Is Celestia plotting to manipulate investor sentiment and drive up TIA token price?

Celestia Foundation announced that it has successfully raised $100 million in a new round of funding, bringing the total investment in the project to more than $155 million.

Some analysts in the crypto market were quick to point out that the deal was not as transparent as it was reported to be.

This deal actually took place many months ago in the form of selling TIA tokens through OTC transactions to VCs (investment funds), with a valuation of up to 3.5 billion USD.

Notably, the majority of tokens exchanged through this deal will be unlocked on October 30, 2024, meaning that these investment funds can immediately sell TIA in just over a month.

Investment funds participating in this deal only need to sell all unlocked tokens at a price of 7.5 USD to break even.

Especially since TIA's price has skyrocketed more than 30% since news of the new $100 million investment was announced yesterday, and TIA is currently trading around $6.16.

Did Celestia intentionally delay the announcement of the fundraising until closer to the token unlock, in order to mislead the community into thinking that the funds had only recently invested and were extremely optimistic about the project's future?