These days the ways to make money have become so ruthless that we have to adapt.
A token gets listed. Especially when it does a spot listing on Binance, roughly 8% is taken away. And you have to give about 2% to Alpha. To defend against this, a substantial amount of capital is needed, so the recent trend is to give Binance Alpha first, ignore the rest of the core community, and delay giving out the token.
The recent Moonbird is exactly that kind of model. First, they release Binance Alpha, consume the supply, pushing it up to about 500m, and during that 24‑hour period they create as much liquidity as possible to raise funds.
Then, after 12 to 24 hours, they release the community’s allocation, but only a tiny amount, just enough to satisfy a mouse’s tail. There are reports that the amount released to PFP holders is about 1%. They forced a massive SBT mint, which came out to about $2 per token.
In such a situation, the real method is to watch the MM moves and short while the price is being driven up, to earn profit. In fact, there were quite many people doing exactly that.
