2026-01-11 18:23:48

If you frequently browse social platforms to stay updated on market trends, you'll notice a phenomenon: investment decisions worth hundreds of billions of dollars are increasingly based on real-time information from these platforms.

Some core product and growth leaders within these platforms recently shared their observations. One interesting insight is that social platforms are gradually evolving into one of the most important sources of financial information worldwide. The logic behind this is straightforward—market participants obtain firsthand information, capture market sentiment, and make trading decisions here.

Even more noteworthy, platform providers are also pushing new product features to optimize the flow and presentation of financial information. This indicates a trend: social platforms are officially becoming a vital infrastructure for the crypto market, and even the entire financial market.

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IfIWereOnChain

· 01-11 18:48

Really, I now make decisions based on platform updates, faster than analyzing candlestick charts. A single comment from a major influencer can cause the price to skyrocket—that's the reality. Social platforms have become infrastructure, and the financial markets have been messed up. I'm increasingly convinced that information asymmetry determines everything; those not in the group are really at a disadvantage. The platform is essentially transforming into an exchange—it's interesting.

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GhostChainLoyalist

· 01-11 18:46

Really, now I have to scroll through Twitter to check the market; if I don't get the information advantage, I'll get cut off. --- Relying on social platforms as information sources has been like this for a long time; the key is to be able to distinguish true from false. --- Thousands of billions of dollars follow the hype? How irrational is this market, haha. --- Basically, it's a war of information flow; whoever controls the discourse wins the profits. --- Wait, are you saying that platforms themselves also need to cut the leeks? --- Relying more and more on social media, always feeling like a crash is just around the corner. --- That's why a single tweet from a big influencer can move a market cap of hundreds of billions. --- Damn, infrastructure is now competing on social platforms; how is traditional finance supposed to play? --- My investment decisions are really just based on what the group is hyping, lol. --- As long as people keep spamming, there will always be someone getting harvested.

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CrossChainBreather

· 01-11 18:46

I'm saying, those who still believe in mainstream media are really out of touch. It's all Twitter and Telegram that determine the price movements. Really, just look at the recent actions of big funds; they are mostly targeting social public opinion. Isn't this the information age? Whoever holds the narrative holds the pricing power. Wake up, everyone. To be honest, if platforms deepen their financial functions, retail investors will need to band together even more in the future. It's a bit unplayable; one word from a big V can move billions of dollars.

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TokenAlchemist

· 01-11 18:46

nah, this is just the MEV extraction game wearing a different skin. sentiment arbitrage through social feeds? we've been pricing that inefficiency for months now. the real alpha is in the latency gaps between post and actual market reaction — that's your liquidation cascade trigger point right there.

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CoffeeNFTrader

· 01-11 18:46

Really, now a single Twitter post can move a market worth billions, even more powerful than traditional financial news. That's why I keep an eye on the feed all day... information advantage is money, brother. It's a bit crazy that platforms have become infrastructure, but thinking about it, it's normal—who still reads Bloomberg? The ideas of a KOL are more valuable than an entire team of Wall Street analysts. The times have changed.

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AirdropHunterWang

· 01-11 18:41

Seeing this, I can't help but laugh. It's truly an era of information asymmetry. The early risers who browse social media for bottom-fishing have already made a fortune.

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