{"id":572351,"date":"2026-02-20T11:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=572351"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T05:30:11","slug":"did-aster-dex-activity-crash-analyst-raises-alarm-with-6-active-addresses-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/did-aster-dex-activity-crash-analyst-raises-alarm-with-6-active-addresses-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Aster DEX activity crash? Analyst raises alarm with &#8216;6 active addresses&#8217; claim!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aster, a perpetual DEX platform backed by Binance&#8217;s Changpeng Zhao (CZ), is now facing community scrutiny over its actual usage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to analyst Stacy Muur, data revealed that the platform has only six active addresses. She <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stacy_muur\/status\/2024109166005252501\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">implored<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Your favorite Aster DEX: 6 daily active addresses, 51 weekly, 346 monthly. What went wrong, CZ?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_572352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572352\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aster-DEX-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aster-DEX-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Aster DEX \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aster-DEX-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aster-DEX-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aster-DEX-1024x408.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aster-DEX-768x306.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aster-DEX-1536x612.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aster-DEX-2048x815.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Aster-DEX-1200x478.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-572352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: X\/Stacy Muur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Aster denies &#8216;6 active addresses&#8217; claim<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This hinted that on average, the number of traders on the platform may have fallen off the cliff too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, although there were allegations of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/aster-volumes-delisted-after-mirroring-binance-claim-details-inside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fake trading activity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the DEX last year, the fact that there may be only six daily active addresses didn\u2019t really seem accurate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notably, the DEX has been printing solid fees and revenue over the past few weeks, which means that there were more traders on the platform, or at least a few players trading massive amounts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to DeFiLlama, the platform\u2019s fees increased from a weekly average of $5 million in January to over $8 million in early February. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the broader weak market sentiment afterwards, it has been posting over $1 million in weekly fees and nearly $10 billion in perpetual volumes since.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_572354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572354\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aster_2026-02-19.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572354 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aster_2026-02-19.png\" alt=\"Aster \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aster_2026-02-19.png 2560w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aster_2026-02-19-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aster_2026-02-19-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aster_2026-02-19-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aster_2026-02-19-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aster_2026-02-19-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aster_2026-02-19-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-572354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: DeFiLlama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, following the confusing data on its activity, Aster clarified that the six active addresses data was wrong. It <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Aster_DEX\/status\/2024457735090426175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">added<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Looks like a data source linked the wrong contract address, so some numbers got creative. If you&#8217;re one of the \u20186 users\u2019 on this planet, tap like. Let&#8217;s do a headcount.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/asterdex\/aster-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dune<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the platform had 91k new users over the past seven days and over 13k new traders in the last 24 hours alone. Overall, the total number of Aster users was 9.3 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the contrary, its rival <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hyperscreener.asxn.xyz\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hyperliquid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had 2.7k new users in the last seven days and a cumulative of 1 million users. That is a massive difference between the two rivals. However, Hyperliquid had $18 billion in weekly trading volumes, outpacing Aster\u2019s $9 billion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Will ASTER keep its recovery gains?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, ASTER token appeared unbothered by the FUD. In fact, over the past three days, there were Net Exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/currencies\/ASTER\/spot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outflows<\/a> underscoring the accumulation trend. The altcoin has rallied by nearly 90% in the first half of February alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the active address confusion, it was down about 3% &#8211; Evidence of the broader market&#8217;s weakness. Even so, its February recovery gains were at 66%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the retracement extends itself, it could ease at $0.63 or $0.46.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_572355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572355\" style=\"width: 1950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ASTERUSDT.P_2026-02-19_19-15-50.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572355 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ASTERUSDT.P_2026-02-19_19-15-50.png\" alt=\"Aster\" width=\"1950\" height=\"1146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ASTERUSDT.P_2026-02-19_19-15-50.png 1950w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ASTERUSDT.P_2026-02-19_19-15-50-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ASTERUSDT.P_2026-02-19_19-15-50-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ASTERUSDT.P_2026-02-19_19-15-50-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ASTERUSDT.P_2026-02-19_19-15-50-1536x903.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ASTERUSDT.P_2026-02-19_19-15-50-1200x705.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1950px) 100vw, 1950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-572355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: ASTER\/USDT, TradingView\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Final Summary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aster denied reports that it had only six active addresses, with Dune showing over 90k new users.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Altcoin has recorded gains of over 60% since early February, with the accumulation spree still ongoing too.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Aster defend its +60% recovery gains? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":572391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,66,3,4,20],"tags":[6427],"class_list":["post-572351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-altcoins-news","category-new-news","category-news","category-social","category-trading-view","tag-ambcrypto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Did Aster DEX activity crash? 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