Aster Completes Financing on September 18, 2025, Reaching a $200 Million Valuation
According to media reports, Aster completed a new round of financing on September 18, 2025. Following this round, Aster’s valuation reached $200 million.Aster is a next-generation decentralized perpetual contract trading platform dedicated to delivering a seamless, robust, and truly decentralized on-chain derivatives trading experience for users. The platform redefines how DeFi should operate—simple, efficient, and user-centric—through innovative features such as one-click trading, intelligent automation, and deep on-chain liquidity.Notably, Aster has achieved significant progress over the past year. Public information shows that the project completed a community funding round in September 2024 and secured strategic financing in November 2024. In March 2025, Astherus and APX announced a brand merger and rebranded as “Aster.” On September 17, 2025, Aster officially launched trading services.Subsequently, several major exchanges began partnerships with Aster. Industry sources confirm that the Aster team includes former employees of leading exchanges, and YZi Labs holds a minority equity stake in Aster. These strategic partnerships and strong backing reflect the market’s recognition of the Aster project and provide a solid foundation for its development in the decentralized derivatives trading sector.
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