ASTER Price History: Patterns Every Trader Should Know

PANews reported on December 10 that, according to Lookonchain monitoring, the whale address 0xFB3B withdrew another 13.44 million ASTER tokens (worth $13.04 million) from Binance 8 hours ago. Previously, the whale withdrew 64.53 million ASTER tokens (worth $133.68 million) from Gate.io when the price was close to the high of $2.07, and then deposited the same 64.53 million ASTER tokens (worth $99.14 million) into Binance at a price of $1.54, resulting in a loss of $34.5 million.

Hyperliquid co-founder: ADL will not transfer profits and losses to HLP; its treatment of users and HLP is completely symmetrical. Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff refuted the claim that "ADL (Automatic Liquidation) transfers profits and losses to HLP (Hyperliquidity Provider)." Jeff stated that the ADL mechanism does not transfer profits and losses to HLP, its treatment of users and HLP is completely symmetrical, and ADL will not destroy the $653 million in revenue. He Yi's WeChat account was suspected of being hacked and used to promote a certain Meme coin. According to crypto KOL AB Kuai.Dong, Binance co-CEO He Yi's WeChat account was suspected of being hacked, and she posted on her WeChat Moments promoting the meme coin Mubarakah. A whale withdrew another 13.44 million ASTER tokens from Binance, after previously selling at a high price and incurring a loss of $34.5 million. According to Lookonchain monitoring, the whale address 0xFB3B withdrew another 13.44 million ASTER tokens (worth $13.04 million) from Binance eight hours ago. Previously, this whale withdrew 64.53 million ASTER tokens (worth $133.68 million) from Gate.io when the price was near its peak of $2.07, and then deposited the same 64.53 million ASTER tokens (worth $99.14 million) into Binance at a price of $1.54, resulting in a loss of $34.5 million. Cascade launches 24/7 brokerage services covering cryptocurrency perpetual contracts, raising $15 million to date. According to CoinDesk, New York-based startup Cascade has launched a new 24/7 brokerage service. The service is built on a unified margin account linked to perpetual markets covering cryptocurrencies, major U.S. stocks, and assets related to private companies such as OpenAI, SpaceX, and Stripe. Currently, the platform is accessible to a select group of invited depositors and is expected to open to the public in early 2026. Initially, the platform will offer more than 10 perpetual markets, with plans to gradually expand the product lineup. To date, Cascade has raised $15 million from investors including Polychain Capital, Variant, Coinbase Ventures, and Archetype. Cathie Wood: Bitcoin is entering a new phase with smaller pullbacks. According to Cryptobriefing, Cathie Wood, CEO of ARK Invest, believes that Bitcoin is entering a phase where institutional adoption may prevent a significant price drop. In a recent interview with "Mornings with Maria," she stated, "Bitcoin's role as a risk-averse asset may break its historical four-year boom-and-bust cycle, where it often plummeted by 75% to 90% in its early stages. Its volatility is decreasing, and it's currently down about 30%. While Bitcoin has acted as a safe-haven asset during past crises, including the European sovereign debt crisis and the US regional banking crisis, it is now exhibiting characteristics of a risk-averse asset. There are concerns about Bitcoin's four-year cycle pattern, but institutional participation in this asset class may prevent further declines. Bitcoin's price may have bottomed out a few weeks ago." Over the past three months, Bitcoin has fallen by 20%, while gold prices have climbed nearly 60% this year. Wood predicts this trend may reverse next year, with gold prices potentially falling and Bitcoin poised to rise. Wood stated, "Today, gold is more of a safe-haven asset, and its rise proves that we are in a state of great anxiety, with investors using gold to hedge against geopolitical risks. Looking back to the early 1980s and late 1990s, as we entered a true golden age of innovation, ending with the internet age, gold prices continued to fall. We believe that the same situation may occur again today, and Bitcoin will continue to act as a risk-averse asset and become active again." Zhao Changpeng reposted a photo of himself wearing Trump's limited edition Bitcoin sneakers. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao shared a photo of himself wearing Trump's limited-edition Bitcoin Sneakers, stating that the shoes were a gift from a friend and that he considered them NFTs. In the photo, Zhao is wearing a special edition of the Bitcoin Sneakers released by Trump in 2024, featuring an orange-yellow high-top design and the Bitcoin symbol ₿. This series was limited to 1000 pairs, originally priced at $499, and quickly sold out after pre-orders went live on July 31, 2024. Currently, the resale market price has more than doubled, ranging from $700 to $2500. SlowMist Cosine: Zcash does not implicitly enforce privacy; its balanced design is more understood by regulators. PANews reported on December 10th that Yu Xian, founder of SlowMist, stated that a high percentage of Zcash transactions can be traced, which is not new. Zcash operated similarly during the previous privacy coin boom, not by default enforcing privacy, but by allowing users to choose. For example, addresses starting with "z" indicate strong privacy, while those starting with "t" are transparent and