# $API3 Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — October 18, 2025

> **Asset:** $API3  
> **Date:** 2025-10-18 (October 18, 2025)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/api3/2025-10-18  
> **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/api3.md  
> **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md  

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## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence


### Post #1 by @Ashar2shahid
> **Author:** Ashar L Shahid ⟁ ([@Ashar2shahid](https://x.com/Ashar2shahid))  
> **Metrics:** 6 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 157 views  

> **Posted:** 2025-10-18T01:46:37+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Ashar2shahid/status/1979363455137386681](https://x.com/Ashar2shahid/status/1979363455137386681)  


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> "I started digging into this after they replaced api3 as the primary with redstone even though we were mostly being used on the protocol. After digging more into the defillama github, I realized they have been doing this to other oracles over the last 3 years and manipulating it"




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