{"id":543489,"date":"2025-11-06T00:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=543489"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T08:34:47","slug":"aster-how-a-6-47m-whale-buy-helped-it-defend-1-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/aster-how-a-6-47m-whale-buy-helped-it-defend-1-support\/","title":{"rendered":"ASTER \u2013 How a $6.47M whale buy helped it defend $1 support"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Why did Aster rebound after its drop to $0.81?\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Aster rebounded due to aggressive whale accumulation and renewed speculative interest in both spot and perpetual markets.<\/span><\/p>\n

What could trigger another retracement in Aster\u2019s price?\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

A reversal in perpetual sentiment and position closures could cause Aster to retrace toward $0.9.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

A few days ago, following buzz around Binance founder CZ\u2019s acquisition, Aster [ASTER]<\/a><\/span> surged to $1.28.<\/p>\n

However, it faced strong resistance at that level, triggering a pullback. The price dropped to $0.81, indicating heavy profit-taking.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, after this decline, investors, particularly whales, stepped in to defend the $1 support level.<\/p>\n

Aster whale buys the dip<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After aggressively shorting the market days ago, whales returned to the spot market to accumulate Aster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, over the past 24 hours, the spot market recorded 327.16 million in Buy Volume, according to Coinalyze data, reflecting aggressive spot accumulation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Aster<\/a>
Source: Coinalyze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Onchain Lens<\/a> reported one such buy order. According to the on-chain monitor, a whale sold 18.48 million ENA tokens for $5.71 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the sale, the whale incurred a $4.3 million loss. They then deposited the proceeds into AsterDex and purchased $6.47 million worth of Aster.<\/span><\/p>\n

This shift in capital reflects a strong conviction, suggesting the whale believes Aster has greater potential for future price growth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speculative interest soars again <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Significantly, Aster recently dropped after the market was overleveraged, leading to a long squeeze. In fact, the altcoin recorded $37 million in total liquidation between the 3rd and the 4th of November.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Aster<\/a>
Source: CoinGlass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This period saw $33 million in longs liquidated. Despite these incidents, investor participation in the perpetuals has recovered significantly.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Artemis<\/a>, Perpetual Transactions surged to a three-week high of 5.6 million, while Perpetual volume bounced back to $13.3 billion, at press time.<\/p>\n

\"Aster<\/a>
Source: Defillama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Typically, when transactions and volume rise in tandem, it indicates strong speculative interest with more capital flowing into perps.<\/p>\n

Thus, market participants expect significant price movements as they aggressively take strategic positions, either shorts or longs.<\/p>\n

Can Aster build on the momentum?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As expected, Aster rebounded on its price charts as whales turned to spot accumulation and perpetual participation recovered.<\/p>\n

In fact, at press time, Aster rallied 20.68%, successfully defending $1 support, hitting a high of $1.07 before retracing to $1.03, indicating clear bullish dominance.<\/p>\n

As a result, the altcoin\u2019s Directional Movement Index (DMI) made a bullish crossover, hiking from 18 to 20.<\/p>\n

\"Aster<\/a>
Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Usually, when a positive index flips negative, it signals strengthening upward momentum and a weakening downtrend.<\/p>\n

Therefore, if the momentum from the past day holds, Aster could make further gains on its price charts. At current levels, trend continuation suggests Aster will target its Parabolic SAR at $1.2.<\/p>\n

However, if sentiment on perpetuals reverses as participants close positions, the bubble will burst first, and we could see Aster retrace to $0.9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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