$BTC
ASTER COLLAPSED… and this chart is SCREAMING manipulation
From $2.42 (Sep 24) to $0.54 (Jan 31)… that’s a brutal ~78% wipeout
But here’s the scary part: this doesn’t look like a normal dump.
It looks engineered — step by step.
Crash Timeline (Follow the money):
Sep 25–29: $1.62 → $1.86 (+15%)
Launch hype + insane $20B daily volume… perfect bait for retail.
Sep 30–Oct 5: $1.86 → $2.41 (ATH) → $1.73
Whales jumped in with $61M… and the top was set
Oct 6–12: $1.73 → $1.20
DeFiLlama delisted Aster DEX for wash trading… and confidence got nuked.
Oct 13–22: $1.20 → $0.96
Massive unlocks + coordinated selling… textbook liquidity drain.
And now the most dangerous part…
Only 6 wallets control the flow.
That’s not decentralization — that’s a remote control market
Retail got farmed. Whales got paid.
Stay sharp… because the next move can be a fake pump to trap buyers again.