Viral Fake BlackRock ETF Filing Fooled Everyone, But Wait-Binance Founder Drops the Truth Bomb!

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Ah, the sweet scent of a rumor circulating like wildfire. This morning, a fake BlackRock “Staked ASTER ETF” filing popped up, causing a frenzy. Of course, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. ASTER was already lounging comfortably in its favorite support zone around $0.90-0.95. The classic spot, the very one it had clung to like a lifeline-dodging downward movements twice in October, and once more in early November.

Just look at this chart from TradingView-quite the masterpiece, showing ASTER stubbornly holding this range for the third week in a row. A price level that had halted its fall before, no doubt lulling traders into a false sense of security. Could this be the key to some sort of grand rebound? No. It only muddied the waters further, as traders, desperate for any shred of clarity, wondered if this ETF rumor could somehow be connected to the price’s stubborn accumulation. Spoiler alert: it wasn’t. But hey, who cares about facts when rumors are so much more fun?

The screenshot? Oh, it looked good enough to deceive even the most meticulous of minds. It swiftly made its rounds across timelines, like an Instagram influencer’s latest sponsored post. After all, BlackRock-linked ETF headlines have a magical ability to move markets. And ASTER? It’s been trending down ever since it peaked at $1.40 back in mid-November. A chart that was already in a battle with gravity.

Enter BlackRock’s so-called experimentation with Ethereum’s staked products. Naturally, the market, ever the drama queen, exploded with speculation. Could this be the catalyst for ASTER’s price to reverse? Oh, how the hopes soared, until the undeniable voice of reason arrived on the scene-Changpeng Zhao, Binance‘s founder.

Binance Founder Clears the Air

“Fake. Even big KOLs get fooled once in a while,” CZ tweeted, cutting through the nonsense with the precision of a surgeon. He even threw in a dash of humor for good measure, claiming ASTER didn’t need any “photoshopped pics” to make waves. Well, isn’t that refreshing? 😂

4. Fake. Even big KOLs gets fooled once in a while.

Aster doesn’t need these fake photoshopped pics to grow. 😂

– CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) December 9, 2025

Once the smoke cleared, traders were left to focus on the chart once again. And what did they find? A whole lot of sideways movement. ASTER, it seems, is still trapped in the same sleepy range it’s been meandering through for nearly two months. There’s no magic here. No BlackRock filing. No SEC disclosures. Just a lot of noise and very little substance.

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2025-12-09 16:45