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Story: PIPPIN Token Crashes 33% as Traders Dump Holdings

By Pankaj K

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Liquidation Cascade Triggers Selloff. Leveraged traders got crushed when margin calls started hitting.

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Regulatory Scrutiny Mounts. The SEC is reportedly watching the PIPPIN situation closely.

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PIPPIN got hammered Wednesday. The crypto token lost a third of its value as $37 million vanished from its market cap in what traders are calling one of the most brutal selloffs…

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Trading volume exploded to $150 million - an all-time high for the token. Investors scrambled to dump their holdings or bet against further drops.

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Leveraged traders got crushed when margin calls started hitting. People who borrowed money to buy PIPPIN had to sell their positions to cover losses.

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Short positions piled up during the chaos. Traders betting against PIPPIN jumped in as the price started falling, adding fuel to the fire.

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Binance and Coinbase saw massive traffic spikes as users rushed to trade PIPPIN. The exchanges didn't comment on liquidity issues, but several traders reported delays getting…

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The SEC is reportedly watching the PIPPIN situation closely. An insider familiar with the matter said regulators want to know if market manipulation played a role in the selloff.

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Galaxy Digital cut its PIPPIN holdings by 15% Thursday, confirming what many suspected - big funds are backing away from the token.

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PIPPIN's development team hasn't said anything about the crash. The silence is pretty telling, and it's making investors even more nervous.

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Some analysts think strategic partnerships could help PIPPIN recover. Mike Thompson from BlockFi said new tech developments might stabilize the price, but he stressed that…

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Not everyone is bailing out though. A few smaller investment groups actually bought more PIPPIN during the crash, betting on a bounce back.

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Crypto analyst Jamie Lee from Crypto Insights pointed out the unusual trading patterns during the selloff.

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The broader crypto market didn't help PIPPIN's cause either. Smaller tokens have been getting hit harder as investors flee to safer assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.

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Wednesday's chaos left many traders wondering if PIPPIN can recover from such a massive hit.

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