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Rug pull

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Rug pull

A scam where token creators drain the project's liquidity and disappear.

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A rug pull is when the developers behind a token withdraw all the liquidity from a pool (or unlock and dump a huge insider allocation), leaving holders with worthless tokens. Common in low-cap memecoin launches.

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