In the past 24 hours, trading volume on mainstream Perp DEXs has significantly declined. Lighter leads with $5.04 billion in trading volume, followed by Hyperliquid and Aster. Lighter's mainnet will go live on the 31st, which may boost its activity. The overall market remains slightly volatile.

BlockBeats News, December 25 — According to Coinbob's popular address monitoring, the "Shanzhai Air Force Leader" has recently been continuously adjusting its short positions, shifting from a focus on shorting to a defensive stance. It has recently closed short positions on multiple tokens including ASTER, UNI, and PUMP, and used the released margin to buy HYPE spot and open additional short positions for hedging. The hedge position has increased to approximately $7.8 million. Additionally, this address has completely cleared its holdings in MON, ZEC, TRUMP, and other tokens within this week, and withdrew about $2 million 24 hours ago. Currently, its total holdings amount to approximately $23.08 million. Besides the HYPE hedge portfolio, it mainly holds ETH short positions (about $4.94 million), ASTER short positions (about $3.78 million), and UNI short positions (about $30 million).

BlockBeats News, December 25th, according to official sources, Aster's AI partner SIA has officially launched the full network address Aster Follow Agent platform. Users can copy the best-performing addresses across the network with one click via the SIA platform and place orders on Aster. While earning follow-up rewards, users also enjoy dual airdrop benefits from SIA and Aster. SIA is committed to leveraging AI technology to provide

Gate News Bot Message, December 25th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, ASTER (Aster) is currently priced at $0.70, up 3.98% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.74 and a low of $0.66. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.755 billion, an increase of $67.2 million from yesterday. ASTER is a decentralized perpetual contract trading platform dedicated to providing multi-chain, highly liquid, secure, and non-custodial trading services for all users. Whether you are a cryptocurrency novice or an experienced trader, you can trade and fully control your assets on the platform. Currently, the platform has accumulated 1.94 million users, a total trading volume of $930 million, open interest of $600 million, and offers 45 trading pairs. ## Important recent news about ASTER: 1️⃣ **"Humans vs AI" matchup

PANews December 24 news, the "Human vs AI" real trading competition at Aster exchange has officially concluded. The AI team managed to limit losses to $13,000, with a Return on Investment of -4.48%; the human team, however, suffered a significant loss of $225,000, with an ROI of -32.21%. The leading AI strategy "Claude Sonnet 4.5 Aggressive" has an account balance of $18,000. In the human camp, ProMint ranked first overall with a profit of $13,600 (account balance $2,365) and won the championship, receiving a $100,000 bonus. Xiao Xia and Romanson also achieved positive returns, while yesterday's leading trader Tippy saw a significant decline in balance. Among 70 human traders, the bottom 30 nearly got liquidated, with overall performance far inferior to AI.

On the last day of the "Aster Human-Machine Competition," the trader camp's return rate dropped to 25.6%, with 28 traders nearly drop to zero, while the AI camp's capital drawdown was about 5.03%. Trader "Tippy" ranked first, with a profit of approximately $27,400. The competition has been ongoing for 15 days, with participants starting capital of $10,000.

Golden Finance reports that Aster DEX will launch its 5th phase buyback plan on December 23, 2025, promising to use up to 80% of the platform's daily fees to repurchase $ASTER Tokens. The plan is divided into two parts: 40% of the fees will be used for daily automatic buybacks, and an additional 20%-40% will be set aside as a strategic buyback reserve to respond to market Fluctuation.

According to BlockBeats news on December 22, data from DefiLlama shows that the trading volume of mainstream Perp DEXs in the past 24 hours has been below $4 billion, with weekend trading volume appearing slightly sluggish. Lighter ranks first, followed by Aster and EdgeX. In addition, Hyperliquid's trading volume is only around $2.4 billion, but the open positions continue to rise, with existing funds increasing leverage. Lighter's 24-hour trading volume is approximately $38.4.

Aster announced a total of $12 million cash rewards program for Crystal Week on the X platform, with the first phase running from December 22 to 28, and a maximum prize pool of $2 million. Users must hold 444 ASTER and meet volume and other conditions; those who qualify will share the prize. The event lasts for 6 weeks.

EchoSync launches copy trading feature on Aster, allowing users to participate in human vs. AI trading competitions. Currently, the top five are all human traders, with the first place earning 44k. EchoSync is a data-driven platform that supports one-click copy trading.

Gate News Bot message, December 19th, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, ASTER (Aster) is currently priced at $0.67, down 6.63% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.98 and a low of $0.66. The 24-hour trading volume reached $359 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.66 billion, down $118 million from yesterday. Aster is a new generation perpetual contract decentralized exchange, providing all traders with a non-custodial trading experience. The platform supports cross-chain trading without the need for bridging or chain switching, allowing users to select the chain and place orders directly. Aster offers deep liquidity support, aggregating liquidity from multiple markets to support large trades, and is equipped with advanced trading tools such as hidden orders. The platform currently supports 45 trading pairs, with a total trading volume of $0.91 trillion, and has 190

Odaily Planet Daily News: Aster officially announced on X platform that Aster will launch the RTX/USD1 trading pair. Aster users participating in trading will share a total of $150,000 worth of ASTER rewards and additional RTX rewards. The RTX/USD1 spot trading pair will go live at 9:00 on December 19 (UTC), with trading activities continuing until 14:00 on December 29 (UTC). During the event, the RTX/USD1 spot pair will enjoy a 1.5x multiplier. Users can exchange USDT for USD1 and use USD1 to trade RTX/USD1. During the event, USD1/USDT spot trading will be fee-free, and trading rewards will be based only on the transaction fees from RTX/USD1 spot buy orders. The distribution of the reward pool will be based on

Gate News bot message, Perp DEX tokens have become one of the weakest sectors after memes following earlier resilience during the market dip. Top losers include $MYX down 12%, $HYPE down 11%, $ASTER down 8%, $DYDX down 6%, and $JUP down 4%. According to CryptoRank tags, 81% of tokens are down with o

As key network milestones approach, decentralized derivatives platform Aster is accelerating its ecosystem development. According to an announcement released by the project on December 17, Aster will officially launch its fifth phase airdrop plan, codenamed “Crystal,” on December 22. This round of airdrops will last for six weeks, ending on February 1, 2026. The fifth phase airdrop will distribute 1.2% of Aster's total supply, approximately 96 million ASTER tokens. This is the smallest issuance scale of any airdrop so far. The tokens will be distributed using an equal allocation mechanism, with 50% available for immediate claim as a basic allocation, and the remaining 50% entering a three-month unlock period. Users need to choose between claiming part of the tokens in advance or waiting for the full unlock.

Recently, the ASTER price trend has clearly weakened, and large whale sell-offs have further amplified the market downside pressure. On December 17th, a large address sold approximately 3 million ASTER at once, worth about $2.33 million, ultimately locking in a loss of around $667,000. Notably, this address had been heavily buying near $0.78 two weeks ago. The short-term strategy shift reflects a significant decline in large capital's confidence in the short-term trend. Against the backdrop of weakening demand, ASTER broke through previous key support levels, and the accelerating sell-off quickly shifted market sentiment to caution. The continuous exit of whales not only reinforced bearish expectations but also raised doubts about the sustainability of a short-term rebound.

Aster will launch its fifth phase airdrop on December 22, with an allocation ratio of 1.2% of the total supply (approximately 96 million ASTER), lasting for 6 weeks. Users can choose to claim immediately or lock for 3 months to receive additional rewards. Additionally, Aster has announced its blockchain development schedule, including the launch plans for the testnet and mainnet.

Aster announces the launch of the fifth phase airdrop called "Crystal" on December 22nd, lasting for 6 weeks, distributing 1.2% of the total supply (approximately 96 million ASTER). This airdrop has the lowest emission volume, reflecting stricter supply management.

BlockBeats News, December 17 — According to DefiLlama data, in the past 24 hours among mainstream Perp DEXs, leading platforms have seen a cooling in activity. Lighter's trading volume has rebounded to the top, with Aster and Hyperliquid following behind. Meanwhile, the open interest on most platforms remains high, indicating that even as market trading activity cools down, existing positions are still being contested. Lighter's 24-hour trading volume is approximately 75.1

ASTER project team announces that, in accordance with the established tokenomics release plan, the community and ecosystem-related unlocked tokens for this month have been transferred. The unlocked tokens have been transferred to address 0x0A55c740703A11f42803fB1a05ca1F7F89981EA4, for subsequent community and ecosystem development arrangements. Official disclosure indicates that this address currently holds approximately 235.2 million ASTER tokens, covering the unlocked amounts for three consecutive months since the TGE (Token Generation Event), and all related tokens are in unused status. This information helps the market better understand ASTER's circulation structure and potential supply.

Aster DEX has been continuously advancing product upgrades since its launch nearly two months ago, attempting to establish a differentiated advantage in the perpetual contract track. On December 15, Aster DEX officially launched the new Shield mode, which is its most significant feature update recently and is regarded as an early implementation of the Aster Chain privacy and high-performance trading system. According to official information, the Shield mode is mainly aimed at high-leverage perpetual contract traders, supporting up to 1001x leverage, and offering features such as instant execution, zero slippage, and zero Gas fees. This mode adopts a non-order book structure, supports one-click long or short positions, and trading instructions do not enter the traditional matching system, thereby reducing slippage and execution delay. The overall interaction design leans towards simplicity and high-frequency trading scenarios, aiming to improve capital utilization efficiency and trading experience.

In the past 24 hours, mainstream Perp DEX trading volume has rebounded significantly, with Aster having the highest trading volume at approximately $9.27 billion, followed by Lighter and Hyperliquid. The TVL and open interest data for each platform have also been updated accordingly.

ChainCatcher Message, Predict Market predict.fun announced yesterday that Predict will officially launch today. The team has already taken snapshots of the following user addresses: Addresses that have traded Meme coins of a certain size on BNB Chain; Addresses that have participated in perpetual contract trading on Aster DEX; And users active in prediction markets such as Polymarket, Limitless, Myriad Markets, Opinion Labs, etc.; It also includes

Decentralized derivatives platform Aster recently officially launched a new trading feature, Shield Mode, aimed at providing a more protective perpetual contract trading solution for traders seeking high leverage and execution privacy. The feature was announced on Aster's official X platform on December 15, sparking market attention. Shield Mode is positioned by Aster as a "protected execution layer" built into its perpetual contract platform, focusing on private, high-efficiency leveraged trading. During its initial launch, this mode supports BTC and ETH trading pairs, offering up to 1001x leverage, primarily targeting professional traders with higher demands for speed, privacy, and risk isolation.

Gate News Bot Message, December 16 — According to CoinMarketCap data, at the time of press, ASTER (Aster) is trading at $0.79, down 15.23% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.99 and a low of $0.78. The 24-hour trading volume has reached $594 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.914 billion, down $344 million from yesterday. Aster is a next-generation decentralized perpetual contract exchange that offers non-custodial trading services to all traders. The platform features cross-chain trading, no need for bridges or chain switching, allowing users to place trades directly on selected blockchains. It supports various trading modes including perpetual contracts, spot, and margin trading, and offers advanced tools such as hidden orders, enabling users to hide the size and direction of limit orders on the public order book. Additionally, Aster supports

ChainCatcher message shows that the whale wallet starting with 0x9eec9 has open short positions on ASTER publicly by CZ. Its 15x and 10x leveraged ETH long positions are both in loss, with unrealized losses of approximately $15.71 million and a value of $255 million. Meanwhile, another wallet 0xbadb also faces an unrealized loss of $4.3 million.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of Donald Trump, reposted and followed the collaboration between Aster and USD1 on the X platform. According to on-chain data, the on-chain trading volume of RAVE/USD1 exceeded $60 million within three hours of launch, and market activity continues to heat up.

BlockBeats News, December 12 — According to official data from Aster, in the "Aster Human-Machine Competition," the overall return rate for traders is currently 3.92%, while the AI camp's overall return rate is approximately -1.72%. On the total profit leaderboard, trader "Lao Ying" is leading significantly and currently ranks first, having achieved nearly 6 times the principal; the highest-ranking AI is Qwen3, which is 22nd on the total profit list. The specific performance of the top three addresses on the profit leaderboard is as follows: Lao Ying (X:thankUcrypto): 24-hour profit of about $9,550, with account funds of approximately $58,900; 0xJack (X:TraderLiu): 24-hour profit of about $2,910, with account funds of about $2.32

Aster announced that Aster Rocket Launch has become the first DEX for $CYS and $RAVE, launching a prize pool of over $250,000. $CYS went live on December 11th, and $RAVE will go live on December 12th, each with its own prize pool and exclusive trading pair.

Recently, the Perp DEX platform's trading volume has increased, open interest has risen slightly, and TVL has remained relatively stable, indicating an active market. Platforms like Lighter and Hyperliquid have 24-hour trading volumes of $8.83 billion and $8.52 billion respectively, demonstrating active capital movement.

Brevis has partnered with multi-chain DEX Aster to address DEX challenges between speed, security, and privacy. Through complex off-chain computation and efficient ZK proofs, both parties hope to achieve CEX-level execution speed and secure verification while protecting user privacy.

Aster (ASTER) has been under continuous pressure since its launch, dropping about 70% from its high of $1.50. Technically, ASTER formed a clear inverted V-shaped top structure near $1.40, with a rapid pullback following a sharp rise, trapping buyers. The price has consistently remained below the 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving averages, confirming the continuation of the downtrend. According to the V-shaped top measurement method, ASTER’s neckline is in the $1.04 to $1.05 range. If this support fails, the price could further drop to $0.82, corresponding to the 1.0 Fibonacci extension level. Despite the weak trend, 68% of traders in major CEX perpetual contract markets are still attempting to bottom-fish and go long. However, in the ongoing downtrend, longs are continuously being liquidated. The cumulative net long positions are steadily decreasing, while net short positions remain largely unchanged. This indicates that the current decline is not driven by shorts, but rather by longs being forced to close their positions under pressure, further pushing the price slowly lower.

On the eve of the December 9–10 FOMC meeting, the market generally expects the Federal Reserve to potentially cut interest rates by 25 basis points, providing a brief liquidity boost for risk assets. Although the overall crypto market has fallen by about 1.1%, whales have continued to accumulate, with multiple on-chain data sources indicating that three major tokens have become the primary targets for increased holdings: Aster (ASTER), Pippin (PIPPIN), and Chainlink (LINK). Aster has seen the most significant increase in holdings over the past 24 hours. Despite its price dropping 4% daily and over 10% monthly, whales have increased their holdings by 11.61%, bringing the total position to 44.76 million ASTER, with the added amount valued at approximately $4.34 million. From a technical perspective, ASTER has shown a hidden bullish divergence, suggesting selling pressure is easing. In addition, the token price is consolidating within a narrowing triangle pattern; if it breaks above $1.01, it could target $1.08 or even $1.40. Conversely, if it falls below $0.89, it may weaken and retreat to the $0.84 range.

The ASTER team announced that they will increase the buyback speed in Phase 4 from approximately $3 million per day to around $4 million per day to provide stronger support for holders. The buyback is expected to reach stable execution within 8 to 10 days, with all operations remaining transparently on-chain.

After the team completed the destruction of approximately 77.86 million tokens and launched the fourth phase of the buyback plan, Aster's price entered a Bollinger Bands narrowing pattern. As of press time, Aster was trading at $1.03, down 2.7% in the past 24 hours and down 5% over the past seven days, still 57% below the all-time high of $2.41 set in September. Daily trading volume fell 18.5% to $274.3 million, futures trading volume declined 19.27% to $805.5 million, and open interest dropped 3.4%, indicating the market is entering a period of narrow-range consolidation.

Decentralized exchange platform Aster has released its roadmap for the first half of 2026, focusing on enhancing infrastructure, token utility, and ecosystem development. Plans include launching a “Shield Mode,” upgrading real-world assets, and the mainnet launch of Aster Chain, among other key initiatives.

According to Gate News Bot on December 3, citing CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, ASTER (Aster) is currently trading at $1.07, up 8.26% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $1.13 and a low of $0.88. The current market capitalization is approximately $2.541 billion, an increase of $194 million compared to yesterday. Aster is a next-generation decentralized perpetual contract exchange for all traders. It offers cross-chain trading functionality without the need for bridging or switching; simply select a chain and trade. Aster features deep liquidity pools to support large trades and provides advanced tools such as hidden orders. Both beginners and professionals can enjoy a smooth trading experience on Aster. Recent important ASTER news: 1️⃣ **Large purchases drive price increase**

According to Jinse Finance, monitoring by Onchain Lens shows that in the past 24 hours, a cryptocurrency Whale spent 3 million stablecoins (USDC/USDT) to purchase 2.996 million ASTER tokens from Aster at a unit price of 1 USD.

Odaily News According to monitoring by onchainschool.pro, the ASTER new buyback Wallet (0x573...6fF4) has purchased ASTER Tokens worth 2.2 million dollars from the market in the past 24 hours, and this Wallet still holds approximately 800,000 dollars in stablecoins. During the same period, another Wallet related to the team (0x207...a757) sold Tokens worth about 1 million dollars.

PANews, December 2 news, today, at the event co-hosted by Opinion, Aster, and WLFI at BBW, the Opinion team disclosed that it has recently received financing support of tens of millions of dollars. This funding will be used to promote the development of the prediction market ecosystem based on BNB Chain, user growth plans, and infrastructure development.

According to a report by Jinse Finance, on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai9684xtpa) has monitored that address 0xa31...8aD1E has maintained a shorting altcoin strategy since June this year. Currently, out of 22 positions, 21 short order positions have achieved unrealized gains, totaling 6.417 million USD. The overall profit of this account has exceeded 78.86 million USD, with the highest unrealized gains being from ASTER, reaching 1.955 million USD. Currently, only ENA is a long order position and is in an unrealized losses state.

Golden Finance reports that Aster announced on the X platform that the fourth phase of the buyback began on December 2 at 01:10 UTC.