According to @OnchainLens citing Nansen data, a whale spent $5M USDT to acquire 2.74M ASTER at an average price of $1.825 over the past 24 hours (source: @OnchainLens, Nansen). According to @OnchainLens, the wallet still holds $1M USDT on Aster DEX, which @OnchainLens suggested is likely for additional buys (source: @OnchainLens). According to @OnchainLens, the whale now holds a total of 3.07M ASTER valued at $5.86M, and the address is 0x245941Eb9e30A517cBc45D1e8ec8a50D39Af98226 (source: @OnchainLens, Nansen).

According to @OnchainLens, a single wallet withdrew 2.85 million ASTER valued at about $5.34 million from Aster DEX, with the activity tied to address 0x68e7e72938db36a5cbbca7b52c71dbbaadfb8264. Source: @OnchainLens on X https://twitter.com/OnchainLens/status/1972913089466232910; ARKM Intel intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0x68e7e72938db36a5cbbca7b52c71dbbaadfb8264. According to @OnchainLens, the same address deposited $5 million USDT into Aster DEX roughly one week earlier, indicating capital staged on-exchange prior to the ASTER withdrawal. Source: @OnchainLens on X https://twitter.com/OnchainLens/status/1972913089466232910. According to @OnchainLens and CoinMarketMan Hypertracker, the wallet holds a 3x short position in ASTER on HyperLiquid along with multiple other short positions, as tracked for the same address. Source: @OnchainLens on X https://twitter.com/OnchainLens/status/1972913089466232910; CoinMarketMan Hypertracker app.coinmarketman.com/hypertracker/wallet/0x68e7E72938db36a5CBbCa7b52c71DBBaaDfB8264. According to the source data, the linkage between on-chain ASTER flows and derivatives exposure is observable at the address level noted above, supporting trade surveillance and risk monitoring by market participants. Source: ARKM Intel intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/0x68e7e72938db36a5cbbca7b52c71dbbaadfb8264; CoinMarketMan Hypertracker app.coinmarketman.com/hypertracker/wallet/0x68e7E72938db36a5CBbCa7b52c71DBBaaDfB8264. According to the source, traders tracking ASTER can monitor Aster DEX order flow and HyperLiquid funding and liquidation metrics to assess market conditions around this whale’s positioning. Source: Aster DEX app; HyperLiquid hyperliquid.xyz; @OnchainLens on X https://twitter.com/OnchainLens/status/1972913089466232910.

According to the source, Aster is a decentralized exchange built on BNB Chain and is positioning itself as a competitor to Hyperliquid, signaling a new front in on-chain derivatives liquidity within the BNB ecosystem. Source: X post dated Sep 28, 2025.

According to the source, an AMA replay with Aster_DEX on Sep 23, 2025 highlights Aster DEX’s post-TGE milestones, key features, and a vision for building open, resilient DeFi, signaling forthcoming roadmap catalysts relevant to early traders. Source: X post dated Sep 23, 2025 referencing the Aster_DEX AMA replay. For trading decisions, post-TGE roadmap disclosures and milestone timelines commonly drive early price discovery and liquidity formation in new DeFi tokens. Source: Binance Research 2023 report on token unlocks and liquidity dynamics; TokenUnlocks 2024 market primer on unlock events.

According to @lookonchain, Aster DEX’s 24-hour perpetual futures volume exceeded 11.8 billion dollars and surpassed Hyperliquid, based on DeFiLlama’s perps dashboard data source: @lookonchain; DeFiLlama (defillama.com/perps). DeFiLlama’s perps leaderboard shows Aster ranked above Hyperliquid on 24h volume as of Sep 23, 2025, confirming the crossover in daily market share among tracked venues source: DeFiLlama (defillama.com/perps). This places Aster as the day’s highest-volume perp venue among platforms tracked by DeFiLlama, offering traders a clear reference point for venue market share monitoring source: DeFiLlama (defillama.com/perps).

According to @PolynomialFi, Aster DEX has been integrated into the Polynomial platform, unlocking a new perpetual DEX market for ASTER, source: @PolynomialFi on X, Sep 23, 2025. The ASTER-USD perpetual trading pair is now live at polynomial.fi/en/mainnet/trade/ASTER-USD for immediate onchain execution, source: @PolynomialFi on X, Sep 23, 2025.

According to @EauDoon, early spot buyers entered around $0.20–$0.40 and mid entries were around $0.40–$0.70, with these bands later proving important in the move, creating clear reference levels for traders (source: @EauDoon). Perpetuals first launched on Lighter at $0.70 with funding at 0.2% per hour, driving a move to $0.80 before a dip to $0.60, marking the first major pullback low (source: @EauDoon). Aster DEX perps followed with 0.2% funding, opening at $0.75 and dropping to $0.53, establishing the deepest retrace in the sequence (source: @EauDoon). Binance listed $ASTER perps next, with price reaching $1 before pulling back to $0.60 on Binance and $0.87 on other venues, while Binance funding ranged 0.3%–0.4%, indicating elevated long costs during the listing phase (source: @EauDoon). Above $1, $ASTER showed consistent low-timeframe profit taking and pullbacks, underscoring active two-way flow rather than a straight-line rally (source: @EauDoon). Throughout the advance, large swings and exchange dislocations pressured holders to deleverage, trigger stop losses, realize profits early, or absorb steep funding, explaining why sustained positioning was difficult despite upside, according to the author (source: @EauDoon).

According to @OnchainLens, MrBeast deposited 114,483 USDT into Aster DEX via address 0x9e67d018488ad636b538e4158e9e7577f2ecac12, marking a sizable stablecoin inflow to the venue (source: Onchain Lens on X, Sep 21, 2025). The reported address 0x9e67d018488ad636b538e4158e9e7577f2ecac12 enables traders to monitor subsequent transfers and liquidity interactions for order flow signals on Aster DEX (source: Onchain Lens on X, Sep 21, 2025). No additional details on specific pools or execution context were provided, so any price or volume impact on Aster DEX remains unconfirmed as of the report time (source: Onchain Lens on X, Sep 21, 2025).

According to @KookCapitalLLC, Aster (Aster DEX) is being promoted as a ‘Hyperliquid-style’ play and positioned as worth farming for potential airdrop rewards (Source: @KookCapitalLLC on X, Sep 17, 2025). The post claims the project is heavily shilled and “likely backed by CZ,” but provides no evidence or official confirmation, indicating the claim remains unverified and carries rumor risk for traders (Source: @KookCapitalLLC on X, Sep 17, 2025). The shared joining URL is a referral link, signaling a user acquisition push that may align with airdrop-farming incentives, but participants should recognize the promotional nature and associated platform/counterparty risks (Source: @KookCapitalLLC on X, Sep 17, 2025).