In brief

  • Decentralized exchange Aster has refunded users who lost funds due to “abnormal price movements” on the recently debuted XPL token.
  • It is believed that the pricing error came as a result of a “hardcoded” index price and capped mark price, which when removed prompted a big spike in XPL’s valuation.
  • Aster’s token has dropped 12% on the day to $1.80, following the incident.

Ascending decentralized exchange Aster has refunded users who lost funds due to “abnormal price movements” on the recently debuted XPL token on Thursday. The BNB Chain-based exchange has exploded in growth over the past week, but this marks its first notable slip-up.

After a couple of compensation rounds, Aster says users have been fully refunded in the USDT stablecoin. Any affected users who haven’t been refunded should reach out to the exchange via Discord.

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