You Won’t Believe How MrBeast Broke DeFi with $30M Fees!

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Ah, Aster, that wild child of the decentralized markets, stretches its limbs and twitches with the greed of men who cannot sleep. Even the mighty MrBeast, a modern-day pied piper, has thrown his coins into this swirling tempest of numbers and dreams. 💸

The native token, ASTER, rose by a paltry 9% in the last 24 hours to $1.96, as if mocking the ambitions of those who believed they could tame the market. Its market cap drifts just over $3.2 billion, like a lonely ship on a restless sea.

Behind this circus, Aster, nurtured under the watchful eyes of Changpeng Zhao’s YZi Labs, reported a colossal $87 billion in derivatives trading. Such is the appetite of men who trade in shadows, capturing 90.6% of the market while poor Hyperliquid scrapes by with a meager $6.4 billion. 🏴‍☠️

And so, from this frenzy, Aster gathered $30 million in 24-hour fees, laughing in the faces of Tether and Circle, who could only muster $22.2 million and $7.7 million. Meanwhile, Hyperliquid whimpered with a mere $3.17 million.

MrBeast Joins the Carnival

Not content with mere applause from the DeFi masses, Jimmy Donaldson-better known as MrBeast-descended into this spectacle. According to the scribes at Lookonchain, he bought 167,436 ASTER tokens late on Sept. 28, spending 320,587 USDT like a man with money to burn and no sense of moderation. 🔥

MrBeast(@MrBeast) spent another 320,587 $USDT to buy 167,436 $ASTER 8 hours ago.

He has bought a total of 705,821 $ASTER($1.28M).

– Lookonchain (@lookonchain) September 29, 2025

Now, he holds 705,821 ASTER, worth roughly $1.3 million-a sum that would make even the saints of old blush. 😏

Investors, trembling with the fear of missing out, may push ASTER higher, though its price has already fallen 20.3% from the septentrional heights of $2.42 on Sept. 24. Yet, this DeFi drama continues, boasting a total value locked of $2.27 billion-a new peak in a mountain range of digital dreams. 🏔️

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2025-09-29 12:30