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Crypto Pump & Dumps Have Become the Ugly Norm. Can They Be Stopped? - Ep. 834
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 01:17:20
Publish Date: 2025-05-13 16:00:00
Description:

The Movement Labs scandal exposed more than just one bad deal –  it pulled back the curtain on a widespread problem in crypto: how some market makers, founders, and VCs play games to make money — whether the project succeeds or not.

In this episode, Laura speaks with José Macedo of Delphi Labs, Omar Shakeeb of SecondLane, and Taran Sabharwal of STIX to explain:

  • How market makers are supposed to work, and how they operate in crypto

  • Why insider selling is more common than you think

  • How projects like Movement, Mantra, and others exploit launch day hype

  • Whether VCs often enable this behavior with side deals that retail never hears about

  • And what the industry needs to do to fix this broken system

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