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THE COLLAPSE OF MANTRA (93.58% GONE IN 4HRS) 💣

The collapse of Mantra ($OM) is being called “the Luna of 2025”: 

👉 90%+ down. 

👉 $5B+ wiped. 

👉 All within 4 hours.

It caught most people off guard…but not everyone. 

Some sleuths have been pointing to red flags within Mantra for a while now.

Here’s how it went down/everything you missed:

1/ The wallet

Over the weekend, a whale wallet transferred a total of ~$25M worth of $OM tokens to the OKX exchange, indicating a potential sale.

~$25M worth of sell pressure ain’t great – but it was WHO was selling that REALLY helped to trigger the initial panic…

2/ The whale 

This whale deposit was linked back to someone from/associated with the Mantra team. 

“An insider quietly getting ready to sell, while everyone is busy with their weekend” – say that out loud to yourself and tell me it doesn’t sound just a little red-flaggy.

Especially when you add it to the other concerning factors surrounding Mantra…

3/ A collection of red flags

4/ The selling starts → the panic sets in → it all collapses

The market starts connecting the dots between the OKX deposit and the entity that made it → everyone starts selling $OM → this craters the price 50%+ in a matter of minutes.

Now, remember the rumors that $OM was being sold OTC to insiders at 50% off? 

Yuh. Well, the theory goes:

👉 When the $OM price started tanking yesterday, these insiders panicked and started bulk selling their discounted tokens (now at a loss).

👉 This selling pressure is what pushed $OM as low as $0.40 (down from ~$6.15 at the start of the day).

👉 That’s a 93.58% drop within 4 hrs!

But the saddest part of the whole thing might actually be this… 👇

Even though $OM cratered more than 90% yesterday – its 12-month performance is still better than Ethereum’s (-29.47% vs. -48.33%). 😢

So what can we learn from all of this?

🚩 When analyzing projects, look out for red flags like: failed/missed promises, restricted circulating token supply, asymmetric insider control.

📞 It might be time to do a wellness check on the $ETH maxies in your life.

WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR 📆

What’s the latest on tariff inclusions/exclusions? What macro data is coming down the pike? Which companies are reporting earnings this week?

Here’s everything you need to know (and more)!

1/ Monday – April 14

👉 Certain Chinese tariff exclusions were announced last Friday – we can expect the market to digest this and react as more clarifications are made this week…

2/ Tuesday – April 15

👉 China’s Q1 GDP Data is released. Everyone will be combing through the data to see how the current trade war is affecting the US’ largest sparring partner. 

🎙️ Solana co-founder, Raj Gokal, joins us on The Milk Road Show!

3/ Wednesday – April 16

👉 Fed Chair Powell speaks. The question everyone is going to try to get answered: What’s his outlook on the current economy – and when can we expect rate cuts?

👉 The World Trade Organization releases its global trade forecasts. Will be a particularly interesting read after all of this tariff hullabaloo (yeah, that’s right – hullabaloo).

👉 March Retail Sales data is being released. Was the market’s grim vibe for March reflected in retail spending? We’re about to find out!

🎙️ Co-founder of the Bitcoin Opportunity Fund, James Lavish, joins us on The Milk Road Show!

4/ Thursday – April 17

March Housing Starts data and Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index data are being released – are people building new homes and is the US manufacturing industry in good health? 

This data will help shed light on both questions.

5/ Friday – April 18

~10% of S&P 500 companies report earnings – including a bunch of big banks and TSMC (the world’s largest chip manufacturer). 

This should help paint a picture of the health of the US financial & tech industries.

Alright, that’s everything on the horizon this week!

Mark your calendars 🤝

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