A case study on $ASTER :
It hit an ATL, so the team rolled out Stage 5 buybacks:
> Up to 80% of fees used to buy supply
> On-chain, verifiable wallet
> $123B in volume over the last 30 days
> Backed by YZi Labs
> Changpeng Zhao holding $2M+
Bear market rule:
> If fees exist → buybacks matter
> If buybacks exist → supply gets choked
> If supply gets choked → price eventually follows
Everything else is marketing