ASTER Emerges as Top Trending Token on CoinGecko

Aster (ASTER) has emerged as a top trending token on CoinGecko, with its value surging over 2,400% since its ￰0￱ project’s popularity is fueled by its Season 2 points program and key endorsements from industry figures, including former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). ASTER Climbs Rankings The crypto data aggregator reported via X that XLP has achieved the top spot on CoinGecko after a recent airdrop valued at about $10,000 was distributed to ￰1￱ behind on the rankings are the perpetual tokens ASTER and ￰2￱ is the native token of a decentralized perpetual futures exchange by the same name that’s challenging Hyperliquid’s dominance in the ￰3￱ runs on multiple blockchains, including Ethereum and Solana, but it primarily exists on the BNB ￰4￱ is trading at around $1.78 today, down by 15.3% in the last 24 hours, but remains up by over 181% over the last ￰5￱ its launch on September 17, the coin’s value has surged by over 2,400%, pushing its market capitalization above $2.9 billion and securing the 50th position on ￰6￱ has been around for over a year, but activity on the platform exploded following the launch of its native ￰7￱ then, the exchange has overtaken Hyperliquid in key ￰8￱ data shows that it reported $35.86 billion in daily perpetual trading volume, surpassing its rival’s $17.16 ￰9￱ strong performance has attracted new traders who see the platform’s liquidity as a competitive advantage.

On-chain data reveals that whales have been accumulating ASTER steadily since last week, with more than $48 million invested in the token. Separately, another large holder recently pocketed $7 million in profits from an initial outlay of $300k. Why Aster Is Exploding in Popularity Part of the excitement is coming from the project’s community push around Season 2 of its points farming ￰10￱ campaign rewards users for trading, referrals, and margin ￰11￱ analyst Shawn shared on X that only 4% of tokens are released in this round, but participation is already 30 times higher than in Season ￰12￱ has also received backing from prominent figures in the crypto industry, including Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), who has publicly endorsed the project and promoted it on his X ￰13￱ platform is also supported by YZi Labs, Zhao’s private investment firm, which provides mentorship, technical support, and marketing exposure.

Additionally, crypto trader James Wynn has promoted Aster as a superior product to its competitor ￰14￱ noted that its counterpart is facing a “slow and painful death” as the newer perpetuals DEX gains ground in the industry.