2026-01-19 06:35:33

The $PTB Token Airdrop Reality Check

Kaito's $PTB claim event revealed an awkward fact: the number of tokens received in two airdrops was the same, but the prices differed by 15 times.

The data comparison is as follows:
First claim: $PTB price $0.033
Second claim: $PTB price $0.002159

Holder's account balance: if you chose staking or simply holding, the loss could be as high as -93.46%.

This case is quite typical — high price promises at the project's early stage, but when liquidity is actually released, the price depreciation far exceeds expectations. For investors participating in early token distribution, this reflects market volatility and may also signal potential issues in the project's tokenomics design. Similar price plunges are not uncommon in emerging projects, serving as a reminder for participants to stay vigilant about the project's fundamentals and token release mechanisms.

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RuntimeError

· 5h ago

93% decline... That's why I never touch early airdrops again, a bloody lesson --- Same coin, 15x price difference? That’s so disgusting, feels like being played like a monkey --- It's the same routine again, grand promises, but in the end, just harvesting the leeks, speechless --- Kaito finally laid out the issues this time, at least there’s data to look at, better than those projects that stay silent and make money --- -93% is truly outrageous, who the hell designed this token model? Are they trying to make investors lose everything? --- Early participants are collectively trapped, that’s the real picture of Web3 --- Experience tells me, there’s always a trap behind free money, impossible to defend against --- Liquidity release is a slaughterhouse, the same old story every time --- Now I finally understand what "paper wealth" means, the numbers on the books are not the same as actual value --- Just look at this data, the project team had already calculated everything, retail investors will always be the bagholders

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RugDocScientist

· 5h ago

A 93% drop... That's why I never touch early airdrops, it's too damn套路.

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BoredRiceBall

· 5h ago

93.46%? This is the legendary "airdrop trap"... --- Another textbook-level rug pull rehearsal, early investors have all become bagholders. --- $0.033 dropped to $0.002159, how desperate is that... No wonder so many people say not to touch new projects. --- So doing homework is really important; this kind of token release mechanism clearly wasn't well designed. --- Holders say they lost everything in this wave. --- A typical liquidity trap; the artificially high price in the early stage should have been a warning. --- 15x price difference? The project team is clearly just exploiting investors. --- I just want to know how some people still dare to participate in a second airdrop of this kind of project. --- Staking turns out to be even more亏损; this design is really impressive.

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DegenWhisperer