Lists first GENIUS perpetuals on the DEX platform.

Launched $200K trading incentives program.

A single BTC/USDT position worth $12.41M was liquidated on the Aster exchange.

Listed RaveDAO ($RAVE) token, generating over 100M volume in 24 hours.

Generates zero revenue, as the monetization layer is not yet implemented.

Generated $85M in annualized fees.

Distributed $985M in incentives to support protocol activity.

Added SWARMS as a new supported currency in the Aster Dex API.

A whale withdrew 1.65M ASTER (approximately $1.11M) from Binance.

A fresh wallet withdrew 10M ASTER tokens ($6.7M) from Binance.

Smart contract admin keys are a security vulnerability, allowing multi-sig upgrades and potential user fund theft, similar to exploited keys in other protocols.

Generated fees declined 39.62% over the past 30 days as of early April 2026.

Distributed approximately $12 million in value to token holders during Q1 2026.

Has a price-to-fees ratio of 19.7 as of early April 2026.

Added AIOT as a new trading currency in the Aster DEX API.

Received $1.5M in deposits from a cluster of 6 Bitget-funded wallets over a 2-day period ending on 2026-04-02, which were used to long XPL positions before withdrawing approximately $3M in unrealized profit.

Launched mainnet L1 in April 2026.

adds fiat on/off ramp support in April 2026

Reached $775M in open interest.

TVL grew from $28.5M to $437.8M between July and November 2025, a 1,329% increase.

Achieved $861B cumulative all-time volume across 300,000+ users.

Launched sub-accounts feature allowing VIP 2+ or market maker accounts to create up to 15 sub-accounts with isolated positions, balances, and API keys.

Integrated natively with SafePal wallet suite for perpetuals trading.

Recorded monthly all-time high volume of $167.2B in November 2025.

Processed $2.66 billion in USD1 perpetual contract volume on Aster DEX during first week.

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

Reached $853 million in TVL, representing a 28% decline year-to-date as of Q1 2026.

Generated $200M revenue as a perpetual DEX.

Uses Arbitrum for capital onboarding.

Ranks as the 2nd largest perp DEX by volume.

Ranks as the top perp DEX on BNB Chain.

Launched two new vaults on Venus Flux: fETH deposit vault and asBNB/BNB borrowing vault, built in collaboration with Venus Protocol and powered by Fluid infrastructure on BNB Chain.

Added EDGE as a new currency in the DEX API.

Increased 89% week-over-week in whale transactions ($100K or more) as of March 19, 2026.

Partnered with World Liberty Financial for RWA perpetuals, locked USD1 stablecoin as the only RWA settlement asset, with 625,000 WLFI trading rewards and up to 2.5M WLFI monthly.

Reached $2.28B daily volume on April 10, 2026, ranking as 4th largest perpetual DEX with 15% market share.

Reached $1.5B in total value locked (TVL).

Partners with Trump stablecoin project, reveal scheduled for March 18, 2026.

Hosts WorldX's WLDX TGE on April 1, 2026.

Launches staking program on 2026-03-24 for validator delegation and weekly rewards, reducing monthly ASTER token unlocks by 97% from 78.4M to 1.8-2.25M via a staking-only emission model.

CZ (Changpeng Zhao) purchased 2M ASTER tokens in 2025.

Experienced the largest single liquidation order across all exchanges in the past 24 hours, a SOLUSDT position valued at $4.00M.

Added DOOD as a new tradable currency in the DEX API.

Achieved an 857% increase in network growth (new wallets created) over the past month compared to the prior month, the highest among projects with $500M+ market cap.

Added new currency 龙虾 (lobster) to Aster DEX API.

Scaled operations in 2026, reducing Hyperliquid's volume share from 66% to 18% alongside Lighter, Paradex, EdgeX, also seeking Marketing Manager, Content & PR, Business Development, Product Manager, and QA roles.

Schedules $32.86M in perpetual token emissions over the next 30 days (1.85% of circulating supply), including 162M $ASTER tokens ($29.9M) unlocking on April 9, 2026.

Launched open-source AI agent autonomous trading integration with unified API enabling AI agents to query markets, place orders, and manage positions on Aster's perpetual and spot markets through two pathways: MCP Server (using Model Context Protocol standard compatible with Claude, Cursor, LangChain) and Agent Skills Hub (designed for OpenClaw/AgentSkills with v1 HMAC and v3 EIP-712 signature authentication, WebSocket streaming, and error handling).

Reached market capitalization of $1.72 billion and 24-hour trading volume of $125 million, with token price at $0.70.

Experienced $135M in whale inflow over a 24-hour period on March 5, 2026, representing unusual volume activity.

Whale wallet 0x8f01 purchased 1.88M ASTER tokens worth $1.4M on 2026-03-04 and now holds a total position of 4.45M ASTER tokens valued at $3.18M.

Added EWY as a new currency in the DEX API.

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 at $1.7 billion, down 34% year-to-date as of 2026-04-09.

Ranked among top four perpetual DEXs alongside Hyperliquid, edgeX, Lighter, and HYPE by a1research__, showing performance during October 10, 2025 stress test with $19B liquidated and open interest growth from ~$1B to $15B+ over 12 months among multi-billion market cap altcoins.

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.

Buyback program drove price from $0.1 to $2.3 during initial listing period.

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.

Backed by Binance, CZ, and YZI Labs 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 ($56.84M, 0.98% of supply) on February 17, 2026.

Opened Stage 5 "Crystal" airdrop claims on March 9, 2026, distributing 96 million ASTER tokens.

Launched Stage 6 "Convergence" Airdrop distributing 64 million ASTER tokens; emissions allocation based on trading activity ends 2026-03-29.

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

Worldlibertyfi launched 16 USD1-denominated spot and perpetual futures pairs on Aster, enabling USD1 as collateral for trading BTC, ETH, SOL, with 0 bps maker and 0.5 bps taker fees, compared to 4 bps for USDT pairs.

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.

Launched mainnet on February 12, 2026, with 100K TPS, 50ms block time, zero gas fees, shielded execution, ZK encryption with one-time anonymous addresses for trade privacy, and transparent asset transfers. Supports direct deposits from BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Ethereum, and Solana.

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.

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

Launched privacy L1 mainnet on 2026-03-10 for perpetual, onchain order-book trading, featuring ZK cryptography, stealth addresses, 100K TPS, and zero gas 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.

Holds ~10% of total perpetuals market share, recording $16.481B in 7-day trading volume by 2026-03-12 and $77.77B monthly, ranking second behind Hyperliquid.

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).