop. Just live well in the new year, don't think about getting rich overnight.

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