Aster Exchange Launches $CDL Trading Competition

Aster Perpetuals has completed the distribution of Phase 5 rewards from its Crystal Weekly Drops program, delivering a $1 million pool to 6,513 qualified participants. **Key Details:** - Rewards distributed directly to Aster Perpetuals accounts - Payment network varies: USDF for EVM-compatible chains, USDT for Solana - Users can verify payments via App → Perpetuals → Transaction history **Phase 6 Now Live** The final phase introduces significant changes with a dual-pool structure and up to $2M in rewards: - **Community Pool (80%)**: $700K volume threshold required, rewards split equally among all qualified users - **Hot Picks Power Pool (20%)**: Leaderboard competitions on select pairs including $ACU, $AXS, $PENGUIN, and others - **No barriers**: 444 $ASTER holding requirement removed - **Minimum**: $10K trading volume on Hot Picks pairs to qualify Top 10 traders per pair must reach $3M volume to claim ranking rewards, which are distributed based on volume or open interest score. [Check your rewards](https://app.aster.perpetuals)

Two new perpetual trading pairs have been added to the platform: - **$AUCTION** (Bounce Finance) - Up to 75x leverage - **$KAS** (Kaspa) - Up to 75x leverage **Bonus Trading Points** Traders can earn 1.2x trading points on these new listings through February 9, 23:59 UTC. This follows a previous listing in January that offered 3x leverage trading with similar bonus point incentives.

**Zero-Cost Liquidity Provision Now Live** Starting February 2, 2026 at 12PM UTC, maker fees have been eliminated across all trading markets. **Key Changes:** - 0% fees for liquidity providers - No volume requirements or conditions - Applies universally to all markets **Context:** This follows a December 2025 move to 0% fees on OpenSea for new listings, with plans to extend the policy across other secondary marketplaces. The change removes barriers for market makers and aims to increase liquidity depth across the platform.

**Aster has launched its Strategic Reserve Buyback Fund for $ASTER tokens.** **Key Details:** - Daily platform fees now flow directly into targeted buybacks - Buybacks respond dynamically to market conditions - All purchases executed through reserve wallet [0x5E49...a397](https://bscscan.com/address/0x5E4969C41ca9F9831468B98328A370b7AbD5a397) - Transactions are on-chain and publicly verifiable **Background Context:** This follows Aster's November 2025 tokenomics refinement: - 50% of buybacks are burned to reduce supply - Remaining 50% returns to locked airdrop address - Aims to reward active users and long-term holders The mechanism is designed to support long-term token value through transparent, verifiable market operations.

**AsterDEX has listed perpetual futures trading for $INX**, the token powering Infinex, a non-custodial crypto platform. **Key details:** - Leverage up to 50x available - Trading points multiplier of 1.2x active until February 7, 23:59 UTC - $INX added to Crystal Weekly Drops Hot Picks Power Pool - Trading link: [AsterDEX INX/USDT](https://www.asterdex.com/en/trade/pro/futures/INXUSDT) **About Infinex:** Infinex is a passkey-first crypto application offering gas-abstracted multi-chain wallet functionality, perpetual futures, and cross-chain swaps. The platform recently launched trading on Kraken on January 30. Traders can now access leveraged positions on the INX token through AsterDEX's perpetual futures market while earning bonus trading points during the promotional period.