{"id":14885,"date":"2025-10-31T14:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/35m-aster-transfer-allegation-against-changpeng-zhao-debunked-by-onchain-analysis\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T14:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:10:12","slug":"35m-aster-transfer-allegation-against-changpeng-zhao-debunked-by-onchain-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/35m-aster-transfer-allegation-against-changpeng-zhao-debunked-by-onchain-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"$35M ASTER transfer allegation against Changpeng Zhao debunked by onchain analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Changpeng Zhao has denied any involvement in a purported $35\u202fmillion ASTER token transfer, a claim on-chain analysis have confirmed was based on manipulated screenshots.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_4f124a7da6c638610e549763f339c94a\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Blockchain analyst @ai_9684xtpa confirmed the screenshot was manipulated, showing past-week transactions to mimic a recent sale; the wallet address is publicly verified as Binance-controlled.<\/li>\n<li>Similar accusations have targeted Changpeng Zhao before, including speculation around the TST memecoin, but this instance uniquely involved fabricated images rather than actual trades.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Binance founder Changpeng Zhao denied his involvement in a purported $35\u202fmillion transfer of Aster (ASTER) tokens. In a recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1984169966858367363?s=61&amp;t=Goh7F7TZjoAVMq_tusVLpw\">post on X<\/a>, CZ suggested that the allegation stemmed from a KOL who shared a screenshot that was digitally manipulated.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s crazy that a KOL with 140k following will photoshop fake images and post it publicly. Just click baiting, fud, or trying to buy low himself?<\/p>\n<p>These people\/liars don&#8217;t care about their own reputation. They will likely be poor.<\/p>\n<p>The blockchain is a permanent public record. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YMFwNt3SuC\">https:\/\/t.co\/YMFwNt3SuC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ \ud83d\udd36 BNB (@cz_binance) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1984169966858367363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Blockchain analyst @ai_9684xtpa corroborated CZ\u2019s statement, noting that the viral screenshot had manipulated past-week transactions between Binance hot wallets to create the appearance of a morning sale. The address in question, 0x889\u20262D4E3, is publicly verifiable as a Binance-controlled wallet. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zh\" dir=\"ltr\">CZ \u629b\u552e 3000 \u4e07\u5200 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ASTER&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$ASTER<\/a> \uff1f<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@cz_binance<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u773c\u5047\uff0c\u8fd9\u4f4d\u670b\u53cb\u7684 P \u56fe\u6280\u672f\u4e0d\u9519<\/p>\n<p>1\ufe0f\u20e3 \u65f6\u95f4\uff1a\u5c06\u8fc7\u53bb\u4e00\u5468\u5e01\u5b89\u70ed\u94b1\u5305\u4e4b\u95f4\u6d41\u8f6c\u7684\u4ea4\u6613 P \u6210\u4e86\u4eca\u5929\u4e00\u65e9<br \/>2\ufe0f\u20e3 \u5730\u5740\uff1a\u5c06\u70ed\u94b1\u5305 0x889\u20262D4E3 P \u6210\u4e86 CZ \u5173\u8054\u5730\u5740<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t0nw0iH6WE\">https:\/\/t.co\/t0nw0iH6WE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t trust. Verify. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JyMtHrOJfe\">https:\/\/t.co\/JyMtHrOJfe<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/leZhO3yWgz\">pic.twitter.com\/leZhO3yWgz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ai \u59e8 (@ai_9684xtpa) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ai_9684xtpa\/status\/1984095975015956514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>Accusations of Changpeng Zhao engaging in suspicious token activity are nothing new. However, this instance was unique in that it involved fabricated images.<\/p>\n<p>A similar situation arose with the TST memecoin, which initially launched to demonstrate how to launch such tokens but which quickly gained speculative traction. <\/p>\n<p>On 30 May, TST price plummeted over 40% almost instantly after an anonymous whale sold $6\u20137\u202fmillion worth of the token, representing over one-tenth of the coin\u2019s total $55\u202fmillion market cap. Some <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/square\/post\/24962273865953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">speculated <\/a>that CZ was involved, despite there being no evidence linking him to the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changpeng Zhao has denied any involvement in a purported $35\u202fmillion ASTER token transfer, a claim on-chain analysis have confirmed was based on manipulated screenshots. Summary Blockchain analyst @ai_9684xtpa confirmed the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14886,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14885\/revisions\/14886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}