Worldcoin“抢钱”计划:价格操控、误导和意想不到的受害者

链捕手Published on 2024-07-19Last updated on 2024-07-19

作者:DeFi^2, 加密研究员

编译:Felix, PANews

 

Worldcoin(WLD)近日价格大幅上涨,过去一周上涨约45.1%。但根据加密研究员DeFi^2在X平台发文揭秘,此轮上涨是Worldcoin团队刻意而为,以高位抛售。以下为内容详情。

Worldcoin预计将在7天内开始内部解锁,这是加密行业有史以来流通量最低的代币之一,只有约2.78%的代币流通。考虑到这一点,深入了解项目如何实现这种状态是有一定意义的。本文揭示了Worldcoin团队如何暗中控制价格,以便在内部解锁开始时仍然保持约300亿美元的FDV。

首先介绍一些背景。当Worldcoin首次推出时,基金会的流通供应量为1.4%,即1.4亿枚WLD。虽然有人担心如此低的流通量会导致其以极高的FDV启动,但该团队已将其中1亿枚WLD分配给做市商,并为他们提供了看涨期权,允许他们在合约结束时以略高于2美元的价格回购大量代币,目的是防止价格飙升过高。将供应分配给做市商以创造有利的价格在该行业并不少见。

Worldcoin“抢钱”计划:价格操控、误导和意想不到的受害者

2023年旧的Worldcoin白皮书描述了向做市商提供的价格抑制公式

正如人们所预料的,WLD在合约期限内无法大幅超过看涨价格,因为做市商会“抑制”价格。Worldcoin首席执行官Alex Blania还发视频讨论了特别需要这份合同,来防止价格扰乱市场:

Worldcoin“抢钱”计划:价格操控、误导和意想不到的受害者

Worldcoin首席执行官介绍了他们抑制价格以避免WLD飙升至10美元的技术。同年晚些时候,他们拒绝续签合同,WLD飙升至10美元。(来源:The Scoop Podcast

请注意他的言辞,他的目的是避免价格“飙升到10美元”,并接着说这样的情况将是“可怕的”。

尽管如此,12月16日,在流通量仅为1.2%的情况下,Worldcoin决定不再续签做市商合约,取消了抑制价格的看涨期权,甚至进一步从流通中删除了额外的2500万枚WLD。当时在做市商参与度极低的情况下,其市值仅为9800万美元,价格不出所料地在几个小时内飙升了100%,这也正是Blania声称他们试图避免的情况。

显然,团队意识到公开描述他们如何控制价格是不明智的,所以当在迪拜Token2049上被问及他们是否关注价格时,Worldcoin首席执行官声称他们无法控制价格,是由市场驱动:

Worldcoin“抢钱”计划:价格操控、误导和意想不到的受害者Worldcoin首席执行官称,尽管他们采取行动改变政策和代币经济学,对价格有明显的影响,但他们与价格关系不大

可事实并非如此。只有在团队的代币经济学设计下,才可能实现11位数(上百亿美元)的估值,而且代币的每日价格走势在很多情况下都受到团队的影响,因为他们主动对解锁量、做市商合约和解锁前的公告进行更改。这就产生了一个问题:他们为什么如此行事?

回到本文开始的地方——在内部人解锁时,流通量仅为2.7%,这可能是加密历史上由主要VC支持的,在解锁时所见过的最低比率。提醒一下,这也可能是唯一能让WLD以惊人的300亿美元FDV持续存在的原因,而内部人士很快就能以这个价格出售。但为什么流通量这么低呢?根据Blania在2023年的说法,他们必须将流通量保持在低位,因为为了UBI(全民基本收入),“一次性释放10%的供应量是完全不公平的”:

Worldcoin“抢钱”计划:价格操控、误导和意想不到的受害者Worldcoin首席执行官为低流通量辩护,声称这是为了UBI。令人困惑的是,该团队设计的代币经济学,导致一年后大部分发行都流向内部人员,而不是UBI。(来源:The Scoop Podcast)

但这正是该团队对解锁所做的,这些代币落入了内部人员的口袋,而不是UBI接收者的口袋。即使有了新的解锁时间表,一年多后,将有近10亿枚代币被发送给团队/VC,而根据目前UBI grants的速度推断,只有6亿枚代币分配给了UBI接收者。这意味着,在一年内,内部人员获得的WLD预计将占Worldcoin整个流通量的60%以上(注:10除以16,约62.5%)。60%是一个很大的比例,基本上意味着生态系统纯粹是供VC公司抛售的。这似乎直接反驳了目前将流通量保持在较低水平以造福UBI的借口。

还有许多其他来源增加了流通量,这些供应也不是针对UBI接受者的。像Orb这样的运营商,有时每周通过收集弱势群体的生物特征数据赚取2万多枚WLD,并将其直接发送到币安:

Worldcoin“抢钱”计划:价格操控、误导和意想不到的受害者

当WLD价格在3月份飙升至12美元时,Orb运营商每3天向币安发送近15万美元的WLD

流通量如此之低,谁是目前持有近300亿美元FDV,并在解锁时保持高估值的受害者?数据显示,很大一部分是韩国散户,甚至其中许多人可能看不懂英语,更无法理解其中情况。在撰写本文时,Bithumb持有近25%的流通量:

Worldcoin“抢钱”计划:价格操控、误导和意想不到的受害者

随着内部解锁的临近,韩国散户在Bithumb上持有的WLD数量持续增长。由于Worldcoin Foundation积极出售代币,这些资产中的大部分在最近几个月已经贬值70-80%(来源:Arkham Intelligence)

考虑到这一点,Worldcoin等到解锁前一周才发布利好消息可能并非巧合。尽管这只是一个释放抛售压力的小变化,但事实证明该消息非常有效,迫使散户在不知情的情况下提供更高的价格和更多的流动性,让内部人士在一周内退出。更糟糕的是,似乎有可能(但未经证实)在团队或风险投资中,有人利用内幕消息,在公告公开之前抢先买入。

Worldcoin“抢钱”计划:价格操控、误导和意想不到的受害者

图表显示,在解锁延期消息发布前24小时内,价格巧合飙升

尽管这样的行为在加密领域并不少见,但许多市场参与者仍然不了解其中秘辛。本文旨在揭示一个似乎有意支撑本应代币价格较低的项目,其中列出的许多原因就是为什么作者打算在解锁开始后的几个月内做空WLD。

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