Introduction

Astarter is developing a smart contract system for blockchains that integrates four key product features — Launchpad, DEX, Money Market, and Tech Services — collectively forming Astarter.

At its core, Astarter is powered by an Automated Market Maker (AMM) protocol designed to leverage the advanced security and cost predictability of Cardano’s smart contracts. This enables next-level DeFi application deployment, supporting liquidity and interoperability with multi-source verifiable price oracles.

Using standard formulas, Astarter manages asset pairings and variable transaction fees to maintain reserve flows for liquidity providers across both token trading pairs and core contract trading pairs. To overcome limitations seen in mainstream DEXs, Astarter’s architecture minimizes the core smart contract component while delegating transaction validation, routing, and calculations to driver contracts, making the system more scalable, efficient, and secure.

Building on this foundation, Astarter is expanding into cross-chain interoperability, including a DEX aggregator that sources liquidity from multiple DEXs across Cardano and EVM ecosystems such as Ethereum and BNB Chain. This allows users to discover optimal trade routes and perform efficient cross-chain swaps. At the same time, Astarter is actively extending its capabilities to EVM-compatible ecosystems, integrating cross-chain swap functionality and liquidity aggregation to bridge fragmented ecosystems.

Through this evolution, Astarter is positioning itself as a cross-chain DeFi hub, empowering users to stake, trade, and earn crypto beyond Cardano.