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DeFi tokens / Re: Crypto scams are everywhere. How do you stay safe?
« on: April 02, 2025, 03:12:28 AM »We know how bad things can get in this space. Fake Airdrops, rug pulls, scams, phishing and the rest of them.
It's not all bad. There are opportunities within the space but I'm just saying there are also a lot of exploiters and manipulators.
When it comes to protecting ourselves, the majority of us do what we know which is mostly stuff like DYOR, confirming contact addresses and avoiding links we're not sure of but with the recent occurrences, I'm starting to think that might not be enough anymore.
That's what brings me to Cointel.
$COLS comes with tools that make trading much smarter and safer.
It's a segment of an ecosystem that puts together on-chain data, AI-powered insights and scam detection.
There are lots of AI-driven projects in crypto of which majority provide mainly trading signals or market predictions which is useful but in my opinion, we need more.
Cointel, from my understanding helps traders like you and I stay away from unreliable projects.
The job of $COLS is to make sure a project wouldn't be an unworthy investment. It checks for red flags and unusual trading behaviour.
It's got another advantage which is a blend of AI-driven and human expert analysis.
Pure AI is great but crypto moves so fast and sometimes you need human intuition to spot anomalies. Having both working together is a good way to approach it.
My standpoint is scams aren't cooling off or decreasing so security is equally as important as tools for trading.
If you use AI as a tool for trading signals, that's great because you can use it to stay safe as well.
With this we have one less thing to worry about and knowing how exhausting this space can be, that's exactly what we all need.
How do you spot scams? I would like to hear and maybe give your method a try too.
Yeah I’ve been feeling the same lately, rug pulls are getting smarter, and even when you think you’re doing everything right, stuff still slips through. I found $COLS after that big move on the chart and figured I’d take a closer look. Turns out it’s not just another AI buzzword project, actually helps flag sketchy activity and weird token behavior in real time. That combo of AI and human input makes it feel a bit more grounded than the usual auto-signal stuff.
Price-wise, it’s been holding up better than most after the pump. Usually these things spike and vanish, but $COLS is still showing steady volume and hasn’t fully retraced. If it keeps building actual tools that protect traders, not just hype, I could see this one sticking around longer than most of the AI tokens out there.