traceable. This design makes Zcash more readily understood by regulators than privacy coins like Monero (XMR), which default to strong privacy. Currently, almost all Zcash addresses on mainstream platforms begin with "t," indicating that the group truly concerned about privacy is very, very small; complying with regulations is the only way forward for these platforms. Compared to the truly hardcore Monero, Zcash's privacy design offers a better balance, potentially allowing for a wider path forward. The U.S. Senate version of the crypto market structure bill is expected to be released this week, with hearings and a vote scheduled for next week. According to The Block, New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Wyoming Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis spoke at the Blockchain Association Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, detailing the progress lawmakers are making in pushing for a comprehensive regulatory bill for the cryptocurrency industry (i.e., the Crypto Market Structure Act). Gillibrand revealed that negotiations between Democrats and Republicans on the crypto bill have been ongoing, with the first bipartisan meeting last week progressing smoothly and no factors hindering its advancement. On Monday evening, after a meeting with Democrats, she presented her final requests to Republican staff for inclusion in the bill and stated that these requests had been submitted. She also mentioned that she and Lummis, among others, would further discuss some of the requests and were very optimistic that the final bill would be comprehensive, as the House had not addressed all the issues in their draft, such as how to regulate decentralized finance exchanges. Lummis, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, indicated that the current goal is to share the draft bill this weekend, hold hearings next week for revisions, and vote on the bill. She also mentioned that negotiations have extended to the White House level, and that while Democrats and Republicans are negotiating, they are also working with industry and the White House, like playing a three-dimensional game. In addition, Lummis stated that she negotiated the ethics clause with Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego and sent the clause to the White House, but the White House returned the clause, saying that it could be done better. She plans to try to communicate with the White House again. The US SEC chairman hinted that the company will quickly advance its key cryptocurrency regulatory agenda at the start of the new year, saying "the best is yet to come." According to The Block, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, facing a series of new year's cryptocurrency policy priorities, stated, "The best is yet to come. Next year, all the seeds we've sown will begin to sprout and grow, and we'll reap the rewards." Atkins outlined an ambitious agenda to clarify the agency's stance on cryptocurrencies. He revealed that one of the top priorities for the new year will be "innovation exemptions" for crypto and fintech projects—a conditional and time-limited regulatory leniency framework designed to reduce compliance costs and encourage innovation. He expressed hope that the framework could be formally launched around the end of January. Regarding token classification, he turned his attention to Capitol Hill. Lawmakers are pushing for a comprehensive cryptocurrency regulation bill, one of the core elements of which is clarifying the jurisdictional boundaries between the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Previously, it was reported that the Senate was pushing hard for the bill, hoping to pass the crucial Senate Banking Committee review before the end of the year, but negotiations currently appear to be progressing slowly. Atkins said, "We'll see what Congress decides then." Strive launches $500 million SATA stock ATM funding plan, with some net proceeds to be used to purchase Bitcoin. According to Globenewswire, Bitcoin asset reserve company Strive (NASDAQ: ASST; SATA) announced that it has signed a sale agreement. Under the agreement, Strive may issue and sell its Series A variable-rate perpetual preferred stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share (“SATA Stock”), for a total offering price of up to $500 million (“ATM Program”). Strive intends to use the net proceeds from the ATM Program for general corporate purposes, including but not limited to: purchasing Bitcoin and Bitcoin-related products, using it as working capital, purchasing revenue-generating assets to expand the company’s business, making other capital expenditures, repurchasing its Class A common stock, and/or repaying debt. Strive may also use these proceeds to fund the acquisition of businesses, assets, or technologies complementary to its current business. Ethena Labs withdrew 1.59 billion ENA tokens from Coinbase Prime, worth approximately $443 million. According to Onchain Lens, Ethena Labs withdrew 1.59 billion ENA tokens from Coinbase Prime, worth $443.33 million. Shares of Bitcoin treasury firm Twenty One fell 20% after its merger with Cantor Equity. According to Bloomberg, Twenty One Capital Inc. merged with special purpose acquisition company Cantor Equity Partners Inc. on Tuesday to become the latest cryptocurrency company to go public, with its shares falling 20% on their first day of trading. The Bitcoin treasury opened at $10.74 per share on Tuesday, below Cantor SPAC's closing price