Did Japan's rate hike cause a frenzy in the cryptocurrency market? Retail investors, don't be harvested as 'chives'!

Seeing altcoins with daily gains of 40% or 70%, are you also excited, feeling that financial freedom is just around the corner? Don't rush in yet! This seemingly enticing market is actually a sugar-coated investment trap.

Japan has started raising interest rates, and global monetary policy is tightening. Normally, risk assets should fall, but the cryptocurrency market has shown the opposite trend, revealing the manipulation tactics of large funds behind the scenes. This is by no means a market recovery, but rather a carefully designed expectation management scam—main players have already digested the rate hike news and are just waiting for the policy to take effect to push prices up violently, creating a false impression of 'bad news is fully priced in', luring retail investors to buy at high prices.

Looking at currencies like LIGHT and SOPH, daily trading volume easily exceeds a hundred million, which is not something retail investors can affect. Whales, leveraging their information and financial advantages, are performing the act of driving prices up to sell off. You think you are chasing the trend, but little do you know you have already become the 'fuel' for main players to harvest. This surge is essentially a double test of retail investors' perception and greed.

How can retail investors break the deadlock? Remember these two points:

1. Give up illusions and recognize reality: This is not a bull market with widespread gains, but a gaming arena set up by main players; blindly chasing highs will only make you a bag holder.

2. Counteract instincts and operate in reverse: When the whole network is shouting 'opportunity is here', what you need to do is not follow the crowd but maintain fear. When others are frantic, first assess whether your wallet can withstand a crash.

The cryptocurrency market has never been charity; it rewards insight and patience while punishing greed and conformity. Today's revelry is tomorrow's deep pit. To survive in the market, you must stay clear-headed and act against human nature!