Aster Ecosystem

AsterDEX

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Trading

The flagship perpetual futures DEX. Up to 100× leverage on BTC, ETH, SOL and ~430 other markets. Native to Aster Chain — every order, fill and funding update settles on-chain in ~50 ms.

AsterScan Markets Terminal

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Trading

Per-symbol orderbook + funding + recent fills view. Built into AsterScan to read the chain at a per-market level. Free, no auth.

Aster Swap

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Trading

Spot token swap on Aster Chain. Lower fees than typical AMMs since the matching runs natively on the L1 instead of through smart-contract bytecode.

Aster Staking

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Yield

Lock ASTER for 26 weeks to 4 years to earn base APY (validator yield) + loyalty rewards from the 300K ASTER weekly pool. Pick a validator, set a lock, claim epoch by epoch.

AsterScan Rewards Calculator

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Yield

Estimate exact staking rewards for any combination of stake amount × lock period × boost tier. Reproduces the canonical AsterDEX formula to ±0.1pp.

Fee Burn

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Yield

Pay AsterDEX trading fees in ASTER (with a discount vs USDT). The ASTER paid is then burned, reducing circulating supply over time. Account-level toggle on AsterDEX.

ASTER Buyback Program

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Yield

Protocol-level open-market buybacks funded by a slice of trading fees. Each buyback transaction is on-chain and trackable.

Aster Validators

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Validators

Seven permissioned operators currently producing blocks on Aster Chain: Aster Validator 1 & 2 (team-run), Trust Wallet, BNB Chain, WLFI, Pancake, Lista. Compare them by commission, uptime, and live block production.

Trust Wallet Validator

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Validators

Trust Wallet operates a permissioned validator on Aster Chain. Familiar brand for retail; same uptime and commission rules as the other partners.

BNB Chain Validator

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Validators

Official BNB Chain presence as a validator on Aster. Cross-pollinates expertise from running BSC consensus.

AsterDEX on X

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Community

Official AsterDEX Twitter / X account — product launches, listings, governance, maintenance windows. Source of truth for ecosystem news.

AsterScan on X

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Community

AsterScan's own X account — explorer release notes, on-chain finds, and the occasional security alert when scanners get cute.

Aster Foundation Discord

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Community

Official Discord server — general chat, language-specific channels (FR, ES, KR, VN, ID, TR…), support tickets, governance discussions, ambassador coordination.

Aster Ronin Ambassadors

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Community

Per-region ambassador program. Ambassadors run local-language communities, translate announcements, and host AMAs. Apply through the Aster Discord — channel #ambassador-application.

Aster Telegram

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Community

Official Aster Telegram — announcements channel + general chat. Faster than Discord for time-sensitive updates.

Kairos Lab

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Community

Independent security-research collective behind AsterScan. Builds and audits Web3 infrastructure. Reach out for partnerships, bug reports, or sponsored audits via @Valisthea on X.

AsterValidators

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Community

Sister site to AsterScan, also built by Kairos Lab. Validator-centric staking dashboard — decode staking actions (Stake, AddStake, SwitchValidator…), reward distribution per epoch.

AsterDEX Bridge

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Bridges

Move ASTER and supported assets between Aster Chain and BNB Chain. Required to onboard most users — most ASTER liquidity originates on BSC.

Trust Wallet

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Wallets

Mobile wallet with native Aster Chain support. Easiest path for users coming from CEX → self-custody on Aster.

Binance Web3 Wallet

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Wallets

Official Binance non-custodial wallet — Aster Chain network is supported out of the box, useful for users already in the Binance app.

MetaMask (custom RPC)

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Wallets

Add Aster Chain manually to MetaMask via Custom RPC. Standard EVM-compatible flow for power users.

AsterScan

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Tools

The block explorer you're reading right now. Real-time blocks, transactions, validators, staking analytics, whale tracking, privacy adoption, buybacks, fees. Free + read-only API.

AsterScan Whale Tracker

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Tools

Live monitor of large orders crossing AsterDEX. Configurable notional threshold, address labels, refreshes within milliseconds of each block.

AsterScan Top Positions

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Tools

Live ranking of the largest open positions on AsterDEX with notional, leverage, unrealized PnL, liquidation price.

AsterScan Privacy Tracker

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Tools

Stats on what fraction of Aster Chain traffic uses privacy mode (encrypted order payloads). Plus a feed of non-private orders above a configurable size threshold.

AsterScan Bot Tracker

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Tools

Heuristic detection of automated trading patterns — addresses with order rates, cancel rates and rhythm consistent with market makers / arb bots.

AsterDEX Docs

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Documentation

Canonical technical documentation for Aster Chain and AsterDEX: API spec, smart contract addresses, staking formulas, ecosystem partners. Source-of-truth for everything.

AsterScan Learn

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Documentation

Plain-English deep dives on Aster Chain: what it is, how staking works, how validators are selected, how to read transactions, glossary of every term.