{"id":65869,"date":"2025-12-31T16:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=65869"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:01:33","slug":"dogecoin-aster-and-hype-large-token-unlocks-investors-should-be-aware-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=65869","title":{"rendered":"Dogecoin, ASTER, And HYPE: Large Token Unlocks Investors Should Be Aware Of"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Dogecoin, ASTER, and HYPE are among the tokens that have significant token unlocks over the next week. This comes amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/bitcoin-news\/bitcoin-risks-a-year-long-bear-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crypto market downtrend<\/a>, with these unlocks likely to add more selling pressure on these tokens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Dogecoin, ASTER, And HYPE Set For Large Token Unlocks<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tokenomist.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tokenomist data<\/a> shows that Dogecoin has a token linear unlock of 95.06 million DOGE ($11.89 million) from December 20 to January 5, 2026. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/aster-explodes-after-cz-drops-bombshell-he-owns-2-5m-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ASTER<\/a> has a token linear unlock of 10.28 million tokens ($7.44 million), also during a similar period as DOGE.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/breaking-news-ticker\/cantor-fitzgerald-projects-major-growth-for-hyperliquid-hype-in-explosive-new-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Perp DEX token HYPE<\/a> had a token cliff unlock of 9.92 million tokens ($251.19 million) for core contributors. Solana, TRUMP, SUI, AVAX, and WLD also have significant unlocks during this period.<\/p>\n<p>However, based on clarification from the Hyperliquid team, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Tokenomist_ai\/status\/2005579356866019723?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tokenomist noted<\/a> that the unlock dates do not equate to actual claims, indicating that team members won\u2019t be able to sell all these tokens on the day they are unlocked. HYPE for core contributors will be distributed monthly on the sixth, with 12.4 million HYPE set to be unlocked on January 6. These unlocks for Dogecoin and ASTER come amid declines for these tokens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-649837\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dogecoin-chart-from-Tokenomist.png?w=512&amp;resize=512%2C288\" alt=\"Dogecoin\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/analysis\/doge\/dogecoin-doge-under-pressure-0-130\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dogecoin price<\/a> is down 5% over the last week and 61% year-to-date (YTD). ASTER has traded flat in the last week and is down 53% YTD. However, HYPE is up over 7% in the last week and YTD. Notably, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HyperFND\/status\/2003684257949188396?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hyper Foundation had burned<\/a> the HYPE in the assistance fund system, which represented about 11% of the token\u2019s circulating supply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/hyperliquid-hype-ready-for-a-significant-surge-to-50-key-levels-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ASTER and HYPE<\/a> are also facing increased competition amid these token unlocks. Ethereum-based Perp DEX Lighter just launched its LIT token, which could draw liquidity from ASTER and HYPE. The LIT token is currently trading at around $2.71, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/lighter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CoinMarketCap data<\/a>, and boasts a market cap of almost $700 million.<\/p>\n<h2>ASTER Receives Criticism Amid Unlocks<\/h2>\n<p>Amid the token unlocks for Dogecoin, ASTER, and HYPE, crypto pundit StrongHedge has criticized ASTER, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StrongHedge\/status\/2005615789307777462?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">stating<\/a> that the tokens are going to one party and will get dumped. The pundit further noted that token inflation is rising sharply and that the chart will continue to fall hard. Furthermore, he described ASTER as just a \u201cuseless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/binance\/binance-coin-bnb-extends-pullback-as-meme-coin-rug-pulls-sting-bnb-chain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BNB token<\/a>\u201d with no relevance to the DEX or its utility, but just for farming retail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>StrongHedge also claimed that ASTER was never set up to rival HYPE as a perp DEX, stating that it is a \u201cwash trading vehicle.\u201d ASTER isn\u2019t the only token projected to drop amid these token unlocks. Crypto analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CryptoTony__\/status\/2005976159327039672?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Crypto Tony suggested<\/a> that Dogecoin could still fall below the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/dogecoin\/dogecoins-53000-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">psychological $0.10 level<\/a>. This came as he revealed that he was awaiting big bids down at $0.091.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/k0wsRVQQ\/\" alt=\"Dogecoin\" width=\"2108\" height=\"1440\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dogecoin, ASTER, and HYPE are among the tokens that have significant token unlocks over the next week. This comes amid the crypto market downtrend, with these unlocks likely to add more selling pressure on these tokens.\u00a0 Dogecoin, ASTER, And HYPE Set For Large Token Unlocks Tokenomist data shows that Dogecoin has a token linear unlock [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-65869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}