FAQ
Why can't I sell my whole position?
Sells are paid instantly from the USDT idle in the backing vault. If your sale is bigger than what is idle, the panel shows the amount sellable right now. The keeper refills the vault from Aster within minutes — sell in two steps or wait. You can watch the idle USDT of every vault on the Vault page.
Why is buying paused?
The backing token's equity has not been published recently, so its price is stale. Buying resumes as soon as the keeper posts again. Selling is never paused.
My token went down while the market went sideways. Why?
Leverage decay: a leveraged position rebalanced regularly loses value in choppy markets even if the underlying ends flat. The stronger the leverage, the stronger the effect. This is inherent to leveraged tokens, not specific to ast.
Where is the money?
The USDT raised by every token is minted into its leveraged token. Part of it stays idle in the vault contract on BNB Chain to pay sells; the rest is margin on the Aster account backing the position. Both are visible on the Vault page.
What happens at graduation?
The curve closes, a PancakeSwap V2 pool is created and its LP tokens are locked forever. Holders keep their tokens and trade them on the pool through the same panel. See Graduation.
Can the team pull the liquidity?
No. Graduated LP tokens sit in the LPLock contract, which has no withdrawal function. Curve reserves are held by the Bonding contract and only move through buys, sells and graduation.
Why pay in BNB instead of USDT?
Convenience only. BNB is swapped to USDT on PancakeSwap first, which adds a 0.25% leg each way. If you already hold USDT, trading in USDT is cheaper.
Can I launch a token on a stock?
Yes: 20 US stocks are in the catalogue, priced from their perpetual on Aster so they move 24/7. See Markets.
Where does protocol revenue go?
To the treasury, then into buybacks of the official token that are burned. Every operation is listed on the Buyback page with its transactions.
Is the code audited?
Not yet. The contracts are verified on BscScan and listed on the Contracts page. Treat this as beta software.