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Hyperliquid rival Aster is the flavor of the week for crypto degens, flying up the charts since debuting seven days ago. Can it keep going?

Aster climbed to a new record high on Tuesday after the decentralized derivatives platform overtook Hyperliquid in trading volume for the second day in a row. DefiLlama data shows that on Sept. 24, Aster, formerly ApolloX, handled more than $23 billion in perpetual futures trades, more than double Hyperliquid’s $10 billion on the same day. […] The post Aster continues meteoric rise to news highs, USDF grows 4x in a week appeared first on CryptoSlate.

DefiLlama data showed that Aster topped daily perpetual trading volumes with $24.7 billion on Wednesday, surpassing competitors including Hyperliquid and edgeX. Aster, a decentralized perpetuals exchange on BNB Chain, saw open interest surge nearly 33,500% in less than a week, challenging that of its top rival, Hyperliquid. On Wednesday, CoinGlass data showed that Aster’s open interest jumped from $3.72 million on Friday to $1.25 billion at the time of writing. The spike in active contracts signaled that traders were piling into the platform, challenging its biggest competitor, Hyperliquid.  Open interest refers to the total number of outstanding contracts that haven’t been settled. It’s used as a key metric to gauge liquidity and market conviction toward a project. Aster’s open interest surge showed that the traders are willing to deploy capital on the platform.  Read more

Tokens from emerging perpetual trading decentralized exchanges posted substantial gains over the past week while established platforms declined, suggesting capital rotation within the derivatives trading sector. Avantis and Aster led newcomer performance as total value locked (TVL) in DeFi migrated toward newer protocols despite sector-wide retracement. Avantis’ native token AVNT has climbed 66% over seven […] The post Perp DEX season: Avantis and Aster defy market downturn with impressive rallies appeared first on CryptoSlate.

With the sheer volume of options in today’s market, choosing the best crypto to buy and hold right now can be overwhelming.Concerns over persistent inflation, shifting U.S. policies, and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty have tempered market expansion this year. Still, Bitcoin recently broke new ground, climbing to a record high of $124,128 last month.Investor appetite isn’t […] The post Best Crypto to Buy 22 September – XRP, Dogecoin, Aster appeared first on Cryptonews.

A wallet that bought $226,000 in APX in 2022 now holds over $7 million, as the token spiked 120% following the launch of the ASTER upgrade swap. A crypto investor who bought $226,000 worth of APX two years ago is now sitting on more than $7 million, thanks to APX’s explosive rally this week. According to data from Arkham Intelligence, wallet 0x9d22 accumulated 3.62 million APX tokens in 2022 through a series of swaps and transfers. At the time, the token was trading below $0.07. With APX now hovering around $1.95, that same stash is worth $7.07 million. APX surged over 120% in the past 24 hours, briefly touching an all-time high of $1.98 on Sunday, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The rally pushed its market cap to $827 million, with daily volume hitting $79 million. The token is now up nearly 8,000% from its all-time low in 2022. Read more

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has backed Aster (ASTER), a new decentralized derivatives platform that aims to challenge Hyperliquid’s dominance in the sector. In a Sept. 19 post on X, Zhao revealed that Aster had become the largest holder of BSC-USDT, apart from Binance’s own hot wallet. According to Arkham Intelligence data, Aster’s wallet holds $131 […] The post Binance founder CZ champions Aster amid impressive token debut appeared first on CryptoSlate.

After Changpeng Zhao congratulated it on X, community members speculated that the Binance co-founder may be behind the Aster project. BNB Chain-based decentralized perpetuals exchange Aster briefly crossed $2 billion in total value locked (TVL) on Thursday after launching its native token, before falling back sharply, according to DefiLlama data. The surge that followed the project’s Aster (APX) token launch proved to be short-lived, as it ended the day at $545 million TVL. At the time of writing on Friday, the exchange’s TVL had rebounded to $655 million, still nearly double its usual range of $300 million–$400 million before the token debut.  The launch also sparked heightened trading activity, with Aster logging $434 million in 24-hour volume, placing it among the most active decentralized finance (DeFi) derivatives platforms. While the project gained traction, it still has a ways to go to catch up with Hyperliquid, its biggest rival in the space.  Read more