Aster Airdrop Delayed Amid Data Discrepancies

Aster Airdrop Postponed: Data Inconsistencies Emerge

Aster, a perpetual futures decentralized exchange (DEX) supported by YZi Labs, has announced a delay to its upcoming airdrop. The postponement is attributed to the discovery of "potential data inconsistencies" affecting user allocations.

Key Takeaways:

• Aster's airdrop is delayed due to data problems.
• Users reported inaccurate airdrop allocations.
• DeFiLlama temporarily removed Aster's trading data due to volume correlation concerns.

The airdrop, initially scheduled for October 14th, is now planned for October 20th, pending internal verification. The team has stated that adjustments will be made to individual allocations where necessary.

Several users voiced concerns about the accuracy of the "S2 airdrop checker" tool. One trader claimed an allocation of only 336 ASTER tokens despite significant trading volume. The airdrop is intended for 153,000 eligible wallets.

Volume Concerns and Past Glitches

DeFiLlama had previously suspended Aster's trading volume data following the detection of unusual correlations with Binance's perpetual volumes. Concerns were raised regarding potential wash trading after XRP/USDT and ETH/USDT pairs showed near 1:1 correlation ratios with Binance. This led to debate within the crypto community regarding the validity of Aster's reported volumes.

Last month, Aster reimbursed users in USDT following a price glitch in the XPL perpetual contract that caused liquidations. The price of XPL briefly spiked significantly above its average, which was likely the result of a misconfigured index price or missing sync with live market data.

While Aster is working to address these issues, the project has been dealing with challenges since its launch.