According to @cas_abbe, Aster DEX has become one of the largest perp DEXs with $1.35 billion in TVL, $700 million in annualized revenue, $280 billion in monthly perpetuals volume, and $2.3 billion in open interest, source: @cas_abbe. According to @cas_abbe, the team is executing periodic buybacks using 50%–80% of collected fees, which directly impacts $ASTER token flow, source: @cas_abbe. According to @cas_abbe, the post also cites support from @cz_binance and explicitly raises the comparison of $ASTER to $BNB, source: @cas_abbe. According to @cas_abbe, these figures and fee-funded buybacks are presented as key trading context for participants tracking $ASTER and on-chain derivatives liquidity, source: @cas_abbe.

According to @lookonchain, Tron (TRX) defied last week’s market downturn with week-over-week increases across key activity metrics: DEX volume reached $818.1M (+5.05% WoW), perps volume hit $544.68M (+9.06% WoW), active addresses rose to 18.91M (+7.26% WoW), and transactions climbed to 69.47M (+6.09% WoW), providing traders with updated liquidity and participation data on the Tron network (source: Lookonchain on X, Oct 21, 2025).

According to @ranyi1115, Orderly Chain is a blockchain settlement layer that clears every trade across 50+ DEXs on Orderly, comparable to CME Clearing for perps infrastructure, and it climbed to #5 on DeFiLlama for perpetual volume by chain as of yesterday. According to @ranyi1115, the chain connects with 18 networks via LayerZero in an omnichain design and is the #3 most used protocol on LayerZero, highlighting its cross-chain settlement reach and rising share of perp activity.