Welcome to Issue #2 of Astro(re)port, a monthly lookback at the biggest news, metrics and events on Astroport. Astroport Metrics

This guide is intended for developers and more advanced users who want to interact with the Astroport Protocol directly. In the tutorials below, we will cover step-by-step walkthroughs for setting up Terra.js, creating Astroport pairs, and providing liquidity all through the command line. 1. Set up Prerequisites This tutorial uses the latest stable versions…

The contenders have thrown down their gauntlets. At least five protocols are already building staking solutions for the soon-to-launch vxASTRO points tokens: Apollo DAO, Reactor, Retrograde, Spectrum Protocol and Orion. Their voices will help democratize access to governance over Astroport and determine how to allocate ASTRO emissions to liquidity providers…

Terra and Cosmos’ full power is unleashed by the Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC). IBC gives independent, Tendermint-based blockchains the ability to trustlessly move their native tokens across chains. With IBC, there’s no bridging required to move say Cosmos (ATOM) or Secret Network (SCRT) tokens to Terra. …

Tl;dr: Like glowing orbs of limitless energy, staked ASTRO tokens grant holders complete authority over Terra’s mightiest DEX, Astroport. Protocols and traders throughout the galaxy are hoarding ASTRO today so they can use their power to direct the emission of new ASTRO tokens (and their accompanying governance power) tomorrow. I. The stakes

Last week, Astroport contributors deployed a massive upgrade that enabled anyone to stake ASTRO tokens for xASTRO tokens. It was Phase 1 of the two-stage rollout of Astroport governance. Today, Phase 2 is live. Enabled by the launch of staking, any xASTRO holder anywhere in the galaxy now has an…

Welcome to the galaxy’s first issue of Astro(re)port, a monthly lookback at the biggest news, metrics and events on Astroport (and a glimpse into the future). Astroport Metrics

Hello, world! Astroport governance, staking and fee share has arrived. It will debut in two phases: Phase 1, which is live now, includes staking and fee share alongside preliminary governance processes. Phase 2, which is expected to launch in approximately 2 weeks, will see the full launch of governance via…

Tldr: Astroport now enables a custom constant product pool type for lower-volume assets that sends nearly all of the fees it collects to LPs. No single fee structure makes sense for all liquidity pools. That’s why Astroport launched with different fee structures for its two core pool types: Stableswap pools…