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SHIB’s Wild Ride: Whale Dumps Trigger Sharp Reversal After Brief Rally

SHIB’s Wild Ride: Whale Dumps Trigger Sharp Reversal After Brief Rally

Author:
Coindesk
Published:
2025-05-21 08:35:04
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SHIB Spikes Then Reverses Sharply as Whale Activity Turns Bearish

Just another day in crypto wonderland—where ’to the moon’ meets ’abandon ship’ in a single trading session.

Whales play puppeteer as SHIB’s rally gets rug-pulled

The memecoin’s parabolic spike lasted just long enough for bagholders to update their Twitter bios with ’crypto trader’ before reality hit. On-chain data shows massive transfers hitting exchanges—because nothing says ’diamond hands’ like nine-figure sell orders.

Market watchers spot the classic pump-and-dump tells

Liquidity pools got drained faster than a Wall Street bonus pool during a recession. The sudden reversal left leveraged longs nursing losses—proving once again that in crypto, the house always wins (and the house is usually a bot cluster in the Caymans).

As the dust settles, retail traders are left holding the bag while institutional players recycle the same playbook. Welcome to decentralized finance—where the only thing more volatile than the charts are the excuses when trades go south.

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