PANews reported on October 11 that according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Pastel Alpha founder Cooker (@CookerFlips) sold 2 million ASTER at a price of US$1.34 in exchange for 2.68 million USDC.

The funds were deposited into Hyperliquid, where he subsequently purchased 66,485 HYPE tokens at $40.32 each. These tokens were then sent to Kinetiq for staking.