Aster (ASTER)

JUST IN: Aster DEX slashes monthly $ASTER token unlocks by 97% and switches to a staking-only emissions model to reduce dilution https://t.co/iBCYjoLkyd

Staked $ASTER just surpassed 100M 🥷✨ https://t.co/Pwddeclfyu

Aster @Aster_DEX announced an update to tokenomics, with ecosystem tokens to be released only as staking rewards, issuing about 1.8–2.25 million $ASTER per month, easing monthly inflation pressure. Trust Wallet is the official verified node on the Aster chain. You can stake tokens to the Trust Wallet node, supporting network security while earning protocol staking rewards! Participate now 👉: https://t.co/9oCUxrDUvV

78.4m monthly tokens vanished from circulation this morning. The $ASTER team erased all linear dilution for a 2m staking model. $5.4b protocols do not typically nuke 97% of their sell pressure overnight.

🚨 UPDATE: Aster DEX is replacing its monthly 78.4M $ASTER unlock with a staking-only emission model. The change cuts monthly supply down to just 1.8M–2.25M $ASTER per month. https://t.co/z40HCRPgYc

$ASTER This is where I am scaling more shorts. Why? Because once the chart lost the accumulation range, the burden shifted completely onto bulls to reclaim it fast and prove the breakdown was false. They didn’t. Instead, every push back into that lost zone has shown the same thing: 1. No acceptance 2. Weak follow-through 3. Immediate rejection Those are not signs of recovery by bulls. That is a failed reclaim into prior value, which usually means the market is still treating that whole area as overhead supply. So for us, this is not a place to get optimistic. It is a place to lean back with the trend unless the prior range is reclaimed. Lose accumulation. Fail the reclaim. Get rejected from below. That sequence usually ends with the chart going to sweep lower liquidity, and for now the obvious draw is still sitting around $0.60-0.62.

So far in 2026, I think we've retraced literally all the news-related pumps on altcoins - ASTER mainnet launch - TRUMP dinner - OKB x ICE - ZRO conference and chain anncmt - Bybit x Coinbase (MNT) - UNI x BlackRock - DOLO x WLFI lending - WLD x OpenAI social network news - SNX RH listing

According to the Aster DEX announcement, the project has cancelled the original ecosystem token release mechanism that linearly unlocked about 78.4 million per month (about 1% of the max supply), and now only distributes via staking rewards. Under the new mechanism, the current weekly release is about 450,000 ASTER (approximately 1.8–2.25 million per month), significantly reducing the new circulating supply compared to before. The project states that since the TGE in September 2025, ecosystem and community tokens have not been used aside from staking rewards, and the relevant addresses can be verified on-chain. https://t.co/ylWJ7MBNKR

Significant inflation slowdown! Aster, the largest derivatives platform on the BNB chain, announces a reconstruction of its token economics. The previous mechanism that unlocked 78.4 million ASTER tokens monthly has been discontinued. Ecosystem rewards will now be released only through staking, with monthly circulation limited to roughly 1.8 million to 2.25 million tokens. This also means that only a small amount of ASTER tokens will be added to the market each month. https://t.co/o2ZizRHo2W https://t.co/DUp0lvMjO2