The crypto industry has become so competitive that on the surface, it seems like there are too many project developers and fierce competition. However, the real root of the problem doesn't lie there.
The key issue is that privileged institutions have already established their own production lines. They monopolize all promising narrative tracks, from DeFi to NFTs to new public chains. Every position with high certainty and stable profit potential has been preemptively snatched up. When ordinary people try to participate, the information gap has been completely exploited—these institutions use their control over data and resources to build an extreme front-running model, always profiting from it, never you.
As a result, the probability of ordinary users making money is decreasing, and everyone can only struggle over the remaining scraps. Market resources and space are being divided layer by layer, the number of participants is increasing, but the channels to capture profits are continuously shrinking. This is the true reality of industry overcompetition.
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SadMoneyMeow
· 9h ago
Really, retail investors who come in now are just being used as leeks by institutions.
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It's the same old story; information asymmetry has been completely exploited, and we can only sip the leftovers.
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What’s the point of fighting? Essentially, it’s a game of capital cutting leeks.
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Exactly right. The "mouse warehouse" model has long become an industry standard; ordinary people have no way out.
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Look clearly: making money has never been about how many developers there are.
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The phrase "leftovers and cold dishes" is perfect; it describes our situation.
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Institutions have already laid their traps in advance; by the time we arrive, the feast is over.
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That’s why more and more people are starting to lie flat—they simply can’t win.
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The real killer is the shrinking channels; liquidity is locked in the hands of big players.
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After all this, it’s still the same: retail investors will always be the last to act.
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CrossChainBreather
· 9h ago
It's really heartbreaking; the information gap has been completely exploited.
Honestly, those who entered early have already made a killing. Now, entering just makes you the bag holder.
Institutions reserve their positions before releasing news, so by the time we follow the trend, it's already at the secondary market price.
Rather than competing, it's better to find alpha coins or just leave it lying around.
Now entering DeFi sectors feels pointless; they're just institutions' cash machines.
Trying to turn things around in leftovers and scraps sounds hopeless.
This is the truth of Web3. It seems democratic, but in reality, it's become more centralized.
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BrokenRugs
· 9h ago
Basically, it's just retail investors getting exploited.
Institutions are locking in positions early, and we're the bag holders, right?
This old mouse trap tactic has been rotten for a long time, but no one dares to expose it.
Damn, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. Watching others make money every day while we lose our pants.
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MetaMisfit
· 10h ago
To be honest, us retail investors are just here to pay tuition to the institutions; there's no way to play the information gap.
The crypto industry has become so competitive that on the surface, it seems like there are too many project developers and fierce competition. However, the real root of the problem doesn't lie there.
The key issue is that privileged institutions have already established their own production lines. They monopolize all promising narrative tracks, from DeFi to NFTs to new public chains. Every position with high certainty and stable profit potential has been preemptively snatched up. When ordinary people try to participate, the information gap has been completely exploited—these institutions use their control over data and resources to build an extreme front-running model, always profiting from it, never you.
As a result, the probability of ordinary users making money is decreasing, and everyone can only struggle over the remaining scraps. Market resources and space are being divided layer by layer, the number of participants is increasing, but the channels to capture profits are continuously shrinking. This is the true reality of industry overcompetition.