Rug replay
AI: the first 17 hours, minute by minute
Aura Inu on Solana, launched 28 October 2026 at 01:05 UK time. We recorded 17 hours of one-minute prices from 01:30. 5 warning signs lit up along the way, and 24 hours after launch it had collapsed.
- Spiking
- Cooling off
- Sliding
- Settling
- Quiet
- Warning sign
- Serious sign or the fall
- Other event
5 warning signs in this replay.
1x plays one minute of the coin's life every second. Keys: Space plays or pauses, J and L jump 10 minutes, and the arrow keys move the slider one minute.
Prices are our own one-minute records. Buys vs sells are counts of trades in the past 5 minutes, not dollars. Times are UK time. Where our live records had a gap, we used the coin's case file or DexScreener prices every 2 minutes; each event names its source.
Every event, with its time and source
- We first saw it on our live boardSource: lab.db event (first_seen), minute 0.
- Paid profile bought on DexScreener
DexScreener's own timestamp for the order.
Source: lab.db event (promo), minute 0. - Phase: Spiking
The price was at least 3x its lowest point of the past hour.
A paid boost, profile or ad was bought in the hour before.
Source: phase.db phase_log 39110, minute 0. - Paid profile bought while up 4.0x in an hour
Paid profile bought 1 minute ago on DexScreener.
The price is up 298% over the last hour (4.0x).
Market value $16.2k, still on its launchpad bonding curve.
An hour later the price was 20% higher than when we logged this.
Our read: paid attention arriving after a 3x move gives the early holders a crowd to exit into.
Source: findings.db finding e1142419eaad, minute 0. - First check: grade C, 1 warning sign
3 wallets bought identical bags.
Source: outcomes.db first_check, minute 0. - Our grade changed from C to BSource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 41.
- Phase: Settling
No new low for 30 minutes, and the price range was narrowing.
A paid boost, profile or ad was bought in the hour before.
Source: phase.db phase_log 39320, minute 54. - Lost its clean grade: B to C
It was graded B for 20 minutes before the drop to C.
What appeared: 4 wallets bought identical bags.
Price from going clean to the drop: -8.3%.
Market value at the drop: $19.5k.
Source: findings.db finding c9d0fe287a99, minute 61. - Our grade changed from C to BSource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 81.
- Our grade changed from B to CSource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 102.
- Phase: Sliding
Each 20-minute low of the past hour was lower than the one before.
Source: phase.db phase_log 39534, minute 102. - Phase: Settling
No new low for 30 minutes, and the price range was narrowing.
Source: phase.db phase_log 39660, minute 134. - Phase: Sliding
Each 20-minute low of the past hour was lower than the one before.
Source: phase.db phase_log 39821, minute 171. - Profile refreshed bought on DexScreener
DexScreener's own timestamp for the order.
Source: lab.db event (promo), minute 206. - Phase: Settling
No new low for 30 minutes, and the price range was narrowing.
Source: phase.db phase_log 40142, minute 246. - Phase: Quiet
Under $2,000 was traded in the past hour.
Source: phase.db phase_log 40264, minute 276. - Phase: Settling
No new low for 30 minutes, and the price range was narrowing.
Source: phase.db phase_log 40794, minute 393. - Phase: Quiet
Under $2,000 was traded in the past hour.
Source: phase.db phase_log 40815, minute 400. - Phase: Settling
No new low for 30 minutes, and the price range was narrowing.
Source: phase.db phase_log 42919, minute 812. - Left the launchpad for a full trading poolSource: lab.db event (graduated), minute 858.
- Highest price in our minute bars, market value $66.2kSource: lab.db bar, computed, minute 867.
- Price fell below half its peak, 67% down
13 minutes after the peak.
Source: lab.db bar, computed, minute 880. - Liquidity fell 66% in 10 minutes, $19.1k to $6.5k
Liquidity went from $19.1k to $6.5k in 10 minutes.
The price moved -87% over the same time.
Market value is now $7.8k.
Source: findings.db finding 295919b12fa7, minute 887. - Our grade changed 2 times in 6 minutes, ending at E
It moved between E and F as new checks came in, from 16:21 to 16:27.
Source: lab.db event (grade), 2 changes, minute 892. - Phase: Sliding
Each 20-minute low of the past hour was lower than the one before.
Source: phase.db phase_log 43499, minute 908. - Our grade changed from E to FSource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 908.
- Our grade changed from F to ESource: lab.db event (grade), 1 change, minute 928.
- Phase: Cooling off
The price was 20% or more below a high set in the past hour, after a run up.
Source: phase.db phase_log 43744, minute 940. - Phase: Quiet
Under $2,000 was traded in the past hour.
Source: phase.db phase_log 43856, minute 980. - 24 hours after launch: collapsed, 96% below the highest price we recorded
Collapsed: the price was under a tenth of its peak, or liquidity was under $1,000 outside the launchpad.
Source: outcomes.db outcomes.out24_status, after our minute bars end.
What the check showed before the fall
Our first check graded AI C at 01:30 UK time, 25 minutes after launch, with 1 warning sign:
The price first fell below half its peak at 16:10, 13 minutes after its highest point in our records. Before that, 3 of the 5 warning signs in this replay had appeared:
- 01:30 Paid profile bought while up 4.0x in an hour
- 01:30 First check: grade C, 1 warning sign
- 02:31 Lost its clean grade: B to C
2 more signs appeared after the fall began.
24 hours after launch: collapsed, 96% below the highest price we recorded.