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Decentralized perpetual exchange Aster is kickstarting stage 4 of its airdrop following the strong performance of stage 3. Known as the Harvest stage, this stage features a “Double Harvest” trading competition on November 17, with a total reward pool of $10 million.
Additionally, the platform continues to scale its early-asset product, Rocket Launch, by expanding its pipeline of new token activities. These activities serve as incentives to reward users with multiple rewards from the same trading activity, thereby boosting engagement and trading depth.
In Stage Four, approximately 120 million $ASTER, representing 1.5% of the total supply, will be distributed evenly across six weekly epochs. This will run in parallel with the $10 million “Double Harvest” competition, which features five independent weekly leaderboards.
This allows users to earn both airdrop rewards and competition rewards from identical trading behavior. Already, Aster Rocket Launch, which was designed to accelerate early-stage projects by driving liquidity and trading activity, has gained much momentum.
 
The platform launched 5 new token campaigns, with a cumulative reward pool of more than $3 million within its first month of launch, highlighting the growing market demand for early-stage liquidity and ignition mechanisms.
In addition to these short-term incentive programs, Aster is accelerating progress on its long-term infrastructure roadmap, as revealed by the active development of a high-performance, optionally private on-chain order-book Layer 1.
Designed to process order placement, matching, and cancellation directly at the protocol layer, the product seeks to recreate a CEX-like trading experience fully on-chain while maintaining transparency, self-custody, privacy, and high-speed execution.
The project is scheduled for public testnet release by the end of 2025, while the mainnet launch is expected in Q1 2026. ASTER also intends to expand utility, such as for the $ASTER token, in the coming months.
Additionally, to increase the number of instruments on the platform, the team has introduced gold and index perpetual contracts. In addition, it will be deepening integrations with Trust Wallet, Safepal, Math Wallet, Lista DAO, and other ecosystem partners.
To expand global presence and industry influence, ASTER CEO Leonard recently spoke to regional leaders at Binance Campus APAC in Korea, where he highlighted the platform’s infrastructure plans.
The platform will also be adequately represented in Binance Blockchain Week in Dubai this December, further strengthening its global footprint and increasing its stake in the highly competitive decentralized exchange ecosystem.