2026-01-13 12:31:29

In the BSC ecosystem, why would the whales allow KOLs to hold over 30% of the chips? There could be several strategies behind this.

The most common is mutual benefit—project teams recruit KOLs to boost popularity and exposure, while KOLs leverage the whale's funding support to boost their performance on GMGN and accumulate data. Both sides get what they want, achieving a win-win situation.

Another possibility is even more direct: KOLs and whales are essentially on the same team, operated by the same group. In such a setup, the opening of the market becomes a game of left hand versus right hand for the project team—whales profit from the price difference, while KOLs simultaneously grow their accounts, gain followers, and build credibility, making both sides look good. This also explains why you often see highly coordinated operations on GMGN and Twitter.

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fren.eth

· 01-16 12:29

Hmm... a grasshopper on a rope, that's a perfect way to put it haha

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Web3ExplorerLin

· 01-16 08:25

hypothesis: the whole "30% threshold" thing is just a convenient narrative we tell ourselves. technically speaking, it's probably more like they're running the same oracle network from both ends, ya know? like bridging liquidity across different wallets but pretending it's decentralized... interesting enough, this reminds me of the byzantine generals problem but with rug pull characteristics.

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NewPumpamentals

· 01-13 13:01

Wow, this is exactly the outrageous operation I see every day. No wonder everything runs so smoothly.

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ChainWatcher

· 01-13 12:52

That's a bit straightforward haha, it's just an ecosystem for pulling stunts. It seems complicated but it's really just two words—"harvesting" (cutting leeks).

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