Included in HTX futures trading contest alongside SOL, RIVER, BCH, and one other asset with $20,000 prize pool, running until 2026-03-03.

Ranks second among perpetual futures DEXs by open interest as of February 25, 2026, according to DefiLlama data.

Featured in a research article by a1research__ analyzing the top 8 perpetual DEXs, including performance analysis during the October 10, 2025 stress test when $19B were liquidated in 24 hours.

Integrated with coinalyzetool for exchange data or analytics.

Executed buybacks decreased by 37% in the last 30 days compared to the previous 30-day period.

Experienced platform uptime degradation to approximately 85% during the October 10, 2026 crypto crash, with multi-hour service outages preventing margin posting and position management, resulting in uncontrolled liquidation exposure for traders with open leverage.

Early believers achieved 20x returns on their ASTER positions, according to trading commentary.

Scheduled for linear daily unlocks exceeding $1 million in value over the next 7 days starting February 23, 2026.

Valuation remains broadly stable with limited float expansion since TGE.

Featured in a weekly altcoin newsletter published on February 20, 2026, alongside APT, KAS, VELO, RENDER, and AAVE, with charts and technical analysis provided.

Receives support from Binance to compete with Hyperliquid in the perpetual DEX sector.

Has 6 market makers operating on Aster DEX.

Recorded 6 daily active addresses, 51 weekly active addresses, and 346 monthly active addresses.

Added INIT as a new currency in the DEX API.

Reached 218,335 token holders.

Unlocks 78.41M tokens ($56.17M, 0.98% of supply) on February 17, 2026.

Launched Stage 6 "Convergence" Airdrop distributing 64 million ASTER tokens.

Partnered with Opinion Labs and World Liberty Financial at Hong Kong Consensus 2026.

Hosted "Vibe Trading Arena" Human vs AI competition where AI agent NOFA won $29,000 first place.

Completed Stage 5 "Crystal" Airdrop distributing 96 million ASTER tokens over 6 weeks.

Integrated as a liquidity venue within VOOI's perps and spot aggregator platform alongside HyperliquidX and Lighter.

Launched a trading rewards program offering up to 100,000 USDT in rewards for users trading via Binance Wallet integration.

Featured in blocmates media coverage discussing debut updates on February 12, 2026.

Experienced a +10% price increase on February 12, 2026, leading top gainers alongside STABLE (+14%) and H (+14%).

Ranked third in a market sentiment analysis with 80.1% bullish sentiment according to CoinMarketCap data.

Launches privacy-focused Layer 1 blockchain mainnet in March 2026.

Integrated with Binance Wallet (Web) to enable trading of tokenized stocks and precious metals with 0% maker fees.

Burned 9% of circulating supply.

Listed among top daily gainers in crypto markets on February 11, 2026.

Added ALCH as a new currency in the DEX API.

Ranked 5th top weekly crypto gainer for February 3-10, 2026, with a +45.29% price increase according to CoinMarketCap.

Operates as an orderbook-based, onchain, non-custodial trading exchange for perpetual contracts.

Ranks as the second-highest perpetuals DEX by 7-day trading volume, behind Hyperliquid and ahead of edgeX, Lighter, and tradeXYZ.

Added SIREN as a new currency in the Aster DEX API.

Added LA currency to the DEX API.

Ranked 3rd top weekly crypto gainer for February 2nd to 9th, 2026, with a +5% price increase on February 10, 2026.

Recorded $2.76B in 24-hour trading volume, $927M in open interest, and $7.2M in liquidations on February 9, 2026.

Largest liquidated order on February 5, 2026 was a long position with $11,600,000 of initial margin, completely wiped out to $0.

Generated over $28M in fees in the last 30 days, averaging roughly $900K per day.

Added BIRB as a new trading currency in the DEX API.

Accusations of token emissions and dumping on retail investors, alongside claims of stablecoin depeg, liquidations, orderbook collapse, and market manipulation.

Launched spot trading for the CoinMarketCap 20 Index DTF ($CMC20), marking the first spot index available on the platform.

Added RESOLV as a new currency in the Aster DEX API.

Achieved a 105.59% increase in trading volume over the past 24 hours as of January 24, 2026.

Integrated perpetuals trading directly from Hot DAO wallet, enabled by NEAR Protocol chain abstraction.

Trader 0x38fD opened a 5x leveraged long position worth $1.86M (2.96M ASTER tokens) at an entry price of $0.6295.

A new wallet deposited 2.44M USDC into HyperLiquid and placed a limit order to go long 5M ASTER tokens (worth $3M) at $0.6 on January 22, 2026.

Launched a joint SBT (Soulbound Token) with Moonbirds, claimable by Aster users who participated in Rocket Launch or Trade Arena, top volume users, and holders of Moonbirds, Mythics, and Oddities NFTs (one SBT per NFT held).

Added GWEI as a new currency in the Dex API.

Added ARPA as a new trading currency on Aster DEX.

Experienced a -12% price decline.

Launches strategic token buybacks after hitting a new record low of $0.61.

Mixed up token price indices when listing FUN futures, displaying price from a different FUN token (FUNtoken_io) instead of the correct footballdotfun token, causing a price discrepancy from 0.0028 to 0.12 before correction.

