Aster (ASTER)

Imagine announcing a new, aggressive buyback plan on your token just to see it pump and then dump right back to where it was before the announcement 🤣 Sometimes the market be like, "Nah, bruh, you were already fairly priced" https://t.co/QiLOxheonH

This is worst than solana meme - $aster https://t.co/GOaEaYuf0W

Took a look at O, and then at Aster 🥵 Aster won't start with a 5 this time, right? Who exactly is dumping? aster-2:native? https://t.co/YG7QgBLZZl

🔥ASTER and the supply problem: Is the upcoming unlock truly a risk, or has the story changed since June? a ster-2:native is the most interesting case among this season's perpDEXs, perhaps only after $HYPE. The project team has changed the tokenomics twice within a few months. 🔴According to the original tokenomics, ASTER has a max supply of 8 billion tokens, allocated into 5 groups: - Airdrop: 53.5% (~4.28 B) – 8.8% of total supply (704 M tokens) unlocks immediately at TGE on 17 Sep 2025, the rest is streamed over 80 months. - Ecosystem & Community: 30% (~2.4 B) – initially designed to unlock linearly over 20 months. - Treasury: 7% (~560 M) – fully locked, can only change with project team approval. - Team: 5% (~400 M) – 12‑month cliff, then linear vesting over 40 months. - Liquidity & Listing: 4.5% (~360 M). To date, about 32% of total supply has unlocked, FDV ~5 B at a price level of $0.65. 🔴Two mechanism changes affect the investment thesis for aster-2:native: 📌The first change occurred in March 2026, cutting 97% of ecosystem emission - The original model for Ecosystem & Community was a linear unlock of 78.4 M ASTER per month, roughly 1% of max supply each month. - In March 2026, Aster switched to a staking‑only model: paying 450 K ASTER each epoch (weekly), equivalent to 1.8‑2.25 M ASTER per month – a 97% reduction from the original rate. The team explained that the Ecosystem & Community tokens unlocked since TGE have remained idle and the team “has never sold a single coin”, only distributing staking rewards. With a long‑term hold stance, the team chose to lock them again and earn only staking yields. 📌The second change came on 17 June 2026, a 198% buyback‑burn that also burns the project team’s own tokens. Two days ago, Aster announced a tokenomics upgrade: 99% of daily trading fees will be used to buy back ASTER (executed via TWAP spread throughout the day to reduce slippage), and an equal amount of ASTER will be burned from the reserve on a 1:1 basis with the buyback. -> The double effect creates a deflation rate of up to 198% – almost double the previous level. These two flows are separate: the bought‑back tokens are distributed to stakers (through Loyalty Rewards, plus an additional basic reward pool of 300 000 ASTER per epoch, allocated by veASTER weighting); the burned tokens are taken directly from the Team’s allocation. The ultimate goal is to bring total supply down from 8 B to a floor of 3 B – a reduction of 62.5%. Targeting the burn at the team fund means that the tokens slated to unlock in the September 2026 cliff will be reduced at the source before they ever enter circulation. This is unprecedented in the crypto industry, where large unlocks are typically absorbed only after they occur. Additionally, each permission‑less listing on Aster Spot requires a fee of 50 000 USDT, which is fed directly into the buyback. 🔴Will the upcoming unlock cause a supply shock? There are three points to watch in the unlock schedule: - Claim 95 M (starting 09 Jun 2026): relatively small compared to the current market cap (~3% of circulating supply), unlikely to generate a single shock; price will mainly follow the broader market. - Ecosystem emission tier (reduced since March): from 78.4 M/month down to 1.8‑2.25 M/month -> this component has essentially been removed from dump risk since Q1 2026. - The biggest milestone is the Team cliff in September 2026 (about to happen): the remaining portion could create significant supply pressure – but the pressure has been sharply reduced by the burn mechanism announced two days ago, and the June 17 burn directly targets the team fund before the cliff. -> The effectiveness of this change for the September cliff depends entirely on Aster’s trading volume over the next three months. 🔴Overall, there are many theses to invest in aster-2:native and I think this token will break its next ATH. CZ will have to maintain his credibility with me. The team’s self‑locking of tokens and only taking staking yields shows a commitment to community trust (perhaps why aster‑2:native hasn’t dropped much and has been flat for months). Next season I will likely only invest in coins with a buyback treasury or at least a supply‑deflation mechanism. Whether ASTER’s bottom comes early or late depends much more on the volume/market share of this perpDEX itself than on a typical pump‑and‑dump cycle (the core remains a business model).

Can $aster compete with $hype in buyback power? Prepared and presented by: @dr0chart Article author: Omar Al-Alwani The digital currency sector is witnessing increasing competition among projects that rely on buyback mechanisms to support token value and boost investor confidence. Among these projects, Aster and HYPE stand out, sparking a broad discussion about Aster’s ability to match the purchasing power of its rival. Buyback Power Comparison Available data shows that the Aster project directs up to 99% of collected fees toward buybacks and burns, resulting in a daily buying power of roughly $215,000. In contrast, the HYPE project records a daily buyback power of about $2.1 million, roughly ten times the current buyback size of Aster. This large gap reflects the higher activity and liquidity available in the HYPE ecosystem, but it does not necessarily make medium‑ or long‑term competition impossible. Can Aster narrow the gap? Figures indicate that Aster only needs to increase its daily trading volume by about 2.2‑fold to reach a buyback power comparable to HYPE. If user growth continues and platform activity rises, this could directly lead to: - Higher daily buyback amounts. - Reduced circulating token supply. - Support for long‑term price stability. - Strengthened investor and community confidence in the project. Investment Perspective Buyback programs are important tools that digital projects use to support asset value, yet a project's success does not rely on this mechanism alone. It also depends on factors such as: - Actual active user base. - Sustainable revenue. - Market liquidity. - Partnerships and future expansion. - Technical innovation and product development. Conclusion Although HYPE currently leads by a clear margin in daily buyback power, Aster has a realistic opportunity to narrow this gap if it can double its activity and trading volume in the coming period. The key question remaining for investors and followers is: Will Aster be able to turn this potential growth into genuine purchasing power that can compete with HYPE in the future?

$ASTER just burned 5B tokens and threw 99% of fees at buybacks. Has any protocol run the 99% buyback desperation play and survived long-term, or is this just an SOS to the chart?

⚡️UPDATE: Aster upgrades its $ASTER tokenomics. 99% of platform fees will now be used for buybacks, matched by an equal burn from reserves as supply targets 3B. https://t.co/N4ivN7yJjn