DeFiLlama Removes Aster Perpetual Futures Data Amid Integrity Issues
In a significant development within the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, analytics platform DeFiLlama has announced the removal of perpetual futures volume data for Aster, a decentralized exchange (DEX). The decision was made due to concerns over data integrity, as stated by 0xngmi, a co-founder of DeFiLlama. The trading activity on Aster, which has gained attention due to its association with Changpeng Zhao (CZ), co-founder of Binance, has been closely mimicking the perpetual futures volumes of Binance. According to 0xngmi, the correlation ratio between the trading volumes of Binance and Aster was found to be approximately 1, raising alarms about the












