5 Shocking Facts about Aster, the New DEX in BNB Chain that Challenges Hyperliquid!

Jakarta, Pintu News – The crypto derivatives market is getting hotter. In the midst of Hyperliquid’s dominance, a new name emerged that immediately stole the show: Aster. This BNB Chain-based DEX (decentralized exchange) offers extreme features such as leverage of up to 1,001x and a high focus on privacy. Curious about what made Aster go viral? Here are 5 important facts you need to know:

1. Leverage up to 1.001x

Aster is making waves in the perpetual futures world by offering the highest leverage in the industry today: 1.001x. For comparison:

• Binance only provides a maximum leverage of 20x,
• Hyperliquid “only” at 40x.

This extreme leverage makes Aster a magnet for daring traders looking for big profits – with big risks, of course.

2. Market Cap Hits $3 Billion in 1 Week

Aster token soared 2,000% in just the first 7 days of launch, with its market cap reaching $3.8 billion before stabilizing at around $3 billion. This instantly placed it as the 50 largest crypto in the world, according to CoinGecko.

3. Focus on Privacy Through Hidden Orders Feature

One of Aster’s advantages over Hyperliquid is the Hidden Orders feature, which allows traders to make transactions without being detected by the public.

CZ (Changpeng Zhao), Binance co-founder and Aster supporter through YZi Labs, highlighted the drawbacks of Hyperliquid’s full transparency model. “Big traders don’t want everyone to know when they open a $300 million short,” CZ said.

4. Multi-Chain But Ready to Launch Its Own Layer-1

Aster is currently running on several major blockchains:

• BNB Chain
• Solana
• Ethereum
• Arbitrum

However, the project has big ambitions: building their own layer-1 blockchain, Aster Chain. This plan is still in the internal testing phase and is claimed to keep privacy as the main focus.

5. Additional Airdrops Await After October 17th

After the token generation event (TGE), Aster distributed free tokens to participants of the initial airdrop campaign. The claim period will end on October 17, 2025, and the remaining tokens will return to the community reward pool – amounting to 53.5% of the total supply.

Many speculators believe a second airdrop will be announced, leading to “airdrop farming” activity in the community.

Conclusion

With an aggressive strategy, extreme features, and support from big names like CZ, Aster is emerging as a serious threat to Hyperliquid. But will it be able to maintain its momentum and survive in the long run? Only time will tell.

Also Read: 5 Crypto with the Highest Futures Open Interest Last Week of September 2025!

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Reference:

• Ryan S. Gladwin. What Is Aster? The Decentralized Exchange on BNB Chain That’s Taking on Hyperliquid. Accessed September 29, 2025.