This sharp increase reflects how quickly traders are shifting liquidity toward the new entrant, drawn by both its performance and its positioning as a major decentralized exchange.
While that positioning casts Aster as a direct rival to the centralized exchange, Zhao added that its success could still benefit the BNB ecosystem.
Alongside its trading surge, speculation about a potential token buyback has begun circulating across X and Discord.
For Aster, such a strategy would reinforce its recent rally, which has already seen its token soar more than 2,000% in the past month.