2026-01-05 04:26:37

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about ASTER, with various messages circulating. I'll start from the project itself and talk about why this token has been unable to rise.

Honestly, their trading platform is quite interesting—trading rewards points, participation in airdrops, and a much better user experience than many projects. From a product perspective, they do have some real skills. But this is the key issue: no matter how good the platform is, the token is stuck grinding within the 0.9~1.2 range.

The price is being suppressed tightly, and the reason is quite straightforward. First, the market size—total circulation of 8 billion—is a fixed scale. Even if the project team makes efforts to buy back, facing this level of capital pressure, the amount needed to push the price up is definitely not small. Second, and more critically, the unlock schedule keeps changing. The massive token unlocks are like the Sword of Damocles hanging over everyone’s heads, creating a constant sense of uncertainty.

This uncertainty is the worst. Everyone knows there are still huge amounts of tokens to be released in the future. Who would be willing to jump in now to buy in? Even if the price rebounds slightly, most people’s first reaction is to run—selling pressure naturally follows. The project team buying back tokens and retail investors desperately buying in, but market expectations have already been set in stone, and the price just can’t go up.

My personal judgment is that if the transparency of the unlock process and the circulating supply issues aren’t resolved, the likelihood of the price seeking real support downward is actually greater. Around 0.6 might be the level where more people are willing to reconsider.

The most important lesson here is: product value and token price are often two different things. No matter how powerful the platform features are, they can’t compensate for poor tokenomics. Especially in projects with opaque unlock schedules and obvious selling pressure, bottom-fishing must wait until market sentiment is fully released—don’t rush to jump in prematurely.

This is just my personal analysis. When making decisions, everyone should do their own homework. The crypto market is risky—caution is always the best approach.

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PaperHandsCriminal

· 01-08 04:11

The platform is good, but with such a large market and poor liquidity, no matter how much you hype it up, it feels pointless. The 8 billion circulation volume is basically a dead end unless real money is invested. The unlocking schedule keeps changing; who dares to rush in... I, for one, am scared. Great products can't compensate for poor economics; I guess I’ve learned that this time. Let's wait until 0.6. Jumping in now is just inviting trouble.

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ShamedApeSeller

· 01-07 13:23

Platform experience is great, but the selling pressure still can't be eliminated --- In other words, the tokenomics are garbage; no matter how good the product is, it's useless --- 80 billion in circulation is crushing, the unlock schedule keeps delaying, who dares to take it --- Waiting to bottom out at 0.6 before talking; entering now just makes you a leek --- The Sword of Damocles hangs overhead, no wonder no one dares to touch it --- What’s the use of buybacks? There are huge dumps waiting behind --- Product and token price are two different things; this lesson is too profound --- Don’t rush to catch fire; wait until market sentiment releases, really --- Opaque unlock expectations are more terrifying than anything else --- The circulating supply is too large; the imagination space is simply nonexistent

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SignatureAnxiety

· 01-05 04:55

80 billion circulation, no one can really save this game --- Basically, it's unbreakable. The unlocking schedule keeps changing, how dare I buy --- Product is awesome, so what? The tokenomics is a mess, I’ve paid my tuition for this lesson --- Waiting for 0.6, if I buy now, what am I doing if not catching a falling knife --- Platform experience is good, but that’s not a reason for me to chase the high --- The unlocking schedule keeps changing... are you testing my psychological endurance? --- Anyway, I’m waiting for the selling pressure to be fully released. The fire pit should be jumped into by others first

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SchrodingerAirdrop

· 01-05 04:52

The 8 billion circulation volume is crushing it; this is just a bad project... No matter how good the product is, it can't save a terrible token model. The transparency of unlocking has been changing all along; who dares to buy now? Let's wait until 0.6. Buying in now is really asking for trouble. The points and airdrop experience are indeed good, but the price is just stuck here, grinding away... The massive unlocking looming overhead has made me hesitant.

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GasWhisperer

· 01-05 04:47

ngl, locked token schedules hitting different... 0.6 is where the real price discovery happens tbh. mempool of desperation clearing out first, then maybe we talk fundamentals.

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FrontRunFighter

· 01-05 04:47

ngl this is textbook tokenomics failure dressed up as a platform play... the unlock schedule shifting is basically a red flag factory tbh

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MissingSats

· 01-05 04:45

It's all air; no matter how fancy the product is, it can't save the deadlock of 8 billion in circulation The unlock schedule keeps changing, and I just laugh. Isn't this just cutting people's profits? Wait until it drops to 0.6 before talking. Entering now is just giving money to the whales A good product does not equal a good coin. You have to suffer losses to understand this lesson Another project killed by tokenomics, what's next?

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NotSatoshi

· 01-05 04:43

80 billion circulation is tightly pressed down, this is the real killer weapon --- Strong product, but if the tokenomics are bad, all efforts are useless. I've seen through this setup long ago --- The unlock schedule keeps changing, who dares to buy in now? Might as well wait until 0.6 --- No matter how good the platform experience is, if the price gets stuck, retail investors will have to sell. The logic makes sense --- The Sword of Damocles hangs overhead; when it rebounds, sell. That's rational operation --- The key issue is transparency. Has the project team sorted it out themselves? --- Waiting for the market to release emotions before bottoming out. Don’t rush to buy this fire. Learned that lesson --- No matter how great the features are, they can't save a poorly designed token. That's the state of the crypto world --- Waiting from 0.9 to 1.2 for half a day isn’t as satisfying as waiting for a downward break --- Buybacks are useless too, facing the pressure of 80 billion market cap is like a midge shaking a tree

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