{"id":14231,"date":"2025-10-24T09:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/aster-token-price-gains-15-as-trump-pardons-cz-reward-campaign-launch-boosts-sentiment\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T09:42:17","slug":"aster-token-price-gains-15-as-trump-pardons-cz-reward-campaign-launch-boosts-sentiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/aster-token-price-gains-15-as-trump-pardons-cz-reward-campaign-launch-boosts-sentiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Aster token price gains 15% as Trump pardons CZ, reward campaign launch boosts sentiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Aster token price is on the rise as Trump\u2019s pardon of Changpeng \u201cCZ\u201d Zhao and a new trading rewards campaign boosted investor confidence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_076da4cead3fbbf2a20a562fdaf69b9a\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aster price rose 15% to $1.14 amid Trump\u2019s CZ pardon.<\/li>\n<li>Trading volume and open interest surged, indicating renewed confidence.<\/li>\n<li>A $200K incentive campaign added further momentum to the rally.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>At press time, Aster was up 15% in the past 24 hours, trading at $1.14. The token remains down 10% over the past week and is still 52% below its all-time high of $2.41, recorded on Sept. 24. However, short-term sentiment appears to be turning positive<\/p>\n<p>Aster\u2019s (ASTER) 24-hour trading volume jumped 13% to $833.7 million. According to CoinGlass <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/currencies\/ASTER\/futures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">data<\/a>, derivatives volume climbed 10.56% to $2.16 billion while open interest also increased 3.78% to $482 million. This indicates an uptick in speculative positioning and renewed trader confidence.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump\u2019s CZ pardon, Aster incentive campaign spark rally<\/h2>\n<p>President Donald Trump fully pardoned CZ on Oct. 23,\u00a0 reversing his 2023 conviction for anti-money laundering offenses and ending a period that had negatively affected market sentiment. The decision, according to the White House, puts an end to the \u201cwar on cryptocurrency by the Biden Administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>CZ, who served a four-month prison sentence in 2024, has since shifted his attention to Aster, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange backed by YZi Labs, his family office. While not affiliated with Binance, Aster has become CZ\u2019s new flagship venture and his preferred trading platform.<\/p>\n<p>Aster\u2019s latest \u201cRocket Launch\u201d campaign, announced the same day as the pardon, further boosted activity. The initiative rewards traders with $200,000 worth of ASTER and AT tokens for engaging in spot and perpetual markets. Its first campaign features APRO Oracle, an early-stage data provider for real-world assets, artificial intelligence, and decentralized finance projects.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aster unveils Rocket Launch \ud83d\ude80\u2728<br \/>Your gateway to early-stage crypto projects and trading rewards is here!<\/p>\n<p>Aster is proud to introduce Rocket Launch, designed to provide liquidity support for early-stage projects while giving users early access to emerging on-chain opportunities.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cfkPYC1DtY\">pic.twitter.com\/cfkPYC1DtY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aster (@Aster_DEX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Aster_DEX\/status\/1981300928675533128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Participants must trade at least $1,000 in AT\/USDT volume and maintain a 100 ASTER balance throughout the event, which runs from Oct. 24 to Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aster token price technical analysis<\/h2>\n<p>ASTER has recovered from a weekly low of $0.95 and is now consolidating around $1.14 on the hourly chart. The price has reclaimed the middle Bollinger Band, indicatong stabilizing momentum. The upper band at $1.16 now acts as immediate resistance, while the lower band near $0.99 serves as support.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aster 1-hour chart. Credit: crypto.news<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although it is approaching overbought conditions, the relative strength index at 65 shows increasing momentum. Short-term indicators like the MACD and EMA (10, 20, 30) are still in sell territory, suggesting that if volume declines, the rally may encounter resistance.<\/p>\n<p>A bullish breakout with targets close to $1.25\u2013$1.30 could be confirmed by a close above $1.16. On the other hand, a decline below $1.08 might signal a pullback toward $0.98.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aster token price is on the rise as Trump\u2019s pardon of Changpeng \u201cCZ\u201d Zhao and a new trading rewards campaign boosted investor confidence. 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