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|3 min ReadAster tops Hyperliquid in daily DEX trading volume
Maya Chen
Senior Analyst
Published
Jan 16, 2026
Traders chase the new leader
You feel it. The rotation is on. Aster just sprinted past Hyperliquid in daily decentralized exchange volume. That is a message to anyone still watching from the sidelines.
DefiLlama shows Aster processed about
462 million. That gap matters. It shows where traders are moving right now.This jump arrives with heat in the token. Aster’s coin ripped more than 800% in a week. It kissed an all-time high near $2. Momentum attracts capital. Capital drives the next leg.
How Aster flipped the board
That performance pushed Aster into the top six DEXs by volume. Hyperliquid fell to ninth. Weekly totals still favor Hyperliquid. Seven-day volume sits around
1.79 billion for Aster. Daily flow tells a sharper story. Traders are rotating to what is working today.Attention helps. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao highlighted Aster’s design and multi-chain support. He pointed to hidden orders. That means you can place a trade without showing size to the whole network. It lowers front-running and cuts cheap games on price.
“Aster is not a BNB Chain exclusive perp dex. It supports multiple chains natively. It also support hidden orders. Different from other perp dex designs,” Zhao stated.
Aster built a shadow zone for execution. Many perp DEXs cannot. That edge can pull serious flow fast.
Whales ride the token surge
Price confirmed the shift. The token soared more than 800% in a week. It tapped near $2. Big accounts moved in and took money out.
On September 20, Lookonchain flagged an influencer named CookerFlips. He withdrew 5.57 million ASTER after depositing
5 million.Another trader, Ogle, an advisor at World Liberty Financial, reopened a 3x leveraged long on ASTER. Unrealized gains are about
1 million in realized profit.Analysts called it volatility. I call it opportunity. The market is voting with size. A rising exchange, a surging token, and whales proving the tape with real wins.
What it means right now
Leaders change fast in crypto. Aster’s daily flip shows how quickly attention and liquidity can move. Hidden orders and multi-chain design give traders fresh tools. The token rally gives them a reason to show up.
The message is simple. Watch the flow. Act when the flow turns. If you wait for comfort, you buy yesterday’s story. If you move with the tape, you catch tomorrow’s. Fortune favors the bold. Always has.
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