Astar Collective Announcements

⚡ Bridged USDC Now Goes to Work on Astar Comet Swap supports swaps, LP positions, and converting legacy USDC into Bridged USDC. Real DeFi usage for the new stablecoin path. 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2072967994846912769

⚡ Bridged USDC Is Now Live on Astar Network Native USDC locks on the source chain. Bridged USDC mints on Astar in the same amount via Chainlink CCIP. One asset, one contract standard. A consistent stablecoin layer for DeFi on Astar. 🏹 🔗 https://astar.network/blog/post/?slug=bridged-usdc-245 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2072680586075107651

⚡ Money Notes Most reads on a credit position stop at the rate. The borrower, the backing, the maturity, the status sit underneath it. Same rate, very different positions. When the conditions scatter, both flatten into the same number. Astar is building into that gap. 🏹 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2071900113723592807

⚡ Money Notes Most reads on a credit position stop at the rate. The borrower, the backing, the maturity, the status sit underneath it. Same rate, very different positions. When the conditions scatter, both flatten into the same number. Astar is building into that gap. 🏹 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2071900113723592807

📄 Tokenomics 3.0: Three Months On T3.0 activated March 13. Three months in: - Staked ASTR: ~1.6B → 2.6B - Locked ASTR: 3.0B, with 86.4% deployed across 16 dApps - Realized inflation: 2.4%, down from 3.4% pre-T3.0 - Staking APR: 9.84% against a ~10% estimate The decay mechanism continues to compress emissions. The projection held. 🌟 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2071526455473750068

Most onchain investors are managing their portfolio across multiple interfaces. The switching cost is real: missed yield, idle positions, no single view of what you actually hold. We're building one interface to change that. See everything. Act from the same place. Waitlist is open: https://48plu9nrgbf.typeform.com/to/vy8Mk2WH 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2070449652713898468

⚡ APY Is a Summary. The Conditions Are the Source. Same APY, different foundations. The number hides where the return comes from, what the compounding assumes, and whether it can last. Reading the source, not just the summary, is the finance Astar is building. 🏹 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2070088359754477603

🌟 Money Notes Coinbase launched two USDC vaults on Morpho with different rates. The number reflects conditions underneath: collateral, demand, reward structure. When those conditions shift, they move before the rate does. Astar is moving toward finance where conditions come first. 🏹 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2069358510811299976

⚡️ dApp Staking: 16 projects. Tiers set by stake. Capital concentrated. Astar narrowed dApp Staking from ~72 projects to 16. Tier is set by ASTR staked. Higher tier, higher protocol rewards. Governance gates who qualifies. Stakers set the distribution. That turns a staking mechanism into a resource allocation layer. 🏹 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2068995642865692739

JPMorgan, Citi, BofA, Wells Fargo, and more than a dozen other banks are building a shared tokenized deposit network through The Clearing House. First-half 2027 launch target. Settlement is a structural decision. Where transfers complete is where institutional behaviour organizes. When the settlement layer moves, the norms follow. Financial institutions make that shift when infrastructure meets the threshold for real, long-term exposure. That threshold is what this announcement clears. Astar is moving in the same direction. 🏹 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2067878071395549569

⚡️ Astar Website Revamp Is Live The site is rebuilt around the Collective’s products and direction for 2026. ⚡️ What’s New > Products page: Astar Stack as the product framework for onchain finance, with Yoki as consumer IP > ASTR page: utility, Tokenomics 3.0, Burndrop, and how value routes through everything the Collective builds Product-led execution. The site shows it. 🏹 🔗 https://astar.network 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2067547861940912179

⚡Astar in H1 2026 Halfway through 2026. Q1 built the foundation. Q2 brought consumer-facing products into the picture. Q1: - Tokenomics 3.0: fixed supply, emission decay - dApp Staking: 16 curated projects + "The 16: Licensed To Build" - Portal: single EVM + Native interface - Comet Swap: ASTR-anchored DEX Q2: - Bitbank EPOS card in Japan: ASTR alongside BTC and ETH - Yoki Arcade live on Soneium, ASTR at the center Astar Fi in active development. Value routes back to ASTR as the stack builds. 🏹 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2066460767592096111

Visa, Mastercard, and Revolut are integrating stablecoins into core operations. Moving money at institutional scale onchain has conditions: auditable risk, visible parameters, a trusted path. That is the infrastructure Astar is building. 🏹 🔗 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2065010210637521062?s=20

🌟 Comet Swap: Astar's Native CLMM DEX Comet Swap is listed on Astar dApp Staking as the native CLMM DEX on Astar, built on the principle that protocol usage routes value back to ASTR. ⚡ The Giveback Loop - Protocol fees are designed to flow into ASTR buybacks - Bought-back ASTR is distributed to stakers as Boost - ASTR staking and Giveback Loop activation are upcoming Protocol usage generates real economic activity. That activity translates into value for ASTR. 🏹 🔗 https://www.cometswap.app/ 🔁 https://x.com/AstarNetwork/status/2064648744809988119?s=20

⚡️ ASTR Utility Across Soneium ASTR earns yield through dApp Staking, works as collateral and liquidity across Soneium's DeFi stack, powers Yoki Arcade, and moves natively between chains via Chainlink CCIP. With Tokenomics 3.0 live, Astar's 2026 value capture model routes onchain activity across the ecosystem back to ASTR. 🔗 Start here 🔁 REPOST

🌟 Astar Governance Weekly Highlights A new week brings new proposals and discussions within the Astar ecosystem. That’s why governance serves as a central pillar for the steady and organic growth of our entire ecosystem. Don’t miss what happened this week and take part in the ongoing votes. 🔗👉 Check out this week’s report

🎮 Yoki Cores Are Now Part of Soneium Score Season 11 Holding a Yoki Core earns Soneium Score from here on. The Core minted during the campaign keeps working. A permanent onchain asset. The Arcade keeps running. 🌟 🔗 No Core yet? Mint one and enter the Circuit: https://app.startale.com/miniapps#yoki-arcade 🔁 REPOST

🌟 Yoki Arcade: First Campaign Run Complete The Ukiyo Circuit closed its first campaign window on Soneium. ASTR ran through every layer: minting, settlement, and Daily Champions rewards. ⚡️ The Results: - 9,350 Yoki Cores minted - 3,325 wallets holding a Core - 7,971 matches resolved onchain - 6.95 average matches per wallet The Arcade stays live. The first run sets the baseline for the next one. 🏹 🔗 Read the full recap!