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• Aster Raises Buyback Allocation to 80% of Fees (Dec. 22, 2025): The team announced it would allocate up to 80% of daily platform fees toward ASTER buybacks starting Dec. 23, 2025, with 40% directed to automatic daily buybacks and 20–40% to a Strategic Buyback Reserve 12. This remains relevant as the core mechanism for ongoing supply reduction.
• Aster Clarifies Stage 4 Buyback Status (Dec. 17, 2025): Following confusion, the team confirmed Stage 4 buybacks were not halted, having accelerated to roughly $4 million per day and completing a ~$32 million tranche over eight days, with about 90% of cumulative S4 fee revenue deployed toward buybacks 3. This clarified the continuity of the deflationary program.
• Aster Chain Launch Scheduled (Dec. 17, 2025): A tentative schedule was released for Aster Chain, the sovereign Layer 1 (a standalone blockchain that lets Aster control its own fee structures, validator economics, and protocol upgrades), with a testnet for selected participants on Dec. 24, 2025, mainnet in Q1 2026, and staking/governance in Q2 2026 4.
• Aster Dex's Shield Mode Goes Live (Dec. 17, 2025): Shield Mode launched for perpetual traders on Dec. 15, supporting up to 1001x leverage, instant execution, and zero slippage, with off-book orders and one-tap long/short as an early component of Aster Chain's anticipated privacy features 5.
• Aster Releases 2026 H1 Roadmap (Dec. 4, 2025): The roadmap outlined focus areas of infrastructure, token utility, and ecosystem/community, including December 2025 releases (Shield Mode, TWAP strategy orders, an RWA stock perpetual upgrade, and the Aster Chain testnet) and Q1–Q2 2026 plans for the Aster Chain L1, Aster Code, fiat on/off-ramps, ASTER staking, onchain governance, and Aster Smart Money 67.
• Aster Completes 77.8M ASTER Burn (Dec. 5, 2025): The team completed a burn of 77,860,328 ASTER, representing 50% of Stage 3 token buybacks, with the remaining 50% transferred to the airdrop locked wallet 8.
• Aster to Burn 77.8M ASTER (Nov. 20, 2025): The team announced that of the ~155.7 million ASTER repurchased through Stages 1–3, 77.8 million ASTER (~1% of total supply) would be burnt on Dec. 5, 2025, with the remainder allocated toward future airdrops 9.
• Stage 4 Buyback Allocation Set at 60-90% of Fees (Nov. 20, 2025): The team committed to directing 60–90% of fees generated during Stage 4 to ASTER buybacks, beginning Dec. 10, 2025 10.
• eToro Lists ASTER (Nov. 27, 2025): eToro announced the listing of Aster (ASTER), expanding access to the token on a major retail trading platform 11.
• Coinbase to List ASTER (Nov. 19, 2025): Coinbase announced support for Aster (ASTER) on BNB Smart Chain, with spot trading to begin on or after 17:00 UTC on Nov. 20, 2025, if liquidity conditions were met 12.