Aster surges 32% week-on-week…'DEX coin' competition intensifies

Uk Jin

Summary

Aster (ASTER) stood out in the DEX coin market after surging 32.08% over the past seven days.
During the same period, other DEX native tokens such as Hyperliquid (HYPE), Uniswap (UNI), and Jupiter (JUP) all showed declines.
Aster also showed a clear increase in volume, recording 24-hour trading volume of $42.88 billion, ranking first overall.

Aster (ASTER) has emerged as a new strong player in the decentralized exchange (DEX) market, intensifying competition in the DEX industry.

On the 29th (Korean time), Aster was trading at $1.88 on CoinMarketCap, down 1.46% from the previous day. Although it recorded a decline that day, Aster surged 32.08% over the past seven days. Aster was the only DEX native token to record gains during the same period. Hyperliquid (HYPE), Uniswap (UNI), and Jupiter (JUP) all fell week-on-week.

Aster's advance is also prominent in trading volume. According to DeFiLlama data, Aster recorded $42.88 billion in trading volume over the past 24 hours, ranking first overall. Lighter took second place, while Hyperliquid was in third.