Crypto data giant DefiLlama earlier today pulled Aster’s perpetuals data from its tracking page after spotting XRP trading volumes that mirrored those on Binance almost tick-for-tick, raising doubts about how the newest DEX challenger was reporting activity.
If a new exchange can mirror Binance volumes too closely, it raises a question of how much of the demand is real and whether leaderboards tell the whole story.
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