Speculative investments, particularly meme coins, operate as pump-and-dump schemes where the profits of a few are financed by the losses of others, ultimately leaving late investors 'holding the bag' with valueless assets.
"that money was only funded through the losses of somebody else it's not like the Innovation it's not like the products got better... it was just because some poor sucker piled in at the worst time and paid a price that the value was disconnected from and then they got left holding the bag."