2025-12-24 14:22:45

Recently, I've been watching the RIVER project, and to be honest, it's a bit frightening. The recent attack event has left the market confidence still not fully recovered—someone used a combination of short selling and concentrated exchanges to force the price down by over 50%. The shadow cast by this is not so easily dissipated.

Although the project team responded quickly—shutting down the exchange channels, initiating buybacks, and upgrading mechanisms (adding daily limits and strengthening staking mechanisms)—the fundamental problem remains unresolved: liquidity is inherently fragile. Once a slightly larger order comes in, the price still drops.

What’s even more heartbreaking is that a large amount of tokens are still locked up, and the future unlocking pressure is looming. When the market shows any signs of turbulence, these kinds of tokens tend to fall the hardest—selling pressure and panic sell-offs come together, and no one can stop it.

Ultimately, it’s about: the market is unstable, selling pressure is still being released, and the risk of entering now to buy the dip is too high—it's not worth gambling.

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GasFeeSobber

· 2025-12-27 13:43

Not touching RIVER, that wave of attacks exposed the underlying vulnerabilities too thoroughly --- What’s the use of the project team patching things up? The liquidity is rotten to the root, still expecting to regain confidence? --- When the unlock period arrives, this ticket will definitely fall below --- I really don’t understand the mentality of still wanting to buy the dip now. Isn’t a 50% drop enough to see? --- Instead of betting on this, it’s better to wait until the market stabilizes --- Short selling + exchange combo punch is indeed fierce, but the problem is that no matter how much the defense line is strengthened, it can’t stop the real issues --- With so much pressure from locking up, it’s only a matter of time before a disaster strikes --- Daring to enter before the selling pressure is fully released? I wouldn’t dare

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DegenDreamer

· 2025-12-27 13:00

This 50% crash is really brutal; the healing cycle will take at least half a year. RIVER is now a landmine; its liquidity is so fragile that it shatters with a touch. The real disaster will come when the unlocking wave arrives.

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BearMarketBro

· 2025-12-27 10:42

My goodness, the liquidity design is just too terrible... As for RIVER, essentially it's just too small a market to withstand large sell-offs, no matter how many patches are applied. No one knows how it will die when the tide of unlocking comes. I advise everyone not to chase this cheap deal. The project team keeps making changes, just patching things up, but they can't fix the fundamental issues... I usually stay far away from coins that have been hammered down like this, as market panic is still ongoing. Honestly, it's just waiting—waiting for liquidity to truly stabilize before considering. Jumping in now is just gambling. No matter how good the system reforms are, insufficient liquidity is still just a facade, and the risks are outrageously high.

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shadowy_supercoder

· 2025-12-25 09:53

This market is full of air, the lock-up bomb could explode at any time. Wait, can the project team fix the liquidity漏洞 with an upgrade mechanism? Overthinking it, right? Honestly, the RIVER incident is a textbook-level rug preview. Both shorting and dumping, this操作 is a standard暴雷套路. Bottom fishing? Bro, this isn't bottom fishing, this is catching a刀子.

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TopBuyerBottomSeller

· 2025-12-24 14:52

It's another domino effect—one flash crash destroys the entire market confidence; it's too hard to save.

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SatoshiSherpa

· 2025-12-24 14:43

This dish is beyond saving; a single poke and the liquidity collapses.

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LiquidationTherapist

· 2025-12-24 14:33

Liquidity is so fragile that no matter how much the project team adds, it's just treating the symptoms and not the root cause. It's actually a ticking time bomb; the real test will come when the unlocking wave arrives.

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CryptoComedian

· 2025-12-24 14:32

Smiling and then crying, RIVER is just a ticking time bomb. When the unlock day comes, we the retail investors will say goodbye. --- Liquidity is as fragile as paper; project teams' patches can't save it. In short, it's structurally rotten. --- A 50% drop is not the end; once the lock-up pressure is released, it will still break through. For this kind of token, I choose to lie flat. --- Short selling + exchange combo punch this wave, directly crushing RIVER players' mentality. Entering now is just gambling on people's stupidity. --- "Today’s Retail Investor Diary" Day-N: Watching RIVER's K-line, I finally understand what despair's temperature feels like. --- Rather than bottom-fishing RIVER, it's better to wait for the real bottom during major market movements. This token is now just a pit. --- The project team’s various patch operations seem diligent, but they can't save the fragile liquidity structure. Data will speak. --- Selling pressure hasn't been fully released, and the lock-up is still overhead. Do you dare to gamble on this? I don't dare, with tears behind my smile.

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GasFeeCrier

· 2025-12-24 14:30

Really, I'm also watching RIVER. After that attack incident, I can't trust the project's remedial measures anymore; it feels like a last-minute patchwork. What’s the point of a mechanism upgrade? The fundamental issue of fragile liquidity hasn't been fixed. Large holders sell and the price drops to the bottom. And then there are those locked tokens hanging over the project like a bomb. Sooner or later, it's going to explode. I don't dare to buy the dip.

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