The process of buying a large amount of tokens at once, usually as a co-ordinated group, in order to artificially inflate or \u2018pump\u2019 the price causing a market reaction as outsiders attempt to ride the upward trend, then selling or \u2018dumping\u2019 at the highest point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The process of buying a large amount of tokens at once, usually as a co-ordinated group, in order to artificially inflate or \u2018pump\u2019 the price causing a market reaction as outsiders attempt to ride the upward trend, then selling or \u2018dumping\u2019 at the highest point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cryptoslate_glossary_part_of_speech":"noun","_cryptoslate_glossary_phonetic_spelling":"PUMP-and-DUMP","_cryptoslate_glossary_example_sentences":["Promoters coordinated a pump and dump by buying the token, advertising it aggressively, and selling into the rally.","Late buyers suffered losses when insiders dumped their holdings after the pump.","Thin liquidity made the asset easier to manipulate in a pump-and-dump scheme.","The exchange investigated unusual trading associated with the suspected pump and dump.","Promises of a guaranteed coordinated price surge were a warning sign of market manipulation."]},"glossary_topic":[83439,83426],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n