The token $ASTER collapsed 🚨

From $2.42 on Sep 24 to $0.54 on Jan 31 (~78% down)

And all the signs point to manipulation:

Timeline of the crash:

- Sep 25–29 – $1.62 → $1.86 (+15%) after launch hype, $20B daily volume

- Sep 30–Oct 5 – $1.86 → $2.41 (ATH) → $1.73 as whales poured in $61M

- Oct 6–12 – $1.73 → $1.20 after DeFiLlama delisted Aster DEX for wash trading

- Oct 13–22 – $1.20 → $0.96 during massive unlocks and coordinated sells

6 wallets control the market:

0xe8c3e6559513eebac3e05fd75c19a17f4a51a892

0xdfa61ef61a1af7302b21eaf251f656e5ff2a3463

0x128463a60784c4d3f46c23af3f65ed859ba87974

0x798b293934bf2ab5e0ea979b36cc8c73339269f7

0x59d851621827dc1dd9e74d13b36d6de1abc03b19

0x06170043d136492801579580c5a5b56072bb0eb1

Together they hold 88–96% of the total supply

an absurd concentration that lets a few wallets move the price at will.

Coordinated whale dumps:

Oct 18: 17,857,000 ASTER ($22.88M) sold through Binance and Bybit.

Oct 9: 7,500,000+ ASTER (~$12M) dumped, price crashed 16% to $1.00.

Oct 15: 3 new wallets withdrew 4,660,000 ASTER ($4.79M) from Binance.

Another wallet withdrew 5,010,000 ASTER ($7.65M) the same day.

Some of the most active addresses:

0xFB3BF33Ba8E5d08D87B0db0e46952144DF822833

withdrew $114.5M from Gate linked to Galaxy Digital

The ASTER chart didn’t crash on its own.