Listed for trading on Bitstamp by Robinhood in the US on January 15, 2026.

Trader 0x913c sold 2.57 million ASTER tokens worth $1.85 million at a price of $0.72 per token on 2026-01-14.

integrated with SafePal wallet

Launched TWAP (Time-Weighted Average Price) orders feature on January 6, 2026, enabling automated splitting of large trades into smaller timed increments to reduce slippage and market impact.

Characterized as a "garbage project" with a 99% probability of failure, positioned as an inferior alternative in the perpetual contracts space compared to HYPE and LIT.

Described as having zero real traders on the platform and being an obvious Binance washer, yet delivered a liquid 20x return.

Added commodities perps starting with Silver ($XAG), expanding into RWAs in 2025.

Launched Double Harvest multi-phase trading rewards, with trading volume counting toward Season 6 airdrop points in 2025.

Has wallet recovery issues reported by a user with 25 ETH stuck for over 3 months in an email-based wallet, with no seed phrase or clear recovery mechanism provided at signup.

Reached 7.8 million users on the platform.

Staking and governance features scheduled for Q2 2026.

Listed among platforms whose users are eligible for the $MARU airdrop alongside Hyperliquid and Lighter.

Reports indicate that the DEX is freezing user accounts.

Lists $LISA on December 25th, 2025 with $50,000 in trading rewards.

Integrated with Utech stablecoin ($U) on day 1 of its launch, providing support for the new BNB Chain stablecoin.

Crossed $100M+ in spot trading volume in the first week following its TGE.

Launches Crystal Weekly Drops, a 6-week perpetual trading rewards program with $12M in USDF total, with Week 1 starting on December 22nd, 2025 offering $2M in rewards.

Reduces token emissions on December 22, 2025.

Added LIGHT as a new trading currency on Aster DEX.

Completed TGE in Q3 2025, contributing to BNB Chain's DeFi TVL surge to $7.8B.

Rolled out 1001x leverage trading.

A product launches tomorrow with snapshots of addresses having meaningful volume on Aster DEX perps, BNB Chain memecoins, and prediction markets including Polymarket, Limitless, Myriad Markets, Opinion Labs, and Predict, with CZ and Dingaling reposting the announcement.

A trader reports shorting ASTER as part of a high FDV alts strategy, with the position appearing as one of the top 10 holdings in their 2.6x leveraged portfolio with 1:1 long/short ratio.

Aster achieves $6.56B in 24h perpetual trading volume, ranking #1 ahead of Lighter at $4.83B per Cointelegraph.

Airdrop claims are now live with users reporting token distributions. One user received 258 ASTER tokens despite minimal platform usage.

Aster DEX partners with World Liberty Fi to add multiple USD1 stablecoin trading pairs.

Shield Mode launches as a protected trading mode for Aster Perpetual, enabling private position management without public order book, featuring gasless trading, no close fees, and faster execution.

AMA scheduled for December 15 discusses testnet, zero fees feature, and mainnet roadmap.

$75.36M token unlock scheduled this week. New prediction market product "Predict" launches with airdrop eligibility snapshot taken for Aster DEX perps traders and other DeFi users, alongside a $200k trading competition.

Holder base reached 190-200k+ on BSC with a $10B+ single-day volume peak recorded. Platform earmarked 350M ASTER to public unlock addresses for transparency and launched USD-denominated listings alongside $100k-$200k promo campaigns.

Partnership announced between Aster DEX and Brevis ZK to support ZK-proven trading capabilities.

S3 airdrop token claiming opens on December 15, 2025.

Aster surpasses Lighter and Hyperliquid in 24-hour trading volume.

Daily buyback program increased to $4M starting December 8.

A prediction market for a Human vs AI trading competition on Aster DEX is now live on platform 42, offering 10 outcomes to trade including elite human traders, AI contenders, and wildcard entries.

Stage 2 airdrop concluded in October 2025.

First DEX to support RAVE/USD1 trading pair, alongside early participation from $WLFI.

Futures trading available on Bybit and Binance exchanges.

L1 blockchain set to launch in 2026. Project backed by Binance, CZ, and YZI Labs.

Vooi_io announces retroactive points drop program for traders who have used Aster DEX (among other platforms), requiring $1M in volume before July 20th.

A trading competition is currently active on Aster platform.

Season 3 airdrop claims begin December 15, followed by a token unlock on December 17.

RAVE goes live on Kraken and Binance Alpha at 15:00 CET today alongside Aster, paired with USD1.

Aster announces partnership with Brevis to implement CEX features on the DEX using ZK technology for security and privacy. RAVE token officially goes live on Aster DEX with the $200,000 reward pool for trading the RAVE/USD1 pair, backed by World Liberty Financial.

Binance Labs members show support ahead of the RAVE TGE launch on the platform.

RAVE DAO token generation event launches tomorrow with Aster providing the first RAVE/USD1 trading pair and over $200k in live incentives, backed by Aster, YZi Labs, BNB ecosystem, and WLFI.

A new prediction market opens on Aster_DEX allowing users to bet on which trader or AI agent wins the Human vs AI trading competition across 10 different outcomes including top human traders and AI contenders OpenAI and Claude AI.