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The Rug Museum

Each exhibit is a chart with the warning signs circled, a list of what was visible before the dump, and one lesson. Exhibits marked fictional are composites built from common patterns.

$0$400K$800K$1.2M0m20m40m60m31% bundled at launchdev wallet sells 18% here−94% in one candle
Exhibit 017 · fictional example

$GRAVY: the 40-minute ladder

  • Six wallets bought 31% of supply in the launch block.
  • The chart climbed in an almost straight line with no real dips.
  • Dev and bundle wallets sold together at $1.1M market cap.

Lesson: check the holder chart for wallets funded from the same source before you buy.

$0$120K$240K$360K0m30m60m90mdev sold early, everyone relaxeddormant wallet sells 12%
Exhibit 021 · fictional example

$MOTH: the dev who came back

  • The dev wallet sold in the first hour and was marked "dev sold".
  • A second wallet funded by the dev bought 12% early and went quiet.
  • That wallet sold everything into the first big rally.

Lesson: "dev sold" only tells you about one wallet. Trace where the dev's SOL went before launch.

$0$120K$240K$360K0m40m80m120mcrew buys the dead charttakeover wallets exit
Exhibit 024 · fictional example

$LANTERN: the paid CTO

  • The coin was dead for days at a $20K market cap.
  • A few wallets quietly bought most of the floating supply.
  • A "CTO" launched with new art, a new X account and paid posts.

Lesson: a CTO is only as good as the people who hold. Check when the loudest holders bought.