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Soft Rug.

A gradual creator exit that drains value without one obvious instant rug event.

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What does Soft Rug mean?

A soft rug usually means insiders slowly abandon, sell into holders or stop supporting a project while extracting value over time instead of pulling everything at once.

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How people use it

Used around token launches, on-chain trading, wallet analysis and crypto social feeds.

EXAMPLE“It never hard-rugged; the team just sold for weeks and disappeared.”
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