After receiving many questions following this post, a team member wrote a short Q&A.
1. “Why don’t you just present the data as is? Isn’t that your job?”
Our users trust DefiLlama’s data and make investment decisions based on it.
If we were to publish incorrect data, they would make incorrect decisions.
2. “Didn’t you receive payment for deleting it?”
No. DefiLlama has never received payment for listing or deleting any project.
Personally, I don’t have any long or short positions in either HYPE or ASTER.
3. “Why are you deleting it now? It was fine before.”
We detected an anomaly with the sudden increase in trading volume over the past few days.
So, we asked the team to investigate, and after receiving the results, we took action.
4. “Why didn’t you just quietly delete it? Why did you make it public?”
Actually, we have done that before. At the time, Aster's revenue data was being calculated as inflated figures because it didn't exclude rebates paid to users.
So, we quietly removed it from the list until we received the data again and posted the reason on a public forum.
However, people spread conspiracy theories like "there was a secret deal" or "there was a backroom deal."
(Many people didn't see it because it wasn't directly posted on X.)
In the end, we learned that this approach didn't work.
5. "Why don't we just put up a warning and keep it?"
That could be possible, but in that case, the entire perp data would be distorted,
and since our API doesn't support such a warning handling method,
API users would receive incorrect data without warning.
However, we don't have a strong opinion on this matter, and we can change the system accordingly if users request it.
6. "You're saying that because you dislike Aster."
That's not true. We've already removed several Perp DEXs, including Lighter, due to wash trading issues.
We only care about the accuracy and reliability of the data. Providing users with trustworthy data is paramount.
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