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LAB still knows how to play. Last year, when the big players participated in the KOL round, just as it was about to be unlocked, the project team forcibly locked the tokens for half a year.
One big player invested $25k, which turned into $2.5 million, but due to the lock-up period not being over, they can only watch and not sell.
If I remember correctly, LAB has token unlocks every day. In this situation, every time the price is pushed higher, the risk of selling off doubles.
When the chips from the KOL round are unlocked, her on-paper funds might suffer a significant shrinkage.
It has to be said that the project team’s clever plan is really effective—showing you the money but not letting you profit.
However, their true sophistication or cunning goes beyond that.
Many projects have KOL rounds and lock-up periods, and the main reason for designing such mechanisms is ultimately to induce a price drop.
Because many participants in the KOL round are big investors, to protect their profits, some big players will choose to short and hedge.
For the project team, whether it’s using capital to drain liquidity or directly triggering a collapse, they have many ways to torment the big hedgers.
I think this is also a key reason why LAB’s price remains so resilient.
If it weren’t for big players shorting, I wouldn’t believe the market could sustain for so long.
See for yourself, LAB’s operation is the ultimate illustration of the saying: the wool comes out of the sheep.
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