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On December 15, 2025, Aster, a high-performance, privacy-focused on-chain trading platform supported by YZi Labs, today announced the official launch of Shield Mode. This new protected transaction mode has been directly integrated into Aster Perpetual, unleashing a high leverage trading experience of up to 1001x in a faster, more secure, and more flexible on-chain environment.

Shield Mode is a significant milestone in Aster's creation of the next-generation on-chain trading platform, aiming to serve professional and advanced traders while addressing the challenges of a fully transparent on-chain market.

Aster CEO Leonard stated: "Shield Mode embodies our vision of the future of on-chain trading—it is not just about leverage or speed, but also about control, privacy, and protection. We are building a trading platform that allows traders to operate at the highest level without disclosing their strategies to the market."

Evolution of On-Chain Trading: From 1001x to Shield Mode

Aster's 1001x product is renowned for continuously pushing the boundaries of on-chain perpetual trading, offering up to 1001x leverage, zero slippage, zero funding fees, and full on-chain settlement. As on-chain trading infrastructure has matured, traders have become increasingly aware of the cost of being "fully transparent"—especially the risk of exposing trading strategies and intents to the market.

In mid-2025, Aster introduced Hidden Orders in Aster Perpetual, allowing traders to participate in trading without disclosing prices and quantities while maintaining access to deep liquidity. This step brought greater privacy and strategy protection to on-chain trading.

Building on this foundation, Shield Mode has further evolved into a more comprehensive protected trading mode, combining high leverage performance with stronger trade intent protection, a smoother, more controlled trading experience.

Shield Mode: Aster's New Transaction Mode

Shield Mode is a brand-new transaction mode built directly on Aster Perpetual, integrating the full 1001x trading experience into a unified interface and account system.

This mode significantly simplifies the opening and management process of long and short positions by eliminating the need to interact with a public order book. Additionally, traders can seamlessly engage in high-leverage trading without cross-chain switches, avoiding fragmented operations and the need for frequent on-chain signatures.

The core advantages of the Aster 1001x trading model remain, including up to 1001x leverage for BTC and ETH, zero slippage, and zero opening fees. Furthermore, Shield Mode enhances efficiency by eliminating liquidation fees, completely waiving Gas costs, and achieving faster transaction execution. These improvements collectively set a new benchmark for on-chain perpetual trading in terms of cost efficiency and performance.

Flexible Fees to Match Different Trading Styles

Shield Mode adopts a flexible fee design, allowing traders to choose their payment method based on their own strategies and preferences.

In future updates, traders will be able to switch between two modes:

Commission Mode: Charges a transparent, fixed-rate transaction fee per trade, suitable for high-frequency and stable trading;

PnL Mode: Charges fees only when profitable, aligning better with performance-oriented trading strategies.

To celebrate the launch of Shield Mode, all fees for Shield Mode will be waived for the year. This upcoming flexible mechanism aims to empower traders to better control trading costs, allowing different trading styles to operate under a fee structure that better matches their risk profile and behavioral traits.

Laying the Foundation for the Next Stage of Aster

Shield Mode is not just a single feature upgrade but part of a grander vision for Aster. By introducing a protected transaction mode to the on-chain market, Aster provides traders with greater privacy and stronger strategy protection.
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The Macro Signals Are Aligning
For seasoned crypto veterans, market bottoms often feel counter-intuitive. My personal journey with speaks to this—holding strong from $1600 past a massive paper profit, and still not selling. Why? Because the conviction remains, and the current signals suggest we're near a crucial turning point.
Here’s the breakdown:
* 🇺🇸 $USDT Liquidity Stimulus: Talk of the U.S. seeking to manage $USDT's liquidity is a massive bullish undercurrent. The key takeaway? Systemic stability is paramount. The market is unlikely to be allowed to continue its sharp downward trend, suggesting a proactive effort to inject stability and, consequently, liquidity. This often acts as a fuel-up for the broader crypto market.
* Ethereum's Resilience: Despite market pressure, Ethereum ($ETH ) continues to be the backbone of Web3 innovation. Technical analysis suggests that a decline in open interest on platforms like Binance often precedes a local bottom formation. Institutional demand is still simmering, making any dips a high-conviction accumulation zone.
Spotlight Altcoin: $ASTER (Astar)
While $ETH provides the stable core, I’m aggressively recommending exposure to $ASTER. Polkadot's smart contract hub is uniquely positioned for growth as institutional and retail attention rotates to high-utility L1/L2 solutions. Keep an eye on its technical support levels—the risk/reward ratio is looking compelling for a strong rebound play.
My Takeaway & Call to Action
I believe the recent price action marks a short-term bottom. We are seeing the psychological 'extreme fear' levels that historically present the best buying opportunities.
👉 What I'm doing (NFA): I'm heavily accumulating and building a strong position in $ASTER. Don't be paralyzed by fear; history favors the bold who buy when others are capitulating.
What are your thoughts? Drop your short-term price target for $ETH below!
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Binance added $ASTR to its Simple Earn Locked program here on July 11. This partnership marked significant exposure to those who are new to Astar before. As all ASTR gathered from users who are participating on Simple Earn. It will provide fund to be staked directly to Community Treasury on Astar dApp Staking.

As a reminder, one of Astar unique feature is Astar dApp Staking, with the previously launched Tokenomics 2.0 on Astar, current inflation is now dynamic between 2-3%, previously it was fixed to 10%. dApp Staking is the mechanism that all projects who build on Astar, infrastructure who support Astar, and Community Treasury are whitelisted and stakers could stake their ASTR with them on Astar portal. Block rewards then splitted between stakers and listed projects.

Now let's compare between Staking directly on Astar and staking on Binance via Simple Earn Program. Pick which one suited you.

Staking Directly on Astar Portal
Benefit :
- Potential airdrop if you staked on certain projects
- APY ~10%
- You can claim staking reward everyday
- If you withdraw your ASTR anytime you want and keep the reward

Simple Earn on Binance
Benefit :
- few clicks only within Simple Earn inteface
- Max APY ~19.9%
- Support instant unstake, no need to wait ~10 days to unstake.
- Avoiding phishing/scams risks.

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