George Town, British Virgin Islands, September 28, 2026 — via Chainwire

Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, has launched a Liquidity Pool Mining campaign with a total reward pool of up to 140,000 $ASTER. The four-week incentive program runs from September 28 to October 25, 2026 (UTC) and marks the rollout of Perpetual Grid 2.0, the latest version of the platform's automated grid trading infrastructure.

Open to all Aster users running Perpetual Grid strategies on eligible trading pairs, the campaign distributes rewards hourly according to each eligible Grid's share of trading volume. The base reward pool is set at 10,000 $ASTER per epoch, with additional rewards available depending on market conditions and trading activity on the platform. Participation is automatic and requires no registration. Activity-based token incentive programs of this kind are a common mechanism among onchain trading venues for steering users toward designated markets.

"As Aster continues to bring more emerging assets and opportunities onchain, we're also focused on building the tools traders need to navigate increasingly dynamic markets," said Leonard, CEO at Aster. "Perpetual Grid offers a flexible way to opportunities amid market volatility, and Grid 2.0 takes this experience further with greater flexibility and independence. This upgrade is another step toward our broader vision of building the frontier of onchain trading."

Incentivizing Automated Perpetual Trading

Grid trading—automated order placement within a configured price range—is among the most widely offered automation formats on crypto exchanges. The campaign builds on Aster's expanded Perpetual Grid infrastructure, giving users a way to take part in automated trading while earning additional $ASTER rewards from eligible Grid activity. Both Maker and Taker volume count toward the campaign, while manual trading and activity outside the Grid strategy are excluded.

An Estimated Bonus APY is also displayed to indicate potential annualized $ASTER rewards based on recent campaign activity. The company noted that the estimate can change as trading volume, participating Grids, and other campaign conditions shift, and that it does not guarantee future rewards or returns.

Grid 2.0 Separates Automated and Manual Strategies

The upgraded Perpetual Grid 2.0 allows Grid strategies to operate independently from users' regular Perpetual trading. Each Grid runs through a dedicated Grid Bot subaccount, keeping its positions and margin separate from the main Perpetual account.

With support for both Cross and Isolated Margin, users can run automated Grid strategies while continuing to trade Perpetuals manually, including on the same trading pair. Isolated Margin supports up to 50 independent Grid strategies per account, with no per-pair limit.

Discovering Strategies Through the Grid Marketplace

Aster's Grid Marketplace simplifies strategy discovery by letting users browse active Grid strategies and review metrics such as PnL, ROI, runtime, price range, leverage, and trading activity. An existing strategy can serve as a starting point through Copy, or its direction can be switched through Reverse, turning a Long strategy into Short or vice versa. Copied or reversed strategies remain independent from their source and do not automatically synchronize with the original Grid.

The Liquidity Pool Mining campaign is available on designated eligible trading pairs, with Week 1 covering OURA/1, POLYMARKET/USD1, and META/USD1. The reward pool is shared across participating pairs, and individual rewards are determined by each Grid's eligible trading volume relative to the total eligible volume generated during the relevant hourly period. More eligible trading pairs may be added in subsequent weeks to reflect the latest market trends, and with the pool shared across pairs, the weekly composition of the eligible list will be the key campaign parameter to track through October 25. The Week 1 lineup also reflects the emerging-asset focus Leonard referenced in the announcement. Details on the campaign, eligible trading pairs, and current campaign parameters are available on the official campaign page.

About Aster

Aster is a privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, with unique features such as Hidden Orders that protect user trading activity. It offers perpetual futures, spot, and earn products for top-trending assets, including RWAs, memes, and core crypto markets, and is powered by Aster Chain, a Layer 1 blockchain built to power the future of decentralized finance. Users can learn more on the official website or follow Aster on X.