Astherus
ASTHERUS
Evaluation Score
Overall rating on a scale of 0-10
Dimension Breakdown
AI Analysis
Comprehensive evaluation of the token
Astherus (ASTHERUS) is a legacy and deprecated token following its protocol rebrand and migration into Aster (ASTER) via a merger with APX Finance. Due to this migration, four of the six evaluation categories (Active Development, Community Support, Tokenomics, and Market and Use Case) lacked standalone ASTHERUS data and received scores of -1.0. Among the remaining evaluated sections, Team and Governance scored 4.0/10 due to anonymous leadership and centralized governance structure, while Security and Audit History scored 6.0/10 based on verifiable audits by PeckShield, Halborn, and Salus covering core protocol contracts, balanced against third-party unverified vulnerability reports and ecosystem absorption. The weighted average across the available sections results in a score of 5.0/10. Because the original token has been formally deprecated and migrated, investors should avoid trading the legacy contract.
Development Activity
Code updates and developer engagement
Community Support
Social media presence and community engagement
Tokenomics
Supply, distribution, and utility
Market & Use Case
Value proposition and competitive landscape
Team & Governance
Team background and project governance
Security & Audits
Security history and audit status
About Astherus (ASTHERUS)
Astherus (ASTHERUS) is a deprecated token that migrated to ASTER following the project's rebrand and merger with APX Finance to form the Aster protocol. Originally deployed on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC), Astherus functioned as a decentralized finance (DeFi) yield and restaking protocol. The protocol was designed around yield-bearing assets and vault structures, including USDF, asUSDF, asBNB, asCAKE, and the AstherusVault.
The project's underlying smart contracts were audited by security firms including PeckShield, Halborn, and Salus Security across various product components. Astherus received institutional backing through a seed funding round led by YZi Labs. Governance for the protocol remained centralized under an anonymous team, and the organization underwent a corporate acquisition on December 1, 2024, within its first year of operation.
Following its absorption into the Aster ecosystem, the original ASTHERUS token has been phased out, resulting in fragmented price data and near-zero trading volume on legacy markets. Identified risks include an unverified third-party claim alleging an unpatched high-severity Chainlink oracle timestamp validation issue in the AstherusVault contract, as well as external brand-impersonation phishing campaigns documented in late 2024 targeting users with fraudulent airdrops.