Soft vs hard rug pulls

A hard rug happens at once, when liquidity is pulled or the code is exploited; a soft rug is slow, as the team sells and leaves the project.

What it means

A hard rug drops the price in minutes, while a soft rug lets it slide for weeks or months before the project goes quiet.

What to watch

For a hard rug the pool liquidity and the contract code; for a soft rug team wallets that keep selling and updates that stop.

How Compass-Alpha uses it

Background only; not used in any figure on Compass-Alpha.