I’ve been saying it all along, this wave of $RIVER is not that simple. The price suddenly surges, seemingly calm on the surface, but behind the scenes there are tricks that players can’t see through.

Many people are now attracted to shorting, but that’s exactly falling into a trap. The market makers are not pushing the price up; they are harvesting the liquidity released by early staked users as subsidies, using this capital to repeatedly accumulate positions. If you keep maintaining a short position, you’re actually giving the market makers more opportunities to keep playing — they don’t care about your opinions and can continue to cut in rounds.

Think about that token called $pippin on a certain DEX, and you’ll understand. Over two months, the funds have been repeatedly eaten up countless times, with each fluctuation being a new harvest. Short-term traders follow the swings, only to find they can’t really make money, just stepping stones for the market makers.

The current situation of $RIVER is quite similar. If you keep chasing shorts or longs repeatedly, then continue to be harvested. What you should really be thinking about is how to protect yourself in this kind of market, rather than blindly betting on a direction.