In a typical rug pull, bad actors create a worthless token and list it on a decentralized exchange, where it starts trading in a liquidity pool. The scammer convinces investors to provide liquidity by staking a valuable token, such as Ether (ETH), which pushes the new token’s price up. At a certain point, the scammers “pull the rug,” taking all the Ether from the pool and leaving investors holding a worthless token.