Article Source: Aster

Multi-Track Incentive Parallelism: Airdrops, Contests, and New Coin Events Driving Comprehensive Growth

The decentralized exchange platform Aster is entering a phase of rapid expansion. Following a strong performance in Stage 3, it promptly launched the Stage 4 (Harvest) airdrop plan and will introduce a total reward of $10 million "Double Harvest" trading contest on November 17th, while continuing to expand the activity matrix of the new product Rocket Launch. Multiple incentive plans running in parallel allow users to simultaneously receive multiple rewards with each transaction, significantly enhancing platform activity and trading depth.

The subsequent Stage 4 prize pool amounts to 1.5% of the ASTER circulation supply (approximately 120 million tokens), distributed evenly across six weekly Epochs to form a cross-week incentive structure. Running concurrently, the Double Harvest trading contest further amplifies the incentive intensity: the event is divided into five independent periods from November 17th to December 21st, each lasting for 7 days and employing an unlockable prize pool mechanism, with each period offering up to $2,000,000 and a total of $10,000,000.

To enhance the depth of competition, the contest will rank users based on their perpetual contract trading volume on Aster during the period, with the top 1,000 users in each period sharing the prize pool. The highest reward for the top user in a single week is $300,000; if a user achieves first place for five consecutive weeks, the maximum cumulative reward can reach $1,500,000. Different ranking ranges have separate reward distributions, allowing high-frequency traders, moderately active users, and long-tail participants to earn profits in their respective trading volume ranges.

Multi-track incentives running in parallel ensure that users receive multiple rewards with each transaction. In the same perpetual trade, users can simultaneously accumulate Stage 4 airdrop points and trading contest ranking contributions, forming a dual-track parallel income structure that not only deepens liquidity but also further magnifies user incentive structures.

Rocket Launch Rapid Growth, Becoming the Growth Engine of Early Asset Ecosystem

In addition to airdrops and trading contests, the new product Rocket Launch has shown strong growth since its launch. Within the first month of launch, it has introduced five new coin events, with a cumulative reward scale exceeding $3 million, reflecting the market's rapid growth demand for early asset liquidity and ignition mechanisms. Rocket Launch is accelerating to become an important entry point for new projects to acquire early users and liquidity, and is also becoming one of the core drivers of platform ecosystem expansion.

Building On-Chain Order Book Infrastructure, Advancing Long-term Roadmap

While focusing on short-term incentives, Aster is actively advancing its infrastructure roadmap. In a recent official Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, the team revealed that they are constructing a high-performance, selectively private on-chain order book Layer-1 public chain. This chain will directly handle order placement, matching, and cancellation logic at the protocol level, aiming to restructure the on-chain trading base layer to approach a more centralized experience while retaining transparency and self-custody advantages. Internal testing and the first public testnet are expected to launch by the end of 2025, with the mainnet scheduled to go live in Q1 2026.

On the product and ecosystem front, Aster plans to enhance the utility of the $ASTER token in the next two quarters, including Staking, governance, fee discounts, VIP mechanism, eligibility for airdrops, and revenue-generating features through collaboration with DeFi protocols. Additionally, the platform has launched gold and index futures contracts and aims to expand to more commodities and stock underlyings, as well as strengthen integrations with ecosystem partners such as Trust Wallet, Safepal, Math Wallet, Lista DAO, among others.

Accelerating International Market Expansion, Continuing Industry Influence

Aster's global visibility is also on the rise. CEO Leonard was recently invited to share insights on the platform's infrastructure planning at the Korean Binance Campus APAC and is set to attend the Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai this December, further expanding its international market presence. Through multi-track incentives, a fast-paced product strategy, and continued investment in infrastructure development, Aster is aiming to achieve a steeper growth curve by 2026, transitioning towards a hybrid model of "On-Chain Order Book Infrastructure + Incentive-Driven Growth." The goal is to seize a larger market share in the fiercely competitive decentralized race, building the next-generation decentralized trading infrastructure and a global ecosystem map.

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