Gate News Bot Message, February 12 — According to CoinMarketCap data, at the time of publication, ASTER (Aster) is trading at $0.70, up 9.55% in the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.72 and a low of $0.42. The 24-hour trading volume reached $279 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $1.734 billion, an increase of $151 million from yesterday.
Aster is a next-generation decentralized perpetual contract trading platform that offers all traders a non-custodial trading experience. The platform supports cross-chain trading without the need for bridge switching, allowing users to select the chain and place orders directly. Aster provides deep liquidity support, aggregating rich liquidity across markets to facilitate large trades. The platform features advanced tools such as hidden orders, giving traders greater control and a competitive edge. Additionally, ASTER supports up to 100x leverage trading of US stocks, settled entirely in cryptocurrency without bridging. Currently, the platform covers 45 trading pairs, with a total trading volume exceeding $1.03 trillion, over 2.31 million users, a total open interest of $460 million, and a TVL of $280 million.
1️⃣ Platform innovation drives trading activity
Aster launched the Rocket Launch feature, providing liquidity support and trading reward mechanisms for early-stage crypto projects. This feature expands the platform’s ecosystem applications, helping attract more projects and traders, thereby increasing overall trading activity and user engagement.
2️⃣ Institutional-level trading experience enhances market positioning
The platform aims to create the best on-chain trading experience by offering advanced features such as hidden orders, seamless cross-chain trading, and 100x leverage US stock trading, to meet the diverse needs of professional traders and institutional investors. This differentiated functionality helps strengthen the platform’s position in the DEX competition.
3️⃣ Growing demand for large trades
Current open interest is $460 million, TVL is $280 million, total trading volume exceeds $1.03 trillion, and the user base surpasses 2.31 million. These metrics reflect the platform’s significant advantages in attracting and supporting large trades, with the effects of deep liquidity support becoming evident.
This message is not investment advice. Please be aware of market volatility risks when investing.
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