[PRESS RELEASE – George Town, British Virgin Islands, November 17th, 2025]
Astera decentralized perpetual exchange, is entering a phase of rapid expansion. After the strong performance of Stage 3, the platform has the Phase 4 (harvest) airdrop program and willDouble harvesttrading competition on November 17 with a total rewards pool of $10 million. At the same time, Aster continues to scale its early-asset product Rocket launchexpanding the pipeline of new token activities.
These incentive paths run in parallel, allowing users to earn multiple rewards from the same trading activity, significantly increasing platform engagement and trading depth.
The Phase 4 reward pool represents 1.5% of the total $ASTER supply (approximately 120,000,000 $ASTER tokens), spread evenly across six weekly epochs. Running concurrently is the $10 million “Double Harvest” competition with five independent weekly leaderboards, allowing users to earn both airdrop rewards and competition rewards through identical trading behavior.
Rocket launch is showing strong traction and emerging as a major growth driver
In addition to the airdrop and trading competition, Aster Rocket Launch continues to gain momentum. The product is designed to accelerate early-stage projects by boosting liquidity and trading activity. Within the first month, the platform launched 5 new token campaigns, with a cumulative rewards pool of over $3 million.
This underlines the growing market demand for early stage liquidity and ignition mechanisms. Rocket Launch is quickly becoming a gateway for new projects to attract initial liquidity and users, while evolving into a key driver for Aster’s broader ecosystem growth.
Improved infrastructure: building an on-chain order book layer-1
In addition to short-term stimulus programs, Aster is accelerating progress on its long-term infrastructure roadmap. During a recent official AMA, the team revealed the active development of a powerful, optional private on-chain order book Layer-1, designed to handle order placement, matching, and cancellation directly at the protocol layer.
The goal is to create a CEX-like trading experience completely on-chain, combining transparency, self-control and privacy with fast execution. Internal testing and a first public testnet are planned for late 2025, while the mainnet launch is planned for the first quarter of 2026.
On the product side, Aster will further expand the utility of $ASTER over the next two quarters, including staking, governance, fee discounts, VIP benefits, airdrop eligibility, and yield-enhancing integrations with DeFi protocols. The platform has also introduced gold and index perpetuals and plans to expand its offering of commodity and equity-related instruments while deepening integrations with Trust Wallet, Safepal, Math Wallet, Lista DAO and other ecosystem partners.
Expanding the industry’s global presence and influence
Aster’s international visibility also continues to grow. CEO Leonard recently spoke at Binance Campus APAC in Korea, presenting the platform’s infrastructure plans to regional industry leaders. Aster will also participate in Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai in December, further strengthening its global footprint.
With multi-track incentives, an expanding product ecosystem and continued investments in foundational infrastructure, Aster is shaping a steeper growth curve towards 2026. The platform is evolving towards a hybrid model built on ‘on-chain order book infrastructure + incentive-driven growth’, with the aim of securing a greater share of the competitive decentralized trading market and building the next generation of decentralized trading infrastructure and a global ecosystem.
About Aster
Aster is a next-generation decentralized exchange offering both perpetual and spot trading, designed as a one-stop on-chain location for global crypto traders. It features one-click MEV-free performance in 1001x mode. Perpetual Mode adds 24/7 shares of Perpetuals, Hidden Orders and grid trading, available via BNB Chain, Ethereum, Solana and Arbitrum.
Its unique advantage lies in the ability to use liquid-staking tokens (asBNB) or yield-generating stablecoins (USDF) as collateral, unlocking unparalleled capital efficiency. Backed by YZi Labs, Aster is building the future of DeFi: fast, flexible and community-first.
More information can be found at official Aster website or on Aster X account.
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