of $14.27. The stock closed at $11.42, giving the company a market capitalization of approximately $4 billion based on the number of shares outstanding as listed in the filing. Twenty One Capital Inc., formed by affiliates of Cantor Fitzgerald LP, Tether, and SoftBank, is a Bitcoin company that also plans to focus on building the cryptocurrency's financial infrastructure and create media and educational resources about Bitcoin. Twenty One holds approximately $3.9 billion worth of Bitcoin, and the company will be majority-owned by Tether and Bitfinex, with SoftBank holding a significant minority stake. With the rise in ETH prices in the early morning, Huang Licheng's long ETH positions have once again generated a floating profit of $1.35 million. According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, with the surge in ETH in the early morning, Ma Ji (Huang Licheng)'s ETH long positions now have a floating profit of $1.35 million, after his profits from the previous few days were liquidated. He's experienced two rollercoaster rides with this rollover long position: he started rolling over ETH at $2840 on the 2nd, making a profit of $2.84 million on the 4th. A small pullback on the 6th wiped out all his profits, leading to liquidation. Today's ETH rebound has given his position a new floating profit of $1.35 million. The "1011 Insider Whale" added over 10,000 ETH to its long positions in the early morning, and its current unrealized profit is approximately $17.4 million. According to Hyperbot data, the "whale that opened short positions after the flash crash on October 11th" increased its ETH long positions to a maximum of 85,001.5313 ETH seven hours ago, then reduced them to a low of 80,094.5238 ETH, before increasing them again to the current 80,985.8357 ETH (worth approximately $269 million). Compared to the initial position of 70,001.5313 ETH seven hours ago, this represents an increase of over 10,000 ETH. The current average opening price is $3,108.49, with a floating profit of approximately $17.4 million. A major whale transferred 50 million USDC to HL to continue its long position in ETH, and its current position has a floating profit of $17.72 million. According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, during the ETH price surge in the early morning, a whale who started going long on ETH at $3048 two days ago transferred 50 million USDC to Hyperliquid to continue going long on ETH. Currently, his ETH long position is showing a floating profit of $17.72 million. In the past two days, he transferred a total of 120 million USDC into Hyperliquid and then went long on ETH worth $269 million (81,000 ETH). The average opening price was $3108. Octra will hold a $20 million public token sale on Sonar on December 18th, valuing the company at $200 million. According to The Block, Octra Labs, the organization behind the privacy-focused blockchain project Octra, will hold a public token sale on the Sonar by Echo platform on December 18th. Octra stated on Tuesday that the week-long sale plans to sell 10% of the OCT token supply at a fully diluted (FDV) valuation of $200 million, aiming to raise $20 million. The sale will be a fixed-price, commitment-based event, where any number of participants can deposit funds and receive tokens proportionally, a design intended to maximize decentralization. Octra stated that the sale share may increase if demand is high, unsold tokens will be burned, and all sold tokens will be unlocked and distributed shortly after the sale ends. Octra indicated that early investors hold 18% of the OCT token supply, Octra Labs holds 15%, and 67% will be allocated to the community, including early users, validators, funders, Echo participants, and ICO buyers, with no single investor holding more than 3% of the tokens. Octra co-founder Alex revealed that this $200 million valuation is double the valuation Octra previously achieved in its Echo fundraising. Earlier this year, Octra raised $4 million on Echo, and also secured $4 million in Pre-Seed funding from investors including Big Brain Holdings, Finality Capital Partners, Karatage, and Presto Labs. Trump officially announced the upcoming launch of a mobile game called "Trump Billionaires Club" that uses Trump tokens. The official Trump token X account on Memecoin has announced plans to launch a mobile game called "Trump Billionaires Club," powered by OpenLoot. The game will use Trump tokens for in-game activities. Coinbase has listed Humidif (WET) and Jupiter (JUPITER), but has postponed the listing of Plume (PLUME). According to an official announcement, Coinbase has launched spot trading for Humidifi (WET) and Jupiter (JUPITER), and postponed the launch of Plume (PLUME). If liquidity conditions are met and trading is supported, the PLUME-USD trading pair will begin trading on or after 01:00 Beijing time on December 11th. US SEC Chairman: Many types of cryptocurrency ICOs are not under the SEC's jurisdiction. According to The Block, SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated at the Blockchain Association's annual policy summit on Tuesday that many types of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) should be considered non-securities transactions and are outside the jurisdiction of Wall Street regulators. He explained that this is precisely what the SEC wants to encourage, as these types of offerings, by its definition, do not fall under the category of securities. Atkins specifically mentioned the token taxonomy