people who lose money on memecoins today aren’t stupid.

they lose because they think they’re not.

crypto investors are smarter now.

everyone knows KOLs can be paid to shill.
everyone knows insiders exist.
everyone knows narratives can be manufactured.
everyone knows early buyers can dump on late buyers.

everyone knows they could become someone else’s exit liquidity.

and yet people still lose money.

because knowing what’s happening doesn’t mean you won’t play the game.

you see a KOL start pushing a coin.

you know something is probably going on.

then it goes +30%.

you start paying attention.

+70%.

now you regret not buying.

then your X feed is full of PnLs.

someone made 2x.
someone made 3x.
another KOL says “we’re just getting started.”

and suddenly everything you knew goes out the window.

you tell yourself:

“i’ll just put a little in, catch the next leg, and get out.”

the problem is…

everyone thinks they’ll get out in time.

you buy.

you’re up, but you don’t sell because “it can go higher.”

then it comes back to your entry.

you refuse to sell because you can’t accept giving back the profit you never actually had.

-20%.

you go back to X looking for bullish posts.

-50%.

“the KOLs are still holding.”

-80%.

now it’s the insiders.
the KOLs.
the market.

everyone is to blame except you.

until there’s almost nothing left.

and you finally face the uncomfortable truth:

no KOL grabbed your hand and pressed the buy button.

the most expensive form of stupidity in memecoins isn’t knowing nothing.

it’s knowing exactly what’s happening…

and still believing you’re smart enough to be the one who gets out before everyone else.

because eventually, someone has to be the exit liquidity.

and if you’re not careful,

it’s you.