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About Astarter
Astarter has built DeFi infrastructure on Cardano since 2022, including ISPO delegation, a launchpad and the eUTXO-based AMM ADEX, and from 2025 pivoted to AI agent infrastructure on BNB Chain in a four-layer structure of chain, nodes, agents and applications. Its core move is to turn the compute agents need into purchasable nodes: ABox comes in A-Core Lite, Pro and Max tiers across 17,279 slots, with nodes charging compute fees for agent execution, DEX trading and market custody, under a CORE agent layer with an AI DEX, prediction markets and a data marketplace. The fixed-price pools and whitelists from the Cardano era were designed to curb bot front-running.
On 29 June 2026 the project announced strategic partnerships with Vega Ventures, UZ Capital, Go2Mars and BitBT Ventures, with the three ABox tiers priced at USD 500, 1,000 and 3,000 and still in their sales phase; BNB Chain activity remains concentrated in node sales and pre-launch offerings while Cardano products keep running. The cross-chain move means existing ADA delegators and IDO participants must reassess how they take part, actual load on the new architecture will only be visible once real agent calls accumulate, and node returns depend on whether applications above generate enough compute demand.
As a DeFAI infrastructure, Astarter's key milestones include the official release of a three-layer fusion architecture that unifies AI Agent (action layer), DePIN (compute layer), and DeFAI (financial layer) into a single stack, aiming to build the infrastructure for an autonomous AI agent economy. Subsequently, it launched the ABox node program, providing hardware-based compute and execution capabilities, with node prices starting at $500 and a total supply of 17,279, along with AST token allocation, profit sharing, and presale whitelist. The roadmap indicates node deployment and testnet in Q3/Q4 2025, mainnet and TGE in Q3 2026, followed by AI DEX, agent marketplace, and multi-chain integration. These milestones lay the technical and economic foundation for its long-term development.
On April 30, 2026 Astarter announced the acquisition of Zeus Network, the Solana-based BTCFi project behind the zBTC asset, bringing cross-chain Bitcoin capabilities into the Cardano and BNB Chain ecosystems, and on June 29 secured strategic backing from Vega Ventures, UZ Capital, Go2Mars and BitBT Ventures.
In Q3 2026 Astarter launched its mainnet on BNB Chain and completed the $AST token generation event ( TGE ) with an initial emission of 250,000 $AST per day, alongside the ABox node program and a developer grant program.
Future strategy and roadmap: Looking ahead, in Q4 2026 Astarter will ship its AI DEX, Agent Marketplace and multi-chain integrations, expand the ABox compute-node network, and progressively transfer governance to $AST holders toward a Web4 autonomous-agent economy.
Chris — CEO; over seven years in blockchain, previously led market research and analysis for the NULS blockchain.
Stephanie — COO; angel investor with more than five years in blockchain, focused on incubation and strategic marketing.
Jon Chamberlain — Head of Marketing & Community; involved in node operations and smart contract development.