he introduced last month, which divides the crypto industry into four categories of tokens. Last month, he pointed out that network tokens, digital collectibles, and digital instruments should not be considered securities in themselves. On Tuesday, he further stated that ICOs involving these three types of tokens should also be considered non-securities transactions, meaning they are not subject to SEC regulation. Atkins also mentioned that, regarding ICOs, the only category of tokens the SEC believes its agency should regulate is tokenized securities, which are tokenized forms of securities already under SEC regulation and traded on-chain. He further explained that ICOs span four themes, three of which fall under the jurisdiction of the CFTC, and the SEC will delegate these matters to the CFTC while focusing on regulating tokenized securities. Coinbase will launch spot trading for Hyperlane (HYPER). According to an official announcement, Coinbase will launch spot trading for Hyperlane (HYPER). If liquidity conditions are met, the HYPER-USD trading pair will begin trading on or after 01:00 Beijing time on December 11th in supported regions. Hyperlane (HYPER) will be available on the coinbase.com website, the Coinbase app, and Coinbase Advanced. Institutional users can access Hyperlane (HYPER) directly through the Coinbase exchange. The OCC has confirmed that national banks in the United States can conduct "risk-free principal" cryptocurrency trading. The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued Interpretive Letter 1188, confirming that national banks can act as "risk-neutral" agents, entering into cryptocurrency transactions with one client and simultaneously engaging in an equal-amount reverse transaction with another client. The bank does not hold any cryptocurrency inventory, and its function is equivalent to that of an agent broker. Such activities must be conducted in a safe and sound manner and comply with applicable laws. Stripe's Tempo blockchain, developed in partnership with Paradigm, is now in public beta. According to Bloomberg, Stripe's Tempo blockchain, developed in partnership with crypto venture capital firm Paradigm, has launched its public beta, open to all businesses and focusing on stablecoin payments. New partners include UBS, Cross River Bank, and prediction market platform Kalshi, while existing partners include Deutsche Bank, Nubank, OpenAI, and Anthropic. Tempo's independent payment channel design enables a fixed transaction fee rate (0.1 cents per transaction), reducing the impact of gas fee fluctuations on settlements, and supports any USD stablecoin as a payment method for transaction fees. Bitwise's top 10 crypto index funds have officially listed and are trading on the NYSE Arca as ETFs. According to Eleanor Terrett, Bitwise's "10 Crypto Index Fund" officially launched today on the NYSE Arca exchange as an ETF, after a previous delay due to SEC review. The ETF covers ten major crypto assets: Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK), Litecoin (LTC), Sui (SUI), Avalanche (AVA), and Polkadot (DOT). Spot silver is nearing its all-time high. Spot silver surged $1.01 to $59.15 per ounce, nearing its all-time high, with a daily gain of 1.74%. Circle will launch the USDCx stablecoin, which supports "bank-grade privacy" and will be deployed on the Aleo blockchain. According to Fortune, Circle will partner with the privacy-focused blockchain Aleo to launch a new stablecoin, USDCx, designed to provide "bank-grade privacy." The coin's transaction history will be invisible to the public, appearing only as encrypted data "blocks," but each transaction will include a compliance record that Circle can access upon law enforcement request. Aleo co-founder Howard Wu stated that USDCx meets institutions' needs for confidentiality and has already attracted interest from potential partners such as Request Finance and Toku. Coinbase partners with PNC to offer direct Bitcoin trading services to high-net-worth clients. According to the Coinbase blog, PNC Private Bank, one of the top ten banks in the US, has launched direct spot Bitcoin trading via Coinbase's Crypto-as-a-Service. PNC becomes the first major US bank to support buying, selling, and custody of Bitcoin within its digital banking platform, allowing users to operate without opening an external exchange account. This expansion builds on the strategic partnership established between the two companies in July of this year. Trading and custody are completed within the PNC platform, with Coinbase providing secure and scalable infrastructure, and is available to eligible private banking clients. The long-established privacy project Horizen has been relaunched as a Layer 3 network on Base. According to The Block, Horizen, a privacy project founded in 2017, has officially transitioned to a Layer 3 mainnet on Base, aiming to provide "compliant optional privacy" features. The project has abandoned its old mainnet and EON sidechain and relaunched the ZEN token. Horizen plans to invest 100 million ZEN over five years to support the development of privacy-related applications, including those in finance, gaming, and social scenarios. The new architecture supports customized modules by jurisdiction, enabling compliant disclosure. ZEN is now traded on the Base chain and is supported by exchanges such as Binance and Coinbase. Standard Chartered Bank lowers its 2025 Bitcoin forecast to $100,000, and postpones its long-term target to 2030. According to Decrypt, Standard Chartered Bank has lowered its 2025 Bitcoin price forecast from $200,000 to $100,000, and postponed its long-term target of $500,000, originally set for 2028, to 2030. The bank's analysis suggests that aggressive buying by companies like MicroStrategy has subsided, and ETF inflows have slowed significantly, with net inflows of only 50,000 BTC in the current quarter, the lowest since its listing. Standard Chartered stated that future Bitcoin price movements will primarily depend on ETF buying. FLock.io has partnered with Deluthium and Aerodrome to build CARiFIN, with the United Nations Development Programme accelerating its implementation. FLock.io, a decentralized AI model platform, announced a collaboration with Deluthium, an AI-native liquidity infrastructure project, and Aerodrome, a central liquidity hub on the Base public chain, to jointly build CARiFIN, a next-generation on-chain inclusive finance platform. This platform will be accelerated for deployment in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. This collaboration aims to address key bottlenecks in the current microinsurance market, such as trust issues, insufficient liquidity, and compliance challenges, providing timely and efficient insurance support to underserved populations in the region, particularly women. To build this highly reliable backend system, the partners will leverage their respective strengths and collaborate effectively. The model trained by FLock.io will serve as the computational brain of this micro-insurance platform, mastering the core insurance logic and responsible for risk modeling and automated claims decision-making with privacy protection features; Deluthium is responsible for the execution of currency transactions and stablecoin exchange during the insurance claims process, ensuring smooth settlement of funds with zero slippage through institutional-grade dark pools; Aerodrome utilizes its modular VerifiedERC20 standard to unlock on-chain identity verification and ensure compliance for payment recipients. Ethereum Foundation-affiliated address deposits 5748 ETH into Kraken According to Lookonchain monitoring, wallet address 0x9D1c deposited 5,748 ETH, worth approximately $17.89 million, into Kraken about 50 minutes ago. On-chain tracking shows that this batch of ETH originated from the Ethereum Foundation. Binance Alpha will list Talus Network (US) Binance Alpha will become the first platform to list Talus Network (US) on December 11th. Eligible users can claim the airdrop using Binance Alpha Points on the Alpha event page after trading opens on Alpha. Further details will be announced later. Malaysian Crown Prince launches RMJDT, a stablecoin for crypto payments. According to Bloomberg, Bullish Aim, a company founded by Johor Crown Prince Ismail Ibrahim, has launched RMJDT, a stablecoin backed by RM100 in cash and short-term government bonds, and plans to issue it on the Zetrix blockchain. RMJDT aims to become the standard for crypto payments in Malaysia, improving transaction efficiency and security. Zetrix provides technology for the state-backed "Malaysia Blockchain Infrastructure" platform. Bullish Aim will also invest RM500 million to establish a digital asset vault to purchase Zetrix tokens. The EU plans to launch capital market integration reforms in 2027, and cryptocurrency companies will also be subject to ESMA regulation. EU Financial Services Commissioner Maria Louise Albuquerque said on Tuesday that the EU hopes to begin implementing its comprehensive capital market integration reform package by 2027, providing guidance on the timeline for the reforms for the first time. “We should push for the discussion and approval of this package as soon as possible; ideally, it would be very good if it could be launched in 2027.” Last week, the European Commission announced plans to grant its market regulator, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), greater supervisory and enforcement powers as part of a series of measures to integrate fragmented capital markets. The proposal still needs approval from the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, and has faced strong opposition from some member states. Centralized regulatory powers will bring key clearinghouses, central securities depositories, and trading platforms under ESMA's jurisdiction, and cryptocurrency companies will also be regulated by ESMA. The EU has also pledged a comprehensive review of banking regulatory rules by the end of next year, and the European Central Bank will publish proposals to simplify banking supervision on Thursday, which will be incorporated into the European Commission's overall reform efforts.

PANews reported on December 10th that, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, Liquid Capital founder Jackyi Yi's (@Jackyi_ld) ETH position established at $2700 has already increased by 22.2%. From November 23rd to November 27th, Yi openly stated on Twitter that he was fully invested, and of the six tokens he mentioned, five were rising, with ETH showing the largest increase (22.2%), followed by BTC (7.11%). The only token showing a loss was ASTER (-19.78%), but since the position was not disclosed, the profit could not be calculated. It should also be noted that, apart from the cost of ETH which is clearly disclosed, the costs of the other tokens are estimated based on the time Yi Laoban tweeted (i.e., 14:30 on November 23), and are not the actual costs, but are for reference only.