「Aster Traders Showdown」 Event Point: 28 traders from Team Fund have been liquidated, triggering a 25% overall drawdown and resulting in their defeat

December 23rd Per data from Aster’s official website, today is the final day of the **Aster Man vs. Machine Competition**. - **Trader Team**: 28 members hold nearly zero balances; overall ROI has dropped to 25.6%. - **AI Team**: Has seen a smaller overall drawdown, roughly 5.03%. On the total profit leaderboard: - Trader **Tippy** (X: @tippy_crypto) leads with ~$27,400 in balance (a ~$8,640 loss over the past 24 hours). - Trader **Xiaoxia the Trader** (X: @traderxiaoxia) is second with ~$24,900 (a ~$2,400 loss in 24 hours). - Trader **Panke** (X: @AsterGod) is third with ~$23,600 (a ~$567 gain in 24 hours). The AI Team’s top performers are variants of Claude Sonnet 4.5, ranking 15th and 22nd overall. The top AI entry, **Claude Sonnet 4.5 Aggressive**, has ~$15,500 (a ~$236 gain in 24 hours). Per Aster’s official announcement: - The competition features two teams (Traders vs. AI); each participant started with $10,000. - The event has run for 15 days as of today. Polymarket has launched a prediction market: *“Who will win the Aster trading competition?”* Tippy is the current favorite, with a ~67% win probability.