Aster has initiated a strategic buyback program that's been quietly accumulating over the last 15 hours. We're talking about $2 million flowing in through DCA (dollar-cost averaging) rather than aggressive market buys that would spike the price immediately.

Here's where it gets interesting: if perpetual futures volume remains at current levels, $ASTER hitting the $0.6 mark represents a critical threshold—the point where token inflation pressures finally ease off. Below that level, selling pressure dominates the supply dynamics.

The real question is sustainability. A steady DCA approach suggests the team understands market mechanics better than the typical pump-and-dump narrative. But whether this maintains depends on whether perpetual volume can hold steady through the accumulation phase.