Overview
- Aster’s mainnet went live on March 17 with trades encrypted by default at the protocol level and routed through one‑time stealth addresses, with an optional Viewer Pass for selective disclosure.
- Aster claims throughput above 100,000 TPS, roughly 50 ms block times, and gas‑free transactions, and it supports deposits from Ethereum, Arbitrum, Solana and BNB Chain alongside a native BNB bridge and proprietary oracles.
- Reported 24‑hour volume of about $3.2–$3.36 billion places Aster among the largest perpetual DEXs by daily activity, with Hyperliquid still leading the category.
- The ASTER token briefly rose roughly 8% on the announcement before retracing, with trading largely contained in a $0.70–$0.80 range in the latest coverage.
- A phased rollout is under way with a public staking program slated within days and tools for builders, and several performance and volume figures remain project‑reported without independent verification in the articles.