How Astar Stack works in practice 👇
In its current phase, Astar Stack focuses on two products: Astar Fi and Astar Guard.
They connect Astar’s infrastructure to onchain financial products.

Astar Stack is Astar’s product execution stack for driving sustained onchain financial activity.
It translates Astar’s infrastructure into user-facing products.

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Author: Vitalik Buterin
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TechFlow Dive: This is one of Vitalik's rare public self-criticisms. He directly points out Ethereum's near-absence in addressing various social issues over the past few years and proposes a new framework—"sanctuary tech."
This post represents one of the most valuable internal discussions within the Ethereum community: what exactly are we building, and for whom are we building it?
The full text is as follows:
Over the past year, many people I've met have been worried about two things:
First, the world's trend: government control and surveillance...

Vitalik's rare self-criticism: Ethereum missed the really important battleground

The cryptocurrency market has recently seen a long-awaited strong rebound. On March 5th, the price of Bitcoin briefly broke through the $74,000 mark, rising nearly 8% in 24 hours and reaching a new high in almost a month. Currently, the price of BTC is fluctuating between $72,000 and $73,000, with overall market sentiment improving. ETH rose to around $2,100, a gain of over 7%, and some altcoins saw a slight rebound.

Regarding liquidation data, according to Coinglass, the total open interest across the network reached $595 million in liquidations in the past 24 hours...

After "buy the dips" with 400,000 BTC: Is $74,000 a rebound or a reversal?

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a strategic investment in OKX, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, boosting its valuation to approximately $2 billion.
The article, "Star Xu Statement: ICE's Investment in OKX is Not the End, but the Beginning of Deep Integration of Traditional and Digital Finance," was originally published on BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain ABMedia media.

Star Xu declared: ICE's investment in OKX is not the end, but the beginning of a deep integration of traditional and digital finance.

Astar Fi generates onchain financial activity, while Astar Guard monitors risk affecting user positions.
As usage repeats, it becomes measurable.
That measurable activity supports long-term value creation for ASTR.