2026-01-19 01:14:40

Another round of whale manipulation show.

The timeline is as follows — on the eighth day of the lunar new year, a major whale publicly started building a position in SOL. By the 17th, they had significantly closed their long positions in altcoins. As a result, when the market opened today, the entire market plunged. Coincidentally, the price of SOL just fell back to the $134 level, which was exactly the cost basis of that trader’s initial position.

This rhythm is quite interesting. Early deployment, timely take profit, perfectly avoiding today’s crash. Many people are still buying at the bottom, while others have already locked in profits and exited completely.

By the way, could this recent decline be the opportunity that some big players have been waiting for? From building the position to closing it, and then the crash happening, the entire logical chain is quite clear. Sometimes the market is so theatrical — savvy traders have already seen through it, while retail investors are still catching up.

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Anon4461

· 01-21 18:39

Whale's move is really brilliant; every time, we retail investors are the ones being served as the main course.

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0xSunnyDay

· 01-21 12:31

It's the whales playing us again, really speechless. I should have just followed the big players and taken the profit, now I can only eat dirt.

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AlwaysAnon

· 01-19 01:44

Here we go again with the same tricks, the textbook operations of whales cutting leeks... retail investors should just accept their fate --- Damn, the timing is way too precise, is the $134 figure really a coincidence? I don’t buy it --- If I had known earlier, I would have followed the big players and taken some profits. Now I can only watch my positions evaporate --- This is the information gap, everyone. What we see is always the story of others having already exited --- What do you think about SOL this round? Still rotten or is there a chance to turn around... Seeking guidance from the experts --- The market is just a casino, big players are the house, and us small retail investors deserve to be harvested --- The rhythm is right, but the problem is who can truly hold on until the end... Difficult

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AirdropHarvester

· 01-19 01:44

It's the same old story. The whales are already full, and we're still holding the bag. Typical pump-and-dump manipulation, retail investors standing firm at high levels, never able to keep up with the rhythm. $134 is tightly held at this point, what does that mean? They've already calculated everything in advance. I just want to know when the next wave will come, and whether it's our turn to make a profit. This is the market. The information gap equals the profit gap. We can only accept it.

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unrekt.eth

· 01-19 01:42

It's the same old script again, tired of the whales' stage play. Retail investors and bagholders are always the last to know the truth. $134 this number is too coincidental, it doesn't seem like a coincidence. We should have learned long ago to follow the footsteps of the big players. We got cut again in this wave, but we're used to it.

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BetterLuckyThanSmart

· 01-19 01:40

Whales are just whales, and we retail investors should really learn from their sense of rhythm. Retail investors are always catching the last baton; they've already withdrawn completely. $134 such a coincidence is truly incredible; this game was probably set up long ago.

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