The Tweet That Moved Markets On 18 September 2025 Changpeng Zhao posted a price chart that was neither BTC nor BNB. The line belonged to ASTER, a decentralised perp-exchange that had gone live the day before. “Nice launch. Keep building!” he wrote. Within hours the token was +400 %. The message was unambiguous: CZ was declaring war on Hyperliquid. What Exactly Is ASTER? Born December 2024 from the merger of Astherus and APX Finance, ASTER is a multi-chain DEX aggregating liquidity across BNB ...