[Aster Repurchased 2.7217 Million ASTER in the Past Two Weeks and Destroyed an Equivalent Amount from Team Allocation] Aster disclosed on the X platform that from 00:00 on October 5 to 00:00 on October 19 (UTC), the platform allocated 99% of daily transaction fees for repurchases, accumulating 2.7217 million ASTER for stakers, and destroyed an equivalent amount of ASTER from the team allocation. Since upgrading the token economic model on June 17, approximately 32.3079 million ASTER have been destroyed cumulatively; all destruction plans combined have resulted in the destruction of approximately 210 million ASTER. Aster stated that as of October 19, the estimated annualized staking yield for a 26-week lock-up was 4.53%, while the estimated annualized yield for the longest lock-up of 208 weeks was 24.8%. These yields are subject to change.