🚨 What Is a “Soft Rugpull”?
A soft rugpull happens when project founders or developers don’t vanish overnight, but gradually abandon the project — leaving investors with worthless tokens.
Unlike a hard rug (where liquidity is drained immediately), a soft rug is slow, quiet, and manipulative.
🧩 Common Signs of a Soft Rugpull
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Team stops updating the community on progress.
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Roadmap milestones keep getting delayed or quietly removed.
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Marketing and partnerships suddenly go silent.
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Developers sell their tokens gradually over time.
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Community managers disappear from Telegram or Discord.
💀 Example: The “SafeVault” Token (2021)
SafeVault launched as a DeFi project claiming to provide “auto-yield” rewards to holders.
At first, it gained huge traction — active devs, influencers promoting, and thousands of holders.
But within months:
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No new updates.
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Website hosting expired.
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Dev wallets began offloading tokens slowly.
By the time holders realized, the price had dropped over 98%, with no clear scam event — just abandonment.
👉 That’s a soft rug.
🧭 How to Protect Yourself
✅ Check for long-term developer commitment (GitHub activity, LinkedIn presence).
✅ Prefer multi-signature wallets for project funds.
✅ Watch for consistent transparency in progress updates.
✅ Use verification tools like RugScamAlert.com to assess risk.
