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CT (Crypto Twitter)

The X community of crypto traders, analysts, and influencers. The dominant information-distribution layer for memecoin narratives. Algorithmically optimized for engagement, which means it amplifies confirmation bias and parasocial KOL relationships as structural features.

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Culture KOL (Key Opinion Leader) A wallet or account attached to a publicly known trader whose positions and posts are tracked by followers. In CT, KOL signals are adversarial by default: the top five KolScan wallets averaged 22-second hold times across $30M+ in extracted value. The post is the exit mechanism, not the entry thesis. → Culture Parasocial Relationship A one-sided perceived intimacy with a media persona (Horton and Wohl, 1956). In CT: the follower experiences a relationship; the KOL operates a broadcast. The parasocial bond makes followers buy faster (trust collapses the deliberation window), hold longer, and refuse counter-evidence. → Psychology FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) Apprehension that others are having rewarding experiences from which one is absent (Przybylski et al., 2013). In memecoins, amplified by the asymmetric salience of winner posts versus loser silence. The visible distribution of outcomes is severely skewed toward winners even when the actual distribution is overwhelmingly losses. →
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