$LAB just pulled off one of the dirtiest cycles in crypto:

+500% in 48 hours → +$260M market cap → $26.6M shorts liquidated

Then −84% in 8 hours → −$250M wiped → $17M longs liquidated

And the worst part?

The majority of supply sits with the team.

Here’s the manipulation playbook 🧵

• Keep circulating supply artificially low
• Trigger a sharp pump to bait early shorts
• Funding flips negative → spot demand rises → shorts get squeezed
• More shorts pile in → funding overheats
• Continue squeezing → extract maximum liquidity
• Retail FOMOs in thinking it’s unstoppable
• Team starts distributing into strength
• Open shorts while dumping spot → double profit extraction

Result?

Retail loses twice:

First trying to short the pump.

Then trying to chase the top.

This isn’t a market.

It’s a liquidity trap.

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