2025-12-24 00:21:28

The pattern in the market has long been set - large investors hold the vast majority of the chips, while retail investors can only buy a few scraps. In such an unequal situation, it is very difficult for retail investors to make money. The most realistic scenario is: even if the coin price remains sideways, large investors can continuously reap profits through funding fees. Once small retail investors are forced to close positions, the chips in the hands of market makers become even more concentrated. At that time, big dumps or big pumps all depend on the whims of large investors. Funding fees may seem silent, but over time they can completely erode the profits of retail investors. This is why coins with large volumes are often the easiest to manipulate - the distribution of chips determines the rules of the game.

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FUDwatcher

· 17h ago

The funding fee is really outrageous; it can suck blood while you just lie there. Retail investors are just the smallest ones in the field of suckers. Large investors are not afraid of a fall; they are making a fortune anyway. It feels like the crypto world is a game of big fish eating small fish; if you don't have chips, don't think about winning. Even in a sideways market, you can still get played for suckers; I really didn't expect this operation.

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YieldHunter

· 18h ago

yeah ngl the funding rates math here is actually unsettling if you look at the data—been tracking tvl correlations and this tracks. small retail really is just getting bled out systematically.

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GweiWatcher

· 18h ago

The funding fee is really something, you can just lie down and be played for suckers. --- Retail investors really have a hard life, they can't even move. --- The higher the concentration of chips, the easier it is to be manipulated, that's no secret. --- Knowing it doesn't change anything, you still have to trade. --- To put it bluntly, it's just big fish eating small fish, nothing new. --- The accumulation of funding fees can really eat away all profits, speechless. --- Sideways is the most terrifying, Large Investors are still making money while retail investors are losing. --- The distribution of chips determines everything, that's the reality. --- I've known it for a long time, but there's nothing to be done. --- Once forced to Close Position, the game is over, it's too hard.

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