This move is indeed quite interesting. The KAITO team transferred 5 million tokens to a major exchange 7 days ago. When you look at the transfer time together with what happened afterward, the story changes.

According to on-chain data monitoring, this transfer occurred in mid-January. The timing is very precise—the team was in communication with Twitter about API integration, which would have given them some internal information in advance. Coincidentally, right after the negative news about API cancellation was released, the token was hammered down, and the team had already completed the chip transfer days earlier.

Even more interesting is that the KAITO staking unlock also peaked during this period. When you stack these clues together, it looks like a deliberate attempt to create a rally to attract retail investors, then cash out at the high. Who knew about it in advance is anyone’s guess, but the timing gap is clearly not a coincidence. That’s how the market works—someone always manages to hit the right timing.