2026-01-17 18:54:22

From hype to dumps in 24 hours—sound familiar? How do projects go from being everyone's favorite meta narrative to absolute dead weight so quickly? It's the classic cycle: viral momentum carries a token through the roof, but once the narrative fades, the bags get heavy fast. No fundamentals, no staying power. Just hot air that deflates overnight. That's what separates actual projects with real utility from pure meme plays chasing the latest trend.

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0xLostKey

· 01-20 18:54

Really tired of this routine, it's always like this every time.

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BtcDailyResearcher

· 01-20 16:31

Basically, it's a pile of trash projects with no fundamentals that will reveal their true nature in just a few days.

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MerkleTreeHugger

· 01-17 19:24

Oh no, it's the same old trick... Retail investors are always the last to take the fall.

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GoldDiggerDuck

· 01-17 19:22

This is the current state of the crypto world. The myths from last year have all become zero-value coins this year.

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YieldHunter

· 01-17 19:19

nah this is just natural selection tbh—if you look at the data, 90% of these "narratives" have zero sustainable returns model. the correlation between twitter volume and actual tvl? absolute garbage. most degens don't even check the risk-adjusted metrics before fomoing in lol

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StrawberryIce

· 01-17 19:17

Basically, projects without fundamentals deserve to collapse, and the retail investors who keep paying tuition time and again also deserve it.

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MemeKingNFT

· 01-17 19:13

That's why I said earlier, looking at on-chain data is more useful than just hearing stories. Now you understand, right?

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PermabullPete

· 01-17 19:09

Nah, that's why I only deal with projects that have real utility; otherwise, I would have been wiped out and bankrupt long ago.