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About Aster
Aster is a perpetual futures exchange that ran an unusually large distribution programme across six phases. Phase 6, "Convergence", ran from 2 February to 29 March 2026, distributing 64 million ASTER with an optional six-month lock-up and a burn mechanism. It was the final phase to distribute on trading activity.
Emissions have since moved to a staking-only model, cutting monthly unlocks by roughly 97%. Ecosystem tokens now release as staking rewards at 450,000 ASTER per weekly epoch — around 1.8 to 2.25 million per month. Separately, 99% of daily platform fees automatically buy back ASTER, and those tokens are distributed to veASTER holders as Loyalty Rewards on top of a 300,000 ASTER base each epoch.
Project Fundamentals
How to earn Aster rewards now
Understand the model has changed
Acquire and lock ASTER as veASTER
Collect Loyalty Rewards each epoch
Trade to grow the fee pool
Watch Aster Chain
- Aster distributed across six completed phases — a demonstrated willingness to pay out rather than a promise.
- 99% of daily platform fees fund buybacks, so rewards are tied to real revenue rather than pure inflation.
- Cutting monthly unlocks by 97% materially reduces sell pressure on the token.
- Staking earns without the liquidation risk that came with farming through leveraged volume.
- Activity-based phases have ended. Phase 6 closed 29 March 2026; trading volume alone no longer earns what it did.
- Rewards now require holding and locking ASTER as veASTER — this is a capital commitment, not a farming activity.
- Locking is illiquid for the lock duration. You carry ASTER price risk throughout.
- Chain tagging is unresolved for this listing — Aster Chain is not yet in the site's chain vocabulary.
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