Celestia-based shared sequencer project Astria Network shuts down operations

Jinse Finance reported that Astria Network, a Layer 2 shared sequencer project based on Celestia, has officially ceased operations. After running its mainnet for about a year, the development team proactively halted the network at block height 15,360,577 on Monday, marking the end of what they defined as an "experimental infrastructure project." Astria was launched in 2023 with the aim of providing decentralized shared sequencer services for Layer 2 networks. It previously completed a $5.5 million seed round led by Maven 11 and secured $12.5 million in strategic financing in 2024 led by dba and Placeholder VC. Earlier this year, the project successively discontinued development of its EVM Rollup product Flame, shut down its Celestia validator nodes, and ultimately decided to fully shut down. The team did not publicly disclose specific reasons.