Pump and Dump Scheme
By CoinGecko | Updated on Aug 12, 2021
A scheme in which the development team (or short-term traders) hypes up a project without fundamental basis in order to pump up the price of the tokens temporarily and then sells their holdings immediately after launch to earn a profit. See the US SEC's investor alert on pump and dump schemes.
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