Many people haven't understood the underlying logic of the event last night when XRP was precisely hunted for 230,000 USD on a certain trading platform, and some complain that the 1 million USD pump only earned 230,000 USD, feeling it's not worth it.



In fact, this is an asymmetric game among experts. Let me break down this purely technical harvesting strategy:

**First Layer: The Referral Bonus Trap**
A certain trading platform offers a rebate mechanism to attract trading volume. 15——(Note: The original text is incomplete here, but the core logic is that the platform designs the rebate structure to guide retail traders to trade frequently, creating an illusion of liquidity).

The institutional players are well aware of this mechanism. They know which price points will trigger stop-losses, when retail traders will chase the rise, and when the rebate structure will fail. This is an information gap.

**Second Layer: Liquidity Hunting**
The 1 million USD pump seems grand, but the target is very precise—sweeping floating chips within a specific price range. Once retail stop-loss orders are eaten up and liquidity dries up, they can build positions at a lower cost.

**Third Layer: Time Advantage**
Exchange platforms have predictive mechanisms for large traders' behaviors, allowing them to lock in liquidity depth in advance. Retail traders look at the order book, but institutions see the deep data flow.

So, 230,000 USD is not a loss but the cost of this hunt—the "tax" paid to take out a larger market position. This is an advanced gameplay in the market.
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blocksnarkvip
· 13h ago
Uh... this way of speaking sounds comfortable, but I think it's overthinking a bit. 230,000 is really a huge loss. I believe in institutions hunting retail investors, but the idea of "taxes paid for the greater good"... isn't that just armchair strategizing after the fact?
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AirdropHunterXiaovip
· 13h ago
I knew it, it's the same old trick. The institutions are playing the game of information asymmetry, retail investors are always half a beat behind.
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VitalikFanAccountvip
· 13h ago
Got it. Basically, it's information asymmetry crushing retail investors. We look at candlestick charts, while they look at underlying data. The methods are completely on different levels.
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GasWastervip
· 13h ago
Wake up, retail investors can't see through this layer of skin at all, still studying candlestick charts.
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SocialAnxietyStakervip
· 13h ago
Well... basically, retail investors are being cut, while institutions are playing chess.
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GasGuruvip
· 13h ago
It seems that retail investors really need to wake up; the game played by institutions is on a completely different level. --- I've long stopped believing in the rebate schemes; they're just a harvesting tool for the little guys. --- The information gap is truly incredible. They look at data streams while we look at candlestick charts. How can we possibly win? --- So I understand the logic of spending 230,000 to gain greater profits, but if retail investors think this way, aren't they just comforting themselves? --- This move by the institutions is basically teaching retail investors what "a move in the wrong direction" means. It's uncomfortable. --- Wait, can they lock in liquidity depth in advance? That means we haven't had a fair trade at all. --- I just want to know how ordinary people can identify this kind of hunting, or is it more cost-effective to just lie flat.
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