The pattern's pretty striking if you pay attention: fresh rug pull hits the market, influencers suddenly go quiet, and retail investors keep wondering why they got dumped on. Here's the thing though—while KOLs definitely share blame for promoting questionable projects, there's another side to this equation. The devs launching a new ticker every few days? They're literally banking on the fact that you keep funding them. Each cycle, same playbook. Different token, same theft. The uncomfortable truth is participation fuels it. Every buy into an unvetted project, every decision made without doing basic research—that's what keeps the scheme rolling. Nobody forced you in, just like nobody can force you to recognize the pattern and exit it. The market will keep testing your judgment. What you do with that information is entirely on you.