Solana's co-founder dropped an interesting take on token unlock economics recently. Here's the deal: when you've got locked tokens sitting around, even the bulls find themselves playing a calculated game. They'll dump their unlocked holdings into the open market, then scoop up those same tokens at a discount from lock-up agreements. It's essentially arbitrage built into the tokenomics structure itself. The spread between liquid and illiquid versions of the same asset? That's not a bug—it's a feature that savvy players exploit. Makes you wonder how many "long-term believers" are actually just working both sides of the unlock schedule.

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GateUser-afe07a92vip
· 12-03 22:19
Here we go again, just another sophisticated way to scam retail investors.
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StableCoinKarenvip
· 12-03 08:44
They sure play it fancy—claiming they're bullish for the long term, then turning around and arbitraging right away.
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WhaleWatchervip
· 12-02 21:56
This is why I never believe in any long-term holders, they are all playing people for suckers.
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GateUser-22da27e9vip
· 12-01 00:32
It makes sense for the country to crack down on Virtual Money trading with such repeated play people for suckers!
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NewPumpamentalsvip
· 11-30 23:03
In simple terms, it's just a new way of Be Played for Suckers.
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CryptoComedianvip
· 11-30 23:00
Haha, so the "long-term holders" are actually just playing Arbitrage, which is ridiculous. --- Once the unlocking period is over, these people turn into short positions, it cracks me up. --- To put it bluntly, they are just taking advantage of the price difference during the lock-up period, what kind of faith is that? --- As expected, there are no eternal believers, only eternal Arbitrage opportunities. --- So we are all suckers, while they make a profit on both sides, the data speaks for itself. --- This operation is slick, waiting to buy the dip on their own coins after unlocking, truly a pro move. --- Laughing and suddenly crying, turns out this is how long-term holders come about. --- No wonder there is always a big dump after unlocking, it turns out they are harvesting us. --- The "feature" of tokenomics is to ruthlessly play people for suckers, it's brilliant.
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LuckyBearDrawervip
· 11-30 22:59
Wow, isn't this just legal Be Played for Suckers? I understand it all now.
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CryptoGoldminevip
· 11-30 22:57
The arbitrage space during the unlocking period does exist, the key is whether you can seize the window period of the computing power yield ratio.
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DegenGamblervip
· 11-30 22:53
This trap is dirtier than I thought, are there really that many fake believers?
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OldLeekConfessionvip
· 11-30 22:41
Wow, this is why I always get played for suckers, turns out they're doing two-way Arbitrage.
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