How to stop pump and dumps in low liquidity conditions?

[bated]

Any thoughts on how to stop what I refer to as the "Rupee Raiders" who take advantage of low liquidity coins.  It often appears organized and the pattern is always the same:

• down vote coin sentiment
• post inane message about scam token or bad news about the coin
• dump enough tokens at market price to drop the price 10% to 20% while posting more inane messages
• buy back in at much lower price and drip sell them back as the price slowly recovers

Rinse and repeat.


EDIT:

Just a bit more background, I am an experienced crypto miner, and have a diverse portfolio of crypto which includes $BTC and $ETH.  This was the first time I invested in ICO which is why I decided to join this forum. I got in very very early and could sell my coins for a profit right now if I wanted to.  The altcoin in question, qubetics, is a layer 1 which I truly believe has big potential.  Not just saying that, they are about to launch $BTC Chain Abstraction and dVPN and have announced a number of partnerships with the likes of aylab.  They have been audited by Certik and have a second audit in the final stages of bug fixing.  They got around 20K investors and raised $19 million dollars from the ICO and launched in July 2025.  If it was a rugpull they would have been long gone by now.  I believe the low liquidity is because a large percentage of the coins are stake.  I doubted them post launch but they have delivered on their promises so far.  The problem as far as I see it, is it has been identified as a a target by the pump and dump crew.  One of them even blatantly stated that he wants to buy in at a lower price when someone questioned why he kept calling it a scam.

My take away from this - if you can't beat 'em join 'em. We live in a messed up world where lies profit and the truth is a sell signal.

[Tinubu]

That would be impossible because to prevent it is like going against the nature of the small altcoins. The true purpose of them is to be pumped and dumped, that's the only way they stay alive and continue existing. Otherwise they would die since nobody would ever buy them (they lack demand due to lacking utility).

For me, why i think pump-and-dump is needed is because small alt coins usually dont have a real use...(They really don't solve problems for people or provide services that people really)...so without an actual use, there's no tangible reason to buy them...the only fun in buying them comes from "price swing"

So I don't think the chaos is a problem.. because it's the main point.. they're not real money or investments.. they're some sort of lottery tickets pretending to be technology☺️
And their job is allowing early buyers get a cash out on everyone's hope.

[justdimin]

Your chances of success are slim, especially with small volumes, so my advice is to stay away from such obscure coins or tokens. Aren't there so many safer options for trading? Instead, invest in coins or tokens with clear potential for fraud. Try to do your research, at least minimize projects with clear backgrounds, teams, funding, and communities, rather than investing in shady projects.

But, hard to find such coins these days with a clean team, vision and roadmap. The only way to survive and earn from the altcoins market is by being sharp and investing and divesting quickly before the dump happens. Still going to lose some trades but if you are sharp enough, there is still some money in this market. One such example is when Elon pumped DOGE, some people bought overnight at 20-30 cents and sold by morning when price was almost 60-70 cents. And now the shit coin is back to where it belonged.

Don't let emotions cause you to hold onto these altcoins for too long, as we have seen over the years that new coins emerge and old ones fade away. I suppose you have to dump on time if you are playing the dangerous pump-and-dump game.

[livingfree]

My take away from this - if you can't beat 'em join 'em. We live in a messed up world where lies profit and the truth is a sell signal.

That's really a messed up situation for most. If someone keeps invested into these projects that are low liquidity., they don't mind that for as long as they have that hope and belief that it will go up.

And it's going to be a false hope if that comes from a group signal where they've been told to buy that which is also a lie.

To sum up, people whether trading in low liquidity or not, we all have one goal and that's to profit.

[Pandorak]

That would be impossible because to prevent it is like going against the nature of the small altcoins. The true purpose of them is to be pumped and dumped, that's the only way they stay alive and continue existing. Otherwise they would die since nobody would ever buy them (they lack demand due to lacking utility).

Exactly, this is the harsh reality that is often overlooked by many people in the small altcoin market, it's like eat or be eaten. Early buyers are always the winners because they enter when the risk is still low and liquidity is still very small. So when the price starts to rise slowly, the profit is already there, which essentially comes from the next buyer. This is of course very risky, especially for buyers who enter later, who are prone to exit liquidity.

One way for the coin to rise again is if it has real utility, such as a product that is used or a thriving ecosystem. The problem is that such utility is very rare in small altcoins. Most only survive on narratives and hype that are temporary. Essentially, as long as the hype persists, the coin will survive, but once it fades, the coin will die.

[shinratensei_]

They are doing it because they knew the developer can't do anything about it so they took advantage of it.Only way to beat them is to dump on their manipulation, even then I doubt they haven't done any research to figure out if the developer still hold big amount of minted token or not.
This is why I advise people to never trade small cap altcoin, beside the risk of rugpull and these coin being illiquid. It's too vulnerable with attack even by small actor holding maybe below 1 million dollar. You might think with small market cap altcoin it can go 1000x but the reality is 99% just go to 0.

[bated]

Well there is one way to do it - put in a buy wall of $25K on Coinstore especially when the daily volume is around $200K.  No more price fluctuations since that was put in place! Either that or a "whale" has decided to invest ... https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/qubetics/

[lixer]

You cannot, that's as easy as it gets. We have to realize that we are going to end up with bad results and we have to learn to live with it. If you see a low liquidity coin or token then stay away from it because you have absolutely no way of stopping that.

Plus, in an unregulated market like crypto, specially with decentralized exchanges, you have to see that anyone could put in a million dollars right now if they want to, or sell a million dollars worth if they wish, and you can't stop that. This isn't an easy thing to handle for small traders or investors so you should be staying away from it.

If you have a small capital, always stay with the big guys and go with high liquidity and high volume coins and projects.

[o48o]

If you invest in crypto coins with low liquidity, I think you're just wasting your money. It’s much better to go for high-liquidity coins so that if a 'pump and dump' happens, you have a better chance of locking in a nice, big profit.

Even though there's still risk involved, low liquidity makes the chances of profit extremely slim. To be honest, I don't invest in those; as investors,
we should always look for the best possible chance to earn a decent profit in the future.

When there's enough liquidity, that coin is probably mature enough for it to surprise anyone over night. In good and bad and if you want safety, high liquidity is the way to go.

But it works both ways. When there's thin sell wall liquidity and enough interest towards the asset, few bag holders can become overnight millionaires, because mooning can happen faster and higher than in any high liquidity asset. And just because there's no liquidity now, that doesn't mean it won't come when right people find it.

[bated]

When there's enough liquidity, that coin is probably mature enough for it to surprise anyone over night. In good and bad and if you want safety, high liquidity is the way to go.

But it works both ways. When there's thin sell wall liquidity and enough interest towards the asset, few bag holders can become overnight millionaires, because mooning can happen faster and higher than in any high liquidity asset. And just because there's no liquidity now, that doesn't mean it won't come when right people find it.

Nice to get a balanced view - it was quite disheartening with all the responses I got. investing in new alt coins such as $TICS can be high risk but with risk comes potential reward.  I try to cut out the noise and focus on what the core offering is going to be and believe that Qubetics will have an abundance of utility which will solve the liquidity problems.  Looks like a whale thinks so too - with a buy wall recently put in place.  They are close to launch mainnet 1.2 which will be the first update to drive a step change in utility with BTC chain abstraction.

Time will tell.

[8rch7]

I don't think worth it your guide about how to stop dump and pump for coins has low liquidity, normally huge dump and pump for any coins with low liquidity and whales easily to make cons price dump significant buy back all and faster dump by selling all coins has low liquidity. The trader not interested yet for trading with coins has low liquidity because easily manipulation not only by developer that coins its self but also for whales buying all coins supply and sell to reduce low liquidity.

You last points too risk to buy back at lower price for coins has low liquidity, keep save your trading assets and avoid from buying any coins low liquidity when liquidity over you can't sell yet that coins.

[Odusko]

Your chances of success are slim, especially with small volumes, so my advice is to stay away from such obscure coins or tokens. Aren't there so many safer options for trading? Instead, invest in coins or tokens with clear potential for fraud. Try to do your research, at least minimize projects with clear backgrounds, teams, funding, and communities, rather than investing in shady projects.

Thank you for the response.  The coin is legit.  Certik audit performed pre-launch and second audit underway for the mainet 1.2 launch.  The liquidity is low as people are waiting for the mainet 1.2 launch as it has limited utility until then.  I just wish that scammers who operate like this would not profit from fear mongering.

Seems you are promoting your own project in an indirect ways, ops start the thread as if he want to get suggestions and Forum members input on this subject matter, but along the line he is now giving an insight on the possibility embedded in that project, which means he is part of the coin team and for that we can assume he is promoting them, ops am I right or wrong?

[bated]

Seems you are promoting your own project in an indirect ways, ops start the thread as if he want to get suggestions and Forum members input on this subject matter, but along the line he is now giving an insight on the possibility embedded in that project, which means he is part of the coin team and for that we can assume he is promoting them, ops am I right or wrong?

You really think that - I was an early investor plain and simple.  Have you seen my previous topics I have started?! If you look I started the thread without mentioning the token, but I then got a lot of irrelevant replies so I added the details for additional context. Why? People were warning me about scams and rug pulls which I did not need.  I wanted advice and you know what this thread has really helped.  Come and take a look how the coin has stabilized if you don't believe me.

Do I want this coin to do well - sure! Who doesn't when you are invested in a coin but I am definitely NOT part of the coin team.

[Odusko]

Do I want this coin to do well - sure! Who doesn't when you are invested in a coin but I am definitely NOT part of the coin team.

Now you are agreeing to promoting the coin because of your investment which is your interest in the coin, that is understandable and welcome as long as the coin is a potential good coin which won't turned out to be what the community have warned people about, regardless you mentioned that the coin have stabilized which is quite not good enough sign for investment.

[bitgolden]

I don't think worth it your guide about how to stop dump and pump for coins has low liquidity, normally huge dump and pump for any coins with low liquidity and whales easily to make cons price dump significant buy back all and faster dump by selling all coins has low liquidity. The trader not interested yet for trading with coins has low liquidity because easily manipulation not only by developer that coins its self but also for whales buying all coins supply and sell to reduce low liquidity.

You last points too risk to buy back at lower price for coins has low liquidity, keep save your trading assets and avoid from buying any coins low liquidity when liquidity over you can't sell yet that coins.

I don't see any guide though, but it is possible that he removed it, since there is an indication that his post have been edited. But yeah, there should be no way to stop these pumps and dumps, since there is a lack of regulation in the crypto world and even if there is some, many centralized exchange only cares about the listing fee that the people behind these pumps and dumps coin are paying to them.

Not only that but many people are also attracted on them because they get greedy hoping they can score a big profit over the short period of time and with the cost of a small capital only. Short-term coins like the pump and dump were in demand for the traders more than the investors.

[bated]

I don't see any guide though, but it is possible that he removed it, since there is an indication that his post have been edited. But yeah, there should be no way to stop these pumps and dumps, since there is a lack of regulation in the crypto world and even if there is some, many centralized exchange only cares about the listing fee that the people behind these pumps and dumps coin are paying to them.

Not only that but many people are also attracted on them because they get greedy hoping they can score a big profit over the short period of time and with the cost of a small capital only. Short-term coins like the pump and dump were in demand for the traders more than the investors.

To clarify, I'm not referring to a traditional rug pull where a coin is heavily pumped before being dumped, leaving it worthless. Instead, I’m speaking about a coordinated effort where "investors" engage in daily pumping and dumping. They flip-flop between calling it a scam one day, which creates fear and causes the price to plummet, and then post genuine updates that drive the price back up. For instance, they might let the price dip to around 0.018 before pumping it back to 0.022, profiting off that swing repeatedly.

What has changed this dynamic is the action of a whale who placed a substantial buy wall at 0.020 and then raised it to 0.021. This move has made profit from pumping negligible. Many of the previous participants seem to have dumped their holdings into this buy wall and vanished. The activity on the CoinMarketCap board has quieted down, with no scam allegations surfacing for about 24 hours.

Just to address the previous points: there was no guide, and any edits were clearly marked at the bottom of the original post.

I hope this clarifies the situation!