2025-12-19 21:36:13

Feeling that the crypto market is being manipulated and corrupted? This very question highlights the issue.

Newcomers, you haven't experienced a true bear market. We've been in one since last year. Those seemingly "outrageous" fluctuations, false breakouts, and endless noise — this is not a bug, but the standard for a bear market.

The market doesn't move according to your logic. In a long-term bear market, price trends often defy intuition. False signals are everywhere, and genuine bottom signals are drowned out by noise. Traders' mindsets gradually become distorted, and retail investors are repeatedly harvested. This is nothing new.

Those "unreasonable" phenomena? For those who have gone through a complete cycle, it's all too familiar. Understanding the essence of a bear market is how you realize why everything seems so crazy.

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ImpermanentLossFan

· 12-22 21:35

We are already tired of this trap in the Bear Market, while newcomers are still amazed, haha. Stop yelling about manipulation all day; the market is just this crazy, get used to it. There’s noise everywhere, and the bottom signals are buried; this is just a routine operation. Those who have gone through a complete cycle are already numb, while you are still learning. Prices never follow common sense; isn’t that the charm of encryption? Retail investors being played for suckers is fate, you can't blame anyone.

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SchroedingerGas

· 12-21 22:53

The bear market is like this; newcomers always feel something is off, but there's really nothing strange about it.

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BearMarketBard

· 12-21 17:33

Newcomers in the Bear Market are still complaining about being played for suckers, I'm numb to it, haha. Once you endure two rounds, you'll understand, this is just the game rule.

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CounterIndicator

· 12-19 22:06

Uh, this is just how a bear market is. Newbie investors all have to pay tuition fees, there's nothing we can do.

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SwapWhisperer

· 12-19 22:03

A bear market is like this, newbies just don't understand. We veterans have long been numb. --- Basically, it's about learning from losses when it's time to take a hit, otherwise you'll repeat the same mistakes in the next cycle. --- Manipulation? Wake up, the market itself operates on this logic. Adapt to it or get out. --- It's normal to see noise everywhere; the problem is you're still listening. --- After experiencing a full cycle, you'll understand. Wasting time on these worries now is really pointless. --- Retail investors keep getting cut because they're still trading with retail logic. There's nothing to complain about. --- False breakouts, false signals—this is the menu of a bear market. Whether to click or not is up to you. --- If you can't understand, don't move first. Wait until you figure it out. --- Who can know the true bottom in advance? Don't trust those pretending to know.

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TokenomicsPolice

· 12-19 22:01

Bro, what manipulation? This is just a bear market. Newcomers are too naive. That's right, retail investors have always been the ones getting cut, just get used to it. People who have gone through a full cycle are already numb; this is just a small matter. A bear market is counterintuitive; the more you want to make quick money, the more you're being harvested. Noise is everywhere, and the true signals have been drowned out, it's normal not to be able to tell the difference. Looking at your words, it's a classic "I've been through it, so you don't understand." But indeed, newcomers are easily fooled. Instead of blaming market manipulation, it's better to reflect on whether your trading logic has issues.

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GateUser-a180694b

· 12-19 21:59

Bear markets are just like that; newcomers always feel like they're getting cut, while veterans are already used to it.

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SilentAlpha

· 12-19 21:56

Getting chopped during a bear market is the normal operation; the real fault is that I haven't experienced 😂

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GasBandit

· 12-19 21:52

The bear market has been played this way for so many years, newcomers still get cut easily. To be honest, it's just two words—patience. --- Manipulated? Bro, you're still inexperienced. This is what the market is really like. --- There is a lot of noise, but that's also the perfect time to get in. --- People who experienced 2018 are now just smiling and not saying anything. Newbies are still asking why it's so weird. --- Counterintuitive movements are the norm; once you adapt, it won't hurt so much. --- Really, understanding the bear market is understanding human nature. The market is not wrong; the mistake is your perception of it. --- Fake breakouts, who cares? As long as the bottom signals appear, action must be taken. Everything else is just noise. --- This article is spot on, but too many people don't believe it. --- Those who have gone through a full cycle understand. Asking these questions now just shows it's still early. --- The mental state is truly twisted. Seeing yourself get cut and still pretending to be calm—that's the hardest part.

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Blockwatcher9000

· 12-19 21:47

Is this what a bear market is like? Newcomers always feel like they've been tricked, but in reality, the trick is the market itself. That's right, retail investors are just repeatedly being harvested. Only after experiencing a full cycle do you understand that the current madness is nothing. Noise drowns out signals, and that's the real hell. Bottom signals? Ha, let's talk after surviving this bear market first.

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