Bitcoin's price moves aren't always what they seem.



Watch what happened recently: BTC spiked to $95K, then got flushed down to $91K in minutes. Looks volatile? Maybe. But dig deeper and you'll see something else entirely.

That kind of action screams liquidity engineering.

Here's the thing most retail traders miss—they're glued to candles on their charts. They see the spike and panic, or they see the dump and capitulate. But the real story? It's in the flows.

When BTC made that move, on-chain data showed wallets connected to major exchanges, ETF holders, and large institutional players all moving simultaneously. That's not coincidence. That's coordination.

It's not random market behavior. It's actors with deep pockets testing liquidity levels, triggering stop-losses, and moving markets to their advantage.

The lesson? Start paying attention to where the money actually moves, not just where the price goes. Watch exchange inflows and outflows. Track large wallet movements. Monitor ETF accumulation patterns. That's where the real signal hides.

Once you see the flows, the price action tells a completely different story.
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LiquidatedThricevip
· 01-11 13:10
Haha, laugh to death, it's the same old story. We retail investors who get liquidated are just ATMs for the big players.
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MetaverseHermitvip
· 01-11 08:51
It's the same old trick of the big players cutting the leeks... Watching the flow is indeed important, but it's easier said than done.
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OnchainHolmesvip
· 01-08 19:06
Look at this trick, institutions love to do this. We retail investors get chopped and still have to thank them.
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just_another_fishvip
· 01-08 18:59
Talking about the old trick of the market maker cutting leeks again... but there is indeed some substance to it. I was also shaken out by this wave of $95K drop before, truly incredible.
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DegenRecoveryGroupvip
· 01-08 18:57
It's the same old story... When big players are harvesting profits, they really don't hold back. While we're here watching the candlestick charts, they've already escaped.
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PanicSellervip
· 01-08 18:56
Coming back with this again? The old story of big players eating the meat and retail investors drinking the soup... There is some truth to looking at the flow, but I really want to know when I can finally catch the bottom.
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