Matic (MATIC) is the native token of Polygon, an Ethereum scaling solution. It became a popular asset in the cryptocurrency market due to its narrative of low cost and high speed, resulting in a typical "pump and dump" scenario.
In the early stages of the project, the team heavily promoted Polygon's ability to solve Ethereum's congestion issues, attracting significant attention from institutions and retail investors. With the market's enthusiasm for Layer 2 solutions, the price of MATIC surged several times in a short period, driven by FOMO emotions, leading many retail investors to enter the market at high prices. However, the token's price surge was not based on substantial progress but rather on capital speculation and emotional drives.
As market enthusiasm faded, issues like the slowdown in the project's technical rollout and the lower-than-expected activity of ecological applications began to surface. At this point, early investors and institutions started to quietly cash out at high prices, leading to a massive sell-off that triggered a sharp price correction. Within just a few days, the price of MATIC plummeted over 50%, leaving latecomers among retail investors unable to stop their losses, deeply trapped in their positions.
The core of this harvest lies in narrative speculation + emotional harvesting, utilizing industry hotspots to create profit effects, attracting retail investors to take over, and ultimately achieving exit through high-price sell-offs, leaving retail investors to bear the losses from the price collapse, becoming a typical case of the cryptocurrency market's pump and dump model.
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🔥Altcoin ETFs Experience Starkly Different First Months! XRP + Solana Attracts $1.3 Billion, Litecoin + DOGE Meets with a mere $8 Million and Fails🔥
In November 2025, the first batch of altcoin ETFs launched in the US, with the four products experiencing vastly different fates: XRP and Solana together attracted over $1.3 billion. The XRP ETF had total assets of $676 million, with zero outflows on its launch day and a record-breaking $245 million in inflow on its first day. Solana's six ETFs had assets of $843 million, with net inflows for 20 consecutive days. In contrast, Litecoin + DOGE combined only attracted $8 million, receiving virtually no attention.
XRP's three winning strategies: SEC settlement + judge's ruling that it was "not a security," reassuring institutions; RippleNet's practical narrative; and a fierce fee war (Franklin offered its first $5 billion for free). Solana relied on its explosive ecosystem growth and high beta, attracting institutional investors in rotation.
Litecoin, dubbed a "faster version of Bitcoin," is outdated. Dogecoin, a pure meme with no practical use, is also restricted by regulations, and institutions don't even glance at it.
This wave of ETFs proves that only altcoins with clear regulations and real-world use cases can attract institutional money; purely speculative ones are marginalized. XRP rose 7.2%, Solana rose 15%, and BTC stabilized at 93K, while ETH surged to 3200. If Cardano and Polkadot ETFs are launched later, altcoin inflows could easily exceed $5 billion by 2026.
The market has shifted from BTC dominance to a more balanced bullish trend, with institutional wallets now in control.
Bitcoin legions, which side are you on in this rotation?