PANews reported on May 28 that, according to official sources, Aster launched BTCU and ETHU perpetual contracts at 18:00 Beijing time on May 27, becoming the first perpetual trading pairs to be listed through the Listing Vote process approved by Aster validators.

To celebrate its launch, Aster will be running a $50,000 USD trading rewards program from 18:00 on May 27th to 22:00 on June 2nd (Beijing time). Each of the BTCU and ETHU trading pairs will have a $25,000 USD USD reward pool, with rewards distributed based on the percentage of transaction fees generated by users on the respective trading pairs. During the promotion period, the BTCU and ETHU perpetual trading pairs will also receive a 1.5x points bonus.