#密码资产动态追踪 Luo A still remembers that summer night in 2019, at the dinner table, Brother Wang was swiping his phone and saying, "Join me, earn steadily."

The screen flickered with red and green candlesticks, and Brother Wang threw out a sentence: "Contract trading, I turned 5,000 yuan into 50,000 last month. Now is the best time to enter."

At that time, Luo A was working at a repair shop, earning just over 3,000 yuan a month. His father was in poor health and needed regular medication, his sister was still in school, and money was tight at home. He stared at Brother Wang’s new phone, thought for three days, and then invested all his wedding savings of over 40,000 yuan.

Within a month, his account grew to 60,000. Luo A was overjoyed, treated Brother Wang to a big meal, and the other replied with a slap on the table, "That’s just the beginning."

He didn’t realize he had already fallen into the other’s trap—Brother Wang had been manipulating the market through wash trading, and had even built a "Crypto Circle Friends Group," where people posted screenshots daily claiming they had made money. Luo A was completely caught in it, even investing his father’s medical expenses.

On March 12, 2020, Bitcoin plunged 40% in one day. When Luo A woke up, his account balance had become zero. Brother Wang pretended to be regretful on the phone and advised him, "Don’t worry, now is the best time to buy the dip."

Luo A started borrowing online loans, asking relatives for help, and even used his sister’s tuition fees. It wasn’t until debt collection calls came to the repair shop and the boss publicly criticized him that he finally woke up.

Later, when Luo A blocked Brother Wang in a coffee shop, the other came out of a new car, wearing a Rolex on his wrist, with a woman sitting in the passenger seat. Luo A only said, "I’m done playing," and turned to leave.

Brother Wang later bought a house in Hainan and occasionally posted photos of the sea view. As for Luo A? He worked on cars during the day and delivered takeout at night, with his monthly income filling that ever-growing debt hole. Sometimes, late at night, he accidentally clicked on a trading app he had already uninstalled, and he would think—if only the money he earned that year was in his hands, would the person sitting in the luxury car be him?