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Okay, so IRYS launches its mainnet, gets listed on Coinbase – supposedly a HUGE win, right? – and the price craters 22%? Give me a freakin' break. This is crypto, so offcourse anything can happen, but this stinks of something rotten.
Let's be real: Coinbase listings are supposed to be like rocket fuel. You get the "Coinbase effect," the price jumps, everyone makes money. But IRYS? It's more like the "Coinbase Defect." They get listed and tank? Somethings not right!
The official story is that the airdrop is to blame. All those free tokens hitting the market at once created "sell-side pressure," as the suits would say. Translation: people dumped their free tokens for actual money. Irys Genesis NFT holders, testnet users, Discord randos... they all cashed in.
But that's just too easy of an explanation. Airdrops are common. Crypto projects do them all the time. Why did this one nuke the price so hard? And why now?
Was the airdrop too generous? Were people just not that hyped about IRYS in the first place? Or, and this is where my tinfoil hat starts to itch, was there some insider action going on? I mean, who knew about the listing beforehand? Who got the most tokens in the airdrop? Follow the money, people.
Coinbase calls it a "revolutionary" listing with "5 Key Benefits for Crypto Investors" according to Revolutionary Coinbase IRYS Listing: 5 Key Benefits for Crypto Investors. Enhanced security, simplified trading, increased liquidity, regulatory compliance, mobile accessibility... blah, blah, blah. It's the same corporate PR garbage they always spew. They're trying to paint this as some kind of win-win, but the market is screaming something different.
And what's with the "rigorous listing standards" Coinbase supposedly has? They "thoroughly evaluate projects for technical innovation, regulatory compliance, team expertise..." Yeah, right. If that's the case, how'd IRYS slip through the cracks only to immediately face a fake contract threat that even the Irys team had to warn about? And isn't it suspicious that the team deleted the tweet? What are they hiding?
Seriously, are we supposed to believe that Coinbase is staffed with superheroes who know everything? They listed a token that immediately got hammered by a rug pull attempt? Come on!
It's like saying you're the best chef in the world, but you keep serving burnt toast.
The technical analysis isn't any more encouraging. "IRYS is still in the process of price discovery," they say. Translation: nobody knows what the hell is going on. The MACD indicator is negative, which means momentum is fading. Great. Just what we needed.
They say a "shift in buying pressure" could reverse the momentum and that IRYS "may reclaim lost ground, setting the stage for a breakout toward the $0.030 level." Maybe. Or maybe pigs will fly out of my ass.
Honestly, the whole thing feels like a pump-and-dump scheme disguised as a legitimate project. I mean, the founder is known for Bundlr, the second layer of Arweave. That's great and all, but it doesn't guarantee success. And this talk about combining data storage and smart contracts into a single network... it sounds like a lot of buzzwords strung together to attract investors. Am I being too harsh? Maybe.
I'm not saying IRYS is a complete scam. Maybe it'll recover. Maybe it'll become the next big thing. But right now, it looks like a textbook example of hype over substance. And the Coinbase listing? It feels more like a curse than a blessing.