If 2025 is the year of accumulation for Aster (formerly Astherus), then early 2026 is the eve of its official explosion. In this circle, following the big players usually feels safe, but if your entry price is even lower than theirs, that feeling is just too great.

CZ publicly stated in November 2025 that he holds over 2 million $ASTER, with an average cost of about $0.913. Now, $ASTER feels like a discounted luxury item; if you get in now, your cost is nearly 20% lower than CZ's, and you can enjoy the "ceiling" he has set for you.

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YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) is the favored child of Aster, which not only flows with Binance's blood but has also recently undertaken a "big project": its L1 mainnet is set to launch in Q1.

🛠 What is Aster?

(In simple terms, Aster is like "Binance on-chain." Previously, we had to go to decentralized exchanges for contracts, which was not only troublesome but also risky. Aster has created its own chain (Aster Chain), which offers fast transaction speeds and supports privacy trading.

How much leverage you use and where you take profits are invisible to others.

How to make money in Aster?

1. Lazy Mode: Staking Dividends

• Operation: Hold $ASTER until the staking feature launches in Q2.
• Logic: The platform is very generous, using 80% of its fee income to buy back and burn $ASTER. This is like a company using its profits to buy back its own stock and cancel it, naturally providing support for the token price.

2. Hunter Mode: Grab Airdrops & Earn Points

• Operation: Participate in the ongoing Phase 5 activities.
• Logic: As long as you trade on the platform (spot or contracts), you can accumulate points. Referencing the previous Stage 4, as long as you are active, you should take the free tokens.

3. Brave Mode: RWA and 1001x Leverage

• Operation: Trade stocks, commodities, or cryptocurrency contracts.
• Logic: Aster supports RWA (real-world assets), allowing you to short using US stocks as the underlying asset. If you spot a trend and combine it with ultra-high leverage, this is the ultimate battleground for retail investors to make big gains with small amounts.

🔗 Exclusive Channel:

​​​​​​​https://www.asterdex.com/zh-CN/referral/9C50e2
Enter the invitation code (9C50e2) to join the team, 5% fee cashback.

You can participate in the secondary market and also grab airdrops for double benefits!

Aster's airdrop (Genesis Airdrop) accounts for 53.5% of the total supply, rewarding active users through a multi-stage point system to enhance TVL and trading volume. The core is Rh Points (trading points) and Au Points (holding points), which determine the distribution ratio.

How to Participate

1. Connect your wallet (MetaMask/OKX) and use the invitation code (9C50e2) to join the team.
2. Trade perpetual/spot, stake ALP, provide liquidity; target weekly volume of $100K+.
3. Check eligibility and claim within 30 days; multi-chain operations to avoid 1001x and volume manipulation.

Risks

• Inflation: Buyback mechanism alleviated, over 77M burned.
• Controversy: Wash trading allegations unproven.
• Others: Market volatility, phishing, missing windows.

Airdrops require real activity, not free. DYOR, suitable for traders.
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For newcomers and retail investors, Aster currently feels like a "beginner's village gift package":
Cost Advantage: As mentioned, if you buy now, the price is cheaper than CZ's, so the psychological pressure is minimal.
Lower Threshold: A fiat deposit channel will be launched in Q1 2026. You won't need to buy USDT and transfer it around; you can play directly with a bank card, which is extremely friendly for newcomers.
Mainnet Benefits: The L1 mainnet is about to launch, and typically, the demand for tokens is highest just before a new chain is born.

The on-chain hype of Aster stems from its technical strength and Binance lineage, but making money requires action rather than blind following. Although the project faces market volatility (such as the recent drop from $1.20 to $0.69), the long-term potential is huge, and the underlying logic remains unchanged: buybacks are ongoing, the mainnet is on the way, and the big players are standing guard.
If you missed the explosion of $BNB, will you seize this opportunity to stand on CZ's shoulders (even entering at a step lower than him)?

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