2025-12-24 13:23:26

Eight years in the crypto world, and this is the thing I just can't understand. The capital size is right there; they could easily find a project team to do market cap management, ensuring stable cash flow. But instead, they keep throwing money into small-cap coins. This logic is a bit crazy—giving away money? I really don't get it.

What's even more heartbreaking is that, logically, the more money you have, the stronger your risk control awareness should be. But reality often proves the opposite. Some big investors are actually more willing to gamble than retail investors. Having ample funds seems to give them a sense of entitlement: as if losing is okay because they don't need to keep track of the losses.

From a mindset perspective, small retail investors, because of their limited principal, tend to hold on tightly and think carefully. Large capital, on the other hand, can easily develop a delusion: "Anyway, if I throw money into several projects, some will definitely succeed." This "casting a wide net" approach looks carefree, but it actually hides huge risks.

Why do smart money investors end up losing out in this area? I think it's still a matter of information gap and mindset difference. True risk control experts never put all their eggs in one basket.

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orphaned_block

· 5h ago

Really, wealthy people are actually more prone to getting carried away. I've seen this too many times. That's the gambler's mentality—having more funds makes you feel like you can afford to lose. Speaking of which, some big accounts are indeed outrageous; retail investors are actually more clear-headed.

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gas_fee_therapist

· 5h ago

That's ridiculous. Big players burning money doesn't mean they don't understand; it just means they have extra idle funds. The mentality of large-scale players has long since collapsed. Risk awareness? That doesn't matter to them. Retail investors, on the other hand, live more clearly because every penny is hard-earned money.

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Degen4Breakfast

· 5h ago

You speak very harshly, but I think there's another perspective — big funds are easily self-hypnotized, as if having a large volume can pay for mistakes. Only by pouring real money can you understand what regret truly means; small investors are cautious precisely because they are poor. By the way, in these eight years, how many of these "smart money" have you seen end up with a ruined face? The mentality problem of big funds is truly the biggest black hole in the crypto world, no doubt. If you can afford to lose, then you're really starting to court death — this is a curse.

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OnchainDetective

· 5h ago

According to on-chain data, the behavior patterns of these big wallet holders are quite interesting... Those transactions where ample funds are poured into small-cap coins, upon address tracking, are often found to be transfers related to associated accounts. On the surface, it looks like a spray-and-pray approach, but the actual fund flow points to the same set of addresses. A clear case of wash trading. I've long suspected that behind these large accounts with seemingly poor risk control is usually an information network advantage. Their dumping into small coins is not gambling—it's a pre-locking of chips. Small retail investors think they are holding tight, but in fact, they are already caught. Suspicious wallet behaviors are often hidden within the data... After analysis and judgment, those so-called "reckless investments" show trading patterns that are far more abnormal than the surface description. It's not that they can't afford to lose; they simply don't need to lose themselves.

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