--- title: "Astrolescent" url: "https://radix-wiki.miow.me/ecosystem/astrolescent" updated: 2026-10-03 description: "Astrolescent is a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator and cross-chain bridge on the Radix network. Its core product routes each trade across Radix's…" --- # Astrolescent | Type | DEX Aggregator & Cross-Chain Bridge | | --- | --- | | Network | [Radix](/contents/tech/releases/radix-mainnet-babylon) (mainnet) | | Founders | Timan Rebel and Meronym (2021) | | Run by | Timan Rebel | | Token | $ASTRL (yield-bearing governance) | | Token Supply | 36,000,000 (fixed) | | Docs | [docs.astrolescent.com](https://docs.astrolescent.com) | ## Overview **Astrolescent** is a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator and cross-chain bridge on the [Radix](/contents/tech/releases/radix-mainnet-babylon) network. Its core product routes each trade across Radix's leading DEXes to secure the best available price, [splitting larger orders across multiple venues](https://docs.astrolescent.com) to minimise price impact. It aggregates liquidity from Radix DEXes including [Ociswap](/ecosystem/ociswap), [CaviarNine](/ecosystem/caviarnine) and [DefiPlaza](/ecosystem/defiplaza), presenting a single swap interface over the whole market. Beyond aggregation, Astrolescent has expanded into a [cross-chain bridge](https://astrolescent.com) – advertised as "fast and low-cost cross-chain bridging" – alongside token swaps, staking, limit orders, liquidity pools and a validator node. Astrolescent's [team page](https://docs.astrolescent.com/astrolescent-docs/readme/team) names Timan Rebel and Meronym as its founders in 2021 and says the project "is currently ran by Timan". Rebel, an Amsterdam startup founder who also contributes to [DefiPlaza](/ecosystem/defiplaza) and [HUG](/ecosystem/hug), was appointed the Radix Foundation's Interim [Hyperscale](/contents/tech/research/hyperscale-500k-tps) Lead in November 2025. A co-founder, Michael Videtto, represented the project on Radix's own [DeFi Download podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNXrlm1SUB0) during the USDA stablecoin period in 2023, and does not appear on the team page. ## Products and Services Astrolescent bundles several DeFi services around its aggregator, each of which generates fees that flow to $ASTRL stakers: - **DEX aggregator** – the flagship product, routing and splitting swaps across Radix DEXes for optimal execution. - **Cross-chain bridge** – bridging assets in and out of the Radix network. - **Limit orders** – on-ledger limit-order execution against aggregated liquidity. - **Liquidity pools** – pools whose trading fees contribute to protocol revenue. - **Staking & validator node** – an Astrolescent-operated Radix [validator](/contents/tech/core-protocols/radix-engine), with staking that shares protocol revenue with $ASTRL holders. Per the [documentation](https://docs.astrolescent.com), stakers "receive a share of the fees generated by Astrolescent's aggregator, bridge, limit order, pools, and validator node." ## $ASTRL Token **$ASTRL** is the official yield-bearing governance token of Astrolescent. The protocol states that [100% of its profits are shared with $ASTRL stakers](https://docs.astrolescent.com), drawn from all five revenue streams (aggregator, bridge, limit orders, pools and validator). Holders also qualify for recurring airdrops. The token's on-ledger facts are verifiable directly on the Radix ledger (resource `resource_rdx1t4tjx4g3qzd98nayqxm7qdpj0a0u8ns6a0jrchq49dyfevgh6u0gj3`, viewable on the [Radix Dashboard](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/resource/resource_rdx1t4tjx4g3qzd98nayqxm7qdpj0a0u8ns6a0jrchq49dyfevgh6u0gj3)): - **Total supply** – 36,000,000 $ASTRL, **fixed**: the minter authority is set to `deny_all` and locked, so no new tokens can ever be created. - **Divisibility** – 18 decimal places. - **Supply controls** – the token is not freezable and not recallable; a burner authority exists but supply cannot be inflated. As of 26 July 2026, $ASTRL traded at approximately **7.66 [XRD](/contents/tech/core-protocols/xrd-token)** (~$0.0079) per token. _Ledger facts verified via the Radix Gateway on 26 July 2026; market figures move continuously._ ## History Astrolescent originally planned a fully-collateralised stablecoin, $USDA, alongside its aggregator. In June 2023 the team [announced it was discontinuing $USDA](https://medium.com/@astrolescent/astrolescent-back-to-our-core-d3dada04ab92) following the insolvency of its banking partner, Prime Trust, and refocused solely on the DEX aggregator. That "back to our core" pivot also set out plans to relocate operations from the US to the Netherlands, to move governance to a community DAO, and to share aggregator fees with $ASTRL holders. The revenue-sharing model has since gone live: $ASTRL is now a yield-bearing governance token that distributes protocol profits to stakers, and the product surface has grown from a single aggregator into the aggregator-plus-bridge suite described above. Early [development updates and airdrops](https://medium.com/@astrolescent/development-updates-and-airdrops-c3ad733a07a6) to stakers marked the start of that transition. ## Funding and sustainability Asked directly in the main Radix group on **3 September 2026** whether Astrolescent was his full-time job, Timan Rebel [answered at 20:36:57 UTC](https://t.me/radix_dlt/1001809) that it "used to be my fulltime job for about 2.5 years, living of my savings and the FND grants", and that he had "recently started a part-time position as CTO at a scale-up". It is the first public account of how the project has been paid for, and it names two sources rather than the product: his own savings, and grants from the Radix Foundation. The same message gives the reason the arrangement changed, and it bears directly on the revenue model described above. "I had hoped the bridge would generate enough volume, but Hyperlane didn't allow for fee-sharing and almost nobody swapped anymore via [RocketX](https://www.rocketx.exchange/)." The bridge is the newest of the five streams whose fees go to $ASTRL stakers and the one the front page advertises first, and by its operator's account it did not earn. [Hyperlane](/ecosystem/hyperlane) is a permissionless protocol that anyone may deploy a route on, which is what makes it reachable at all; the other side of that openness is that it owes an integrator nothing, and the fee a warp route charges is the protocol's. The exchange came four days into the [network halt](/contents/history/hyperlane-asset-drain-2026), with every Hyperlane-bridged asset drained off Radix and the ledger stopped since 21:19 UTC on 31 August 2026. Astrolescent's own price feed has been serving the last quotes the pools produced before the stop. The project remains active and Rebel continues to run it. ## External Links - [Astrolescent Website](https://astrolescent.com) - [Astrolescent Documentation](https://docs.astrolescent.com) - [$ASTRL token on the Radix Dashboard](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/resource/resource_rdx1t4tjx4g3qzd98nayqxm7qdpj0a0u8ns6a0jrchq49dyfevgh6u0gj3)