MAROKO133 Hot crypto: Mega Whales Keep ASTER’s All-Time High Hopes Alive — If It Clears $2

📌 MAROKO133 Eksklusif crypto: Mega Whales Keep ASTER’s All-Time High Hopes Alive —

ASTER’s recent listing on Binance has pulled the token back into the spotlight. While the ASTER price briefly cooled to under $2 after strong gains, large-holder activity and strengthening indicators suggest the story is far from over.

The short-term data points to a tug-of-war between liquidity positioning and genuine selling, but if the bulls are right, leaving ASTER now might not be the best decision ever. More so as it’s mere 17% south of its recent all-time high.

Mega Whales Accumulate

On-chain data shows ASTER’s biggest holders are quietly strengthening their grip.

The top 100 addresses — or “mega whales” — now hold about 7.84 billion ASTER, up 1.76% in 24 hours. That’s roughly 134 million ASTER, worth around $264 million at current prices.

Meanwhile, public-figure wallets have also grown their holdings by 5.34%, adding about 236,000 ASTER (almost $465,000).

In contrast, smart-money wallets reduced exposure by nearly 70%, while whales trimmed holdings by 9.97%, selling about 7.5 million ASTER ( close to $15 million).

Exchange balances have surged 59.6% to 625 million ASTER, which could look like heavy selling — but that might be misleading. Given Binance’s new listing, part of this jump could be liquidity repositioning.

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Supporting that, the Money Flow Index (MFI) — which measures buying and selling pressure based on price and volume — is trending upward.

If these inflows were truly sell-driven, MFI would have dropped. Instead, it’s rising toward 65, signaling that money is still flowing into ASTER.

The Bull-Bear Power (BBP) indicator backs this up. BBP compares buying and selling momentum; when it’s green, bulls dominate. Since October 5, BBP bars have turned positive, showing renewed strength.

These two readings together suggest the so-called “selling pressure” might be a liquidity mirage, not a trend reversal.

Hidden Bullish Divergence Keeps ASTER Price Uptrend Intact

The 12-hour chart shows ASTER trading within an ascending triangle (with the ascending trendline acting as support), a structure that usually favors buyers.

Between September 30 and October 5, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) — which tracks market momentum — made a lower low, while prices made a higher low. This is called a hidden bullish divergence, a pattern that often confirms the continuation of an uptrend courtesy of fading selling pressure.

Key resistance sits at $2.04, $2.27, and $2.43 (ASTER’s all-time high). A 12-hour candle close above $2.27 would confirm breakout strength and could open the door to a new high above $2.43.

However, if the ASTER price dips under $1.77 and then under $1.66, thereby breaching the triangle on the downside, the bullish hypothesis would get invalidated.

As long as RSI stays above 50 and BBP remains positive, bulls hold the edge. For now, ASTER’s price action tells a simple story: the big holders haven’t left the table — and neither should the market’s attention.

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📌 MAROKO133 Breaking crypto: Russian Police Seize More Than 2,700 Crypto Mining Ri

Russian police say they have confiscated over 2,700 crypto mining rigs from a facility in St. Petersburg that went online in 2018.

The Russian media outlet RBC reported that the facility operators used power grid know-how to manipulate meter data.

2,700 Crypto Mining Rigs Confiscated

Irina Volk, a spokesperson for the Russian Interior Ministry, explained that “over seven years ago,” three unnamed St. Petersburg residents “signed a contract to connect a commercial property to the power grid.”

However, earlier this year, energy grid investigators began to suspect something was amiss with the property’s power consumption.

They followed up with a probe, which revealed a discrepancy between meter readings at the facility and actual usage figures.

The Interior Ministry and police joined the investigation, eventually raiding the facility. Volk released a video on the ministry’s Telegram channel, showing officers conducting the raid.

The video shows officers forcing a man to the floor inside a building. Other officers then force open a locked shipping container with a crowbar.

Inside, the container appears to be housing thousands of operational crypto mining rigs. Officers said they found several of these containers at the site.

Fans and other cooling equipment also appear to be functioning inside the container. Officers then force open the door to another building, which also houses banks of hundreds of rigs.

Officers Confiscate Transformers and Cooling Equipment

Volk said ministry officials believe that the suspects used advanced electrical knowledge to manipulate the meter.

The meter then provided low readings to the power provider, allowing the suspects to pay for a tiny fraction of the power they had consumed.

The crypto mining “farm” operated unhindered between March 2018 and August 2025, the spokesperson confirmed.

Officers said they confiscated all of the mining rigs, in addition to two transformers and cooling equipment.

Police remanded the trio in custody and charged them with causing “property damage by deception or abuse of trust.”

Illegal Russian Crypto Miners: Going Underground

Volk said the ministry is continuing its search for possible accomplices. The ministry did not reveal how much electricity they believe the suspects had stolen from the grid, nor its monetary worth or the type of coins the trio mined.

However, illegal crypto mining appears to be on the rise in Russia and Russia-controlled territories.

In mid-September, Russian police unearthed a small network of illegal mining centers in what Moscow calls the Donetsk People’s Republic.

Officials said the centers’ operators connected 25 rigs directly to the grid, bypassing meters in the process.

The network’s operators caused damages worth 14 million rubles ($170,633), officials said.

Illegal crypto mining is particularly rife in traditional Russian Bitcoin mining hotspots like the North Caucasus and Southern Siberia.

Last year, power providers in Dagestan announced they had discovered subterranean crypto mining centers, apparently built to avoid detection from energy officials.

Some illegal miners have also begun using mobile units housed in large trucks and vans to help them relocate if they learn that energy companies have become aware of their activities.

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