Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, announced the launch of its Liquidity Pool Mining campaign and the upgraded Perpetual Grid 2.0 infrastructure. The incentive program runs from September 28 to October 25, 2026, featuring a total reward pool of up to 140,000 $ASTER. Rewards are distributed hourly based on each eligible Grid’s share of trading volume, with a base pool of 10,000 $ASTER per epoch. Participation is automatic for users running Perpetual Grid strategies on designated pairs, such as OURA/USD1, POLYMARKET/USD1, and META/USD1 in Week 1.
The Perpetual Grid 2.0 update separates automated strategies from manual trading by utilizing dedicated Grid Bot subaccounts, ensuring positions and margin remain independent from the main account. This structure supports both Cross and Isolated Margin, allowing up to 50 independent Grid strategies per account under Isolated Margin settings. Additionally, Aster introduced a Grid Marketplace where users can browse active strategies, review metrics like PnL and ROI, and utilize Copy or Reverse functions to adapt existing strategies without synchronizing them to the original source.
The introduction of Perpetual Grid 2.0 represents a significant structural shift in how automated trading interacts with user capital management on decentralized exchanges. By isolating Grid strategies into dedicated subaccounts, Aster addresses a critical operational risk: the potential for automated volatility capture to interfere with manual position management. This separation enhances market structure clarity, allowing traders to maintain distinct risk profiles for algorithmic and discretionary activities simultaneously. The inclusion of a marketplace with copy and reverse functionalities further lowers the barrier to entry for complex derivatives strategies, potentially accelerating institutional adoption by providing transparent performance metrics and standardized strategy templates.