[PRESS RELEASE – Road Town, British Virgin Islands, October 23rd, 2025]
Aster, a decentralized trading platform, has announced its new initiative, Rocket Launch, aimed at accelerating early-stage projects by enhancing liquidity and trading activities while offering users early access to emerging opportunities in the blockchain space.

Rocket Launch intends to transition token launches from isolated market events into an ongoing process — from alpha discovery to active trading and sustained growth. Participants can engage by trading selected token pairs, receiving rewards in proportion to their trading volume.

Empowering Users Through Participation and Holding
Each Rocket Launch comprises a reward pool filled with $ASTER tokens and tokens from the participating projects. Projects entering the Rocket Launch will contribute financial resources and native tokens, which Aster uses to repurchase $ASTER tokens. These repurchased tokens and the project tokens constitute the reward pool distributed to active Aster traders.

To join the campaign, users need to hold a specific quantity of $ASTER. For long-time users, maintaining a position in $ASTER goes beyond an investment; it becomes a method to engage with blockchain innovations and gain initial access to new market opportunities.

This innovative mechanism promotes a positive cycle amongst various projects, the platform, and its users, emphasizing Aster’s commitment to creating a sustainable and mutually advantageous environment.

Creating Liquidity and Driving Growth at Aster
Currently, Aster boasts over 4.6 million users, achieving more than $452 million in Spot trading volume during its launch day. With immediate access to robust liquidity, an active trading community, and reliable blockchain infrastructure, Aster presents a fertile ground for driving sustainable growth for both users and partners.
Rocket Launch also highlights Aster’s unique position as one of the rare decentralized exchanges that facilitate both Spot and Perpetual markets. Merging token listings and trading contests in both markets enables a synergistic ecosystem for projects, traders, and token holders alike.

Highlights of the Rocket Launch Campaign
The inaugural Rocket Launch campaign will be led by APRO, a leading oracle providing validated data across various innovative ecosystems. A total reward pool of $200,000 in $ASTER, along with an additional prize pool in $AT, will be active from 12:00 UTC on October 24 until 23:59 UTC on November 6, 2025.

About Aster and APRO
Aster stands as a next-gen decentralized exchange offering both Perpetual and Spot trading, built as a comprehensive on-chain destination for cryptocurrency traders globally. It comes equipped with features that grant unparalleled capital efficiency. Meanwhile, APRO is an oracle tailored for the multi-chain domain, providing extensive data coverage for both standard and niche